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Bodé, Nicholas E.; Caron, Jeanette; Flynn, Alison B. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
Skill in organic chemistry nomenclature is fundamental for communicating more complex concepts. Interpreting and using functional group names is particularly important. With nomenclature101.com, students can create tailored interactive quizzes according to their learning needs; the tool is free and available in English and French. The present…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Achievement Gains, Organic Chemistry, Intermode Differences
Brandon, Jennifer Eve Andersen – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Engagement and motivation for participants in online learning have been studied extensively in business courses and in postsecondary courses. These studies have provided evidence of the difficulty for students to learn from and even complete online courses. Now that online learning is being promoted in high schools to cut costs and provide more…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Online Courses, Virtual Classrooms, Learning Experience
Onweh, Vincent E.; Akpan, Udeme Timothy – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2014
The study investigated the effects of instructional strategies on students' academic performance in Electrical Installation in Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State. Instructional skills are the most specific category of teaching behaviours. A non-equivalent control group quasi experimental design was adopted for the study. Four intact classes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Instructional Innovation, Educational Strategies
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Priest, Samuel J.; Pyke, Simon M.; Williamson, Natalie M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
Microcomputer based laboratory activities have been suggested to have a number of benefits in science education. However, their implementation produces mixed results, and student perception data have in the past yielded responses that are negative regarding the technology. This work presents a case study of three first year undergraduate chemistry…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Science Experiments, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis
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Kass, Darrin; Grandzol, Christian – Journal of Leadership Education, 2011
This study examined the leadership development of MBA students enrolled in an Organizational Behavior course. Students enrolled in either an in-class section or a section that included an intensive, outdoor training component called Leadership on the Edge. Results from Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practices Inventory (2003) showed that students…
Descriptors: Management Development, Leadership, Leadership Training, Outdoor Education
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Stewart, Alice C.; Houghton, Susan M.; Rogers, Patrick R. – Journal of Management Education, 2012
This research used a quasi-experimental design with two conditions to test the impact of active learning in the context of integrated instructional design. The control condition was a traditional approach to teaching an undergraduate strategy capstone class. The intervention condition was an undergraduate strategy capstone class that was designed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Active Learning, Intervention