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Marchant, Jorge; González, Carlos; Fauré, Jaime – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
In this paper, we analyse the impact of teacher participation in a University Teaching Diploma on student approaches to studying and learning experience. A quasi-experimental and multilevel design was employed. University teachers answered the Approaches to Teaching Inventory and students completed the Course Experience Questionnaire and the Study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
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Jabarullah, Noor H.; Iqbal Hussain, Hafezali – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the use of problem-based learning (PBL) with engineering students at a technical university in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: The setting provided a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of PBL, since Universiti Kuala Lumpur offers both the traditional, predominantly…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Vocational Education, Engineering Education
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Vanfretti, Luigi; Farrokhabadi, Mostafa – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
This article presents the implementation of the constructive alignment theory (CAT) in a power system analysis course through a consensus-based course design process. The consensus-based design process involves both the instructor and graduate-level students and it aims to develop the CAT framework in a holistic manner with the goal of including…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Engineering Education, Power Technology, Systems Analysis
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Herrmann, Kim J. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2013
With an increasing awareness that many undergraduates are passive during teaching sessions, calls for instructional methods that allow students to become actively engaged have increased. Cooperative learning has long been popular at the primary and secondary level and, within recent years, higher education. However, empirical evidence of the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Learner Engagement, Intervention, Quasiexperimental Design
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Westhues, Anne; Barsen, Chia; Freymond, Nancy; Train, Patricia – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
In this article, we report the findings from a study exploring the effects of a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to teaching and learning on learning outcomes for master's of social work (MSW) students. Students who participated in a PBL pilot project were compared with students who did not participate in 5 outcome areas: social work…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Masters Programs, Social Work, Teaching Methods
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Abhayawansa, Subhash; Tempone, Irene; Pillay, Soma – Accounting Education, 2012
This study examines the impact of prior learning experience on students' approaches to learning (SAL). It compares SAL of accounting students admitted to university in Australia on the basis of Institutes of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) qualifications (TAFE-to-university) and through direct entry mode (Year 12-to-university). The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes