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Coyne, Paige; Woodruff, Sarah J. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022
Pedagogical approaches in higher education are evolving. Instructors are tasked with meeting the needs and preferences of the modern student and their desire for increased input in higher education courses. As such, this study sought to provide a manageable example of how flexible weighting schemes can be incorporated into assessments for…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Student Attitudes, Content Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Stover, Sheri; Ziswiler, Korrin – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Colleges and universities are beginning to invest in active learning (AL) classrooms in an effort to replace the traditional lecture style pedagogy that is frequently used by many professors in higher education (Eagan et al., 2014). This is a quantitative research study conducted at a medium-sized Midwestern university. Students were given the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Instructional Design, Teaching Methods, Qualitative Research
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Alghamdi, Amani K. Hamdan; Deraney, Philline – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This study highlights how teaching a research methods course to undergraduate students can be a successful endeavor when active learning is the main method of learning and teaching. In this study, the effectiveness of using active learning in the experimental group to achieve the learning outcomes and final product of a freshman-year writing and…
Descriptors: Research Skills, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Statistical Analysis
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Gebre, Engida; Saroyan, Alenoush; Aulls, Mark W. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
This paper examined professors' conceptions of effective teaching in the context of a course they were teaching in active learning classrooms and how the conceptions related to the perceived role and use of computers in their teaching. We interviewed 13 professors who were teaching in active learning classrooms in winter 2011 in a large research…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Effectiveness
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Miller, Carol – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2014
This study is a test of the effectiveness of a classroom role-playing exercise used to increase the understanding of cultural practices with which many Midwestern college students are uncomfortable. I employed a pre-test/post-test comparison group design. Students enrolled in two sections of a general education global issues course (N = 56) were…
Descriptors: Collectivism, Role Playing, Cultural Awareness, College Students
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Knapp, F. Andrew; Desrochers, Marcie N. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2009
Student response systems (SRSs) are increasingly being used in the classroom. However, there have been few well-controlled experimental evaluations to determine whether students benefit academically from these instructional tools. Additionally, comparisons of SRS with other interactive methods have not often been conducted. We compared SRS,…
Descriptors: Student Reaction, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis