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Presence and Perceived Learning in Different Higher Education Blended Learning Environments
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Khodabandelou, Rouhollah; Jalil, Habibah Ab; Ali, Wan Zah Wan; Daud, Shaffe Mohd – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2015
Blended learning as "third generation" of distance learning has the potential to offer multimethod instruction through the blend, to leverage the strengths of current online and traditional instructions. Therefore, higher education institutions having recognized the fact that blended learning is beneficial, adopted this alternative…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Higher Education, Educational Environment, Delivery Systems
More Time or Better Tools? A Large-Scale Retrospective Comparison of Pedagogical Approaches to Teach Programming
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Silva-Maceda, Gabriela; Arjona-Villicaña, P. David; Castillo-Barrera, F. Edgar – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2016
Learning to program is a complex task, and the impact of different pedagogical approaches to teach this skill has been hard to measure. This study examined the performance data of seven cohorts of students (N = 1168) learning programming under three different pedagogical approaches. These pedagogical approaches varied either in the length of the…
Descriptors: Programming, Teaching Methods, Intermode Differences, Cohort Analysis
An Investigation of How the Channel of Input and Access to Test Questions Affect L2 Listening Test Performance
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Wagner, Elvis – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
The use of video technology has become widespread in the teaching and testing of second-language (L2) listening, yet research into how this technology affects the learning and testing process has lagged. The current study investigated how the channel of input (audiovisual vs. audio-only) used on an L2 listening test affected test-taker…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Second Languages, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension Tests
Effects of Presentation Mode and Visual Characteristics on Cognitive Style.
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Moore, David M.; Bedient, Douglas – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 1986
Describes two experiments conducted with undergraduate students to determine effects of field dependence/independence on visual characteristics and presentation modes. The first studied content information recall from still projected visuals of different sizes and types of illustrations; the second studied visual-location task performance and…
Descriptors: Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education, Intermode Differences, Literature Reviews
Learning Auditory Discrimination with Computer-Assisted Instruction: A Comparison of Two Different Performance Objectives.
Steinhaus, Kurt A. – 1981
A 12-week study of two groups of 14 college freshmen music majors was conducted to determine which group demonstrated greater achievement in learning auditory discrimination using computer-assisted instruction (CAI). The method employed was a pre-/post-test experimental design using subjects randomly assigned to a control group or an experimental…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Style, College Freshmen
No Comparison: Distance Education Finds a New Use for "No Significant Difference."
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Lockee, Barbara B.; Burton, John K.; Cross, Lawrence H. – 1999
This paper details the origins of the media comparison study methodology, its current use as an evaluation instrument in distance education, and recommendations for more stringent discrimination between research and evaluation in the field of distance learning. The following topics are discussed: (1) the history of research in instructional…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Distance Education, Educational History