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French, Sarah; Kennedy, Gregor – Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 2016
Over the past few years the question of whether the lecture is an effective teaching method has been one of the most heatedly debated topics in the field of higher education. While research on the effectiveness of lectures has been carried out since at least the 1960s, the value of the lecture has been increasingly questioned recently for a number…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Relevance (Education), Educational Quality, Instructional Effectiveness
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Farrukh, A.; Mayberry, J. F. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2014
During the last twenty years there has been a significant growth in the training of overseas students especially within the European Union. This development has been paralleled by the emergence of off-shore medical schools in the American hemisphere. These facilities are to be found in both traditional established universities as well as less…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Study Abroad, Professional Education
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Perzov, Aviva; Kozminsky, Ely – Computers in the Schools, 1989
Describes an empirical study of the effect of computer game practice on the improvement of skills that are related to visual perception in young children. Treatment of experimental and control groups of kindergarten children in Israel are described, and recommendations for the use of computer games versus educational games are given. (23…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Courseware
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Large, Andrew; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Describes a study of 120 grade-6 students in Montreal that compared "Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia" on CD-ROM with its print version to determine students' ability to recall information and to draw inferences from it. Presentation conditions, retrieval conditions, text characteristics, and future research plans are discussed.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Encyclopedias, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
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Vennix, Jac A. M.; Geurts, Jac L. A. – Simulation and Games, 1987
Describes design principles followed in developing an interactive microcomputer-based simulation to study financial and economic aspects of the Dutch social security system. The main goals are to improve participants' insights into the formal simulation model, and to improve policy development skills. Plans for future research are also discussed.…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Developed Nations, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
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van Beek, Jan; And Others – Computers and Education, 1989
Describes a study conducted at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) that investigated the effectiveness of a computer-based training program for use with an automated system for retrieving legal information. Hypotheses tested are explained, computer-based versus traditional instructional methods are compared, and implications for further…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Databases