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Esteban-Sánchez, Natalia; Pizarro, Celeste; Velázquez-Iturbide, J. Ángel – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2014
An evaluation of the educational effectiveness of a didactic method for the active learning of greedy algorithms is presented. The didactic method sets students structured-inquiry challenges to be addressed with a specific experimental method, supported by the interactive system GreedEx. This didactic method has been refined over several years of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Mathematics Instruction
Jarboe, Darren H. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In 2007, a Virtual Education Center for Biorenewable Resources was initiated (Raman, Brown, Brumm, Anex, Euken, Nokes, Crofcheck, Van Gerpen, and He, 2006). The Center offered three courses through distance education, including Biorenewable Resources and Technology (BRT) 501--Fundamentals of Biorenewable Resources and Technology. The main…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness, Tests
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Titman, Andrew C.; Lancaster, Gillian A. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2011
Technology is increasingly used to aid the teaching of statistics. Personal Response Systems (PRS) involve equipping students with a handset allowing them to send responses to questions put to them by a lecturer. PRS allows lectures to be more interactive and can help reinforce material. It can also allow the lecturer to monitor students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Course Content, Data Collection, Statistics
Blake, Veronica M.; Dinham, Sarah M. – 1988
A teaching guide designed for use by new university teaching assistants provides help in preparing for and carrying out instructional responsibilities. Separate chapters give guidance with: preparing the course description and syllabus, including writing objectives; selecting teaching strategies (lecture, discussion, and laboratory experience);…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Course Content
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Van Zele, Els; Vandaele, Pieter; Botteldooren, Dick; Lenaerts, Josephina – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
This article describes the implementation and evaluation of a learning objects based computer aided system for an advanced engineering course at Ghent University, Belgium. A new syllabus concept was introduced: students had access to a Web-delivered component and received an identical printed component as two sources of information additional to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Engineering Education, Higher Education