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LeBlanc, Sarah Symonds – Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2020
Family communication, as an upper-level communication course, attracts communication majors and students studying in other disciplines. As such, instructors employ pedagogies that appeal to both majors and non-majors. This essay reflects on how I used project-based learning (PBL) in a family communication course filled with mostly non-majors. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Nonmajors, Family Relationship
Staci Freeworth – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore faculty members' lived experiences with student resistance in a gateway STEM classroom. A comparative investigation was done of the case study population to evaluate differences in experiences in active learning classes that use LAs (LAF) and classes that use more passive methods without LAs (NLA). The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, STEM Education, Introductory Courses
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Vesikivi, Petri; Lakkala, Minna; Holvikivi, Jaana; Muukkonen, Hanni – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2019
In 2014, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences implemented a fundamental change in its curriculum from small single topic 3-5 credits courses into 15 credits multidisciplinary courses implemented by teacher teams. This paper focuses on how teachers of Information Technology programs experienced the reform. Research data include teacher…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Program Implementation, Engineering Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Jones, Francis – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
We compared seven unrelated data-sets to evaluate a major education improvement initiative. Perceptions of students in 54 course sections were surveyed regarding the helpfulness of 39 specific teaching or learning strategies, and relative workloads and enthusiasm were compared to their other courses. Classes were observed using an established…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Science Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Improvement
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Gahutu, Jean Bosco – Advances in Physiology Education, 2010
In the present article, I report on my experience in teaching and learning physiology in the first year of a new modular curriculum at the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Rwanda. With self-reported questionnaires, I collected learning experience perceptions from 112 students who attended the module of physiology in 2008. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Textbooks, Computer Uses in Education, Active Learning
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2018
For the forty-first time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains twenty-seven…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education