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Download full textOverlock, Terrence H., Sr. – 1994
To determine the effect of collaborative learning methods on the success rate of physics students at Northern Maine Technical College (NMTC), a study was undertaken to compare the mean final exam scores of a students in a physics course taught by traditional lecture/lab methods to those in a group taught by collaborative techniques. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Lecture Method
Brum, Joseph, Jr. – 1983
The effect of computer-assisted instruction versus the traditional lecture method on final grades was compared with two groups of students taking two business organization classes at Fayetteville Technical Institute. Thirty-two students attended four 1-hour lectures per week (the control group), while 38 students received computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Vasiliauskas, Jura B. – 1987
A study was conducted at the College of DuPage in Illinois to find out if peer-teaching and the utilization of students as laboratory aids could improve class performance, personalize instruction, and benefit the student. Two classes of highly motivated comparative anatomy students and two classes of less motivated second semester general biology…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Wilson, Charles E. – 1996
A study was conducted at Kansas City Kansas Community College to determine if cooperative learning strategies were effective in improving teaching quality and enhancing the learning process of students in social science courses in general and in entry-level sociology and psychology classes specifically. A review of the literature provided…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning
Brum, Joseph – 1982
A study examined the effect of audiovisual-supported instruction on student grade point average. Two groups of students in economics classes taught by the same instructor served as the sample population for the study. The first group, consisting of 36 students, received four 1-hour lectures each week. The second group, consisting of 32 students,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Economics Education
Identifying the Gap between the Beliefs in Adult Education and What Is Promoted to the Practitioner.
Dyer, Alice F. – 1985
Although it is clear that adult education has existed much longer as a field of practice than as a field of study, little research exists to identify the contribution that an understanding of the field of adult education, particularly adult learning and techniques for teaching adult students, makes to the effectiveness of an adult educator. To…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Brown, Margaret E. – 1994
This practicum was designed to address a problem in a teacher education program where case study experience for education students to learn to diagnose learning disabilities was limited and difficult to provide due to such problems as course scheduling, transportation in a rural area, and identifying appropriate children for study. Participants…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
