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I Like the Way This Feels: Using Classroom Response System Technology to Enhance Tactile Learners' Introductory American Government Experience
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Ulbig, Stacy G. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2016
Do individual-level student learning styles affect appreciation for and benefit from the use of classroom response system technology? This research investigates the benefit of in-class electronic classroom response systems ("classroom clickers"). With these systems, students answer questions posed to them in a PowerPoint presentation…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Cognitive Style
Implementation of Research-Based ESL Strategies with Lower Grade Middle School ELLs in the Science Classroom: Findings from an Experimental Study
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Irby, Beverly J.; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Tong, Fuhui; Guerrero, Cindy; Sutton-Jones, Kara L.; Abdelrahman, Nahed – TESL-EJ, 2018
English language learners (ELLs) benefit when their teachers utilize a wide range of English as a Second Language (ESL) instructional strategies. However, content-area teachers often are unfamiliar with these ESL strategies as they have not received extensive professional development on meeting the needs of ELLs, especially within the context in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Teacher Competencies
A Comparison of a Traditional Lecture-Based and Online Supplemental Video and Lecture-Based Approach in an Engineering Statics Class
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Halupa, Colleen M.; Caldwell, Benjamin W. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
This quasi-experimental research study evaluated two intact undergraduate engineering statics classes at a private university in Texas. Students in the control group received traditional lecture, readings and homework assignments. Those in the experimental group also were given access to a complete set of online video lectures and videos…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Lecture Method
Exploring a Flipped Classroom Approach in a Japanese Language Classroom: A Mixed Methods Study
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Prefume, Yuko Enomoto – ProQuest LLC, 2015
A flipped classroom approach promotes active learning and increases teacher-student interactions by maximizing face-to-face class time (Hamdan, McKnight, Mcknight, Arfstrom, & Arfstrom, 2013). In this study, "flipped classroom" is combined with the use of technology and is described as an instructional approach that provides lectures…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Blended Learning, Homework
An Exploration of Online Environments Supporting Follow-Up to Face-to-Face Professional Development
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Green, Marybeth; Cifuentes, Lauren – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2008
In this study we examined the effects of online follow-up and online peer interaction following a face-to face professional development workshop on attitudes towards that professional development and completion of a professional development task. School librarians were invited to work online on a three page plan outlining interventions a library…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Research Design, Interaction, Workshops
Exploring the Use of WebCT for Building Critical Thinking Skills of Hispanic Teacher Candidates
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Garcia, Criselda G. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2008
Test-based education reform efforts continue to limit the number of minority teachers in the United States. Minority-serving institutions face numerous challenges in recruiting and preparing highly qualified minority teacher candidates for the academic demands of a changing teaching climate and the influx of a diverse student population in public…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Preservice Teachers
Impact of Training on Faculty and Administrators in an Interactive Television Environment
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Dobbs, Rita – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2004
This study measured the importance of training for higher education faculty and administrators in adapting to and implementing distance education courses in an interactive television (ITV) environment. The quasi-experimental study utilized a pretest-posttest control group design with Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) used to analyze the data. The…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Statistical Analysis, Adoption (Ideas), Quasiexperimental Design