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The Socratic Method: Empirical Assessment of a Psychology Capstone Course
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Burns, Lawrence R.; Stephenson, Paul L.; Bellamy, Katy – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2016
Although students make some epistemological progress during college, most graduate without developing meaning-making strategies that reflect an understanding that knowledge is socially constructed. Using a pre-test-post-test design and a within-subjects 2 × 2 mixed-design ANOVA, this study reports on empirical findings which support the Socratic…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Questioning Techniques, Lecture Method, Psychology
Learning Environment in Rural and Urban Classrooms.
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Randhawa, Bikkar S.; Michayluk, Julian O. – 1974
Subjects in this study of the learning environment in a rural school and an urban school were students of 96 classrooms, 47 of which were in rural areas and the remaining 50 in urban areas. Half the students were administered the Learning Environment Inventory and the other half took the Test of Primary Mental Abilities. Results indicate that…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, Learning Theories
Adult Learner Motivations and Electronic Distance Education.
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Wilkes, C. Wynn; Burnham, Byron R. – American Journal of Distance Education, 1991
Discussion of learner motivations and learner satisfaction in distance education courses using electronic media focuses on a study at Utah State University that compared students using an audio/graphic system with students taught by traditional methods. The use of the Educational Participation Scale (EPS) and the Learning Environment Inventory…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Audiovisual Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction