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Lee, Dabae; Morrone, Anastasia S.; Siering, Greg – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
To promote student learning and bolster student success, higher education institutions are increasingly creating large active learning classrooms to replace traditional lecture halls. Although there have been many efforts to examine the effects of those classrooms on learning outcomes, there is paucity of research that can inform the design and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Classroom Environment, Lecture Method
Sema A. Kalaian; Rafa Kasim – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case study outlines the use of multilevel modeling for meta-analysis to analyze the meta-analytic data for a 3-year project. The focus of the project, which was funded by the National Science Foundation, was on comparing the performance (achievement) of undergraduate students who were taught using one of the various types of active…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Science, College Mathematics, Small Group Instruction
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Flosason, Thorhallur O.; McGee, Heather M.; Diener-Ludwig, Lori – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2015
Classroom response systems (also referred to as clickers) can enhance learning outcomes and are generally viewed favorably by students and instructors alike. The current study used an alternating treatments design to examine whether discussing questions in small groups before responding to clicker questions during lecture improved accurate…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices
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Kalaian, Sema A.; Kasim, Rafa M. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2014
This meta-analytic study focused on the quantitative integration and synthesis of the accumulated pedagogical research in undergraduate statistics education literature. These accumulated research studies compared the academic achievement of students who had been instructed using one of the various forms of small-group learning methods to those who…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Literature Reviews, Small Group Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Cuddy, Monica M.; Swanson, David B.; Drake, Richard L.; Pawlina, Wojciech – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2013
Anatomy instruction has evolved over the past two decades as many medical schools have undergone various types of curricular reform. To provide empirical evidence about whether or not curricular changes impact the acquisition and retention of anatomy knowledge, this study investigated the effect of variation in gross anatomy course hours,…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Medical Education, Curriculum Development, Laboratories
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Wildermuth, Susan M.; French, Tammy; Fredrick, Edward – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This study explores alternative approaches for teaching general education courses burdened with serving extremely large enrollments. It compares the effectiveness of a self-contained course in which each course section is taught by one instructor to a large lecture/small lab format in which all course enrollees attend one large lecture section and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, General Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Small Group Instruction
Segerman, Jill – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Medical education helps ensure doctors acquire skills and knowledge needed to care for patients. However, resident duty hour restrictions have impacted time residents have for medical education, leaving resident educators searching for innovative options for effective medical education. Classroom situated e-learning, a blended learning delivery…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Medical Students, Medical Education, Educational Technology
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Herreid, Clyde Freeman – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
This chapter describes the history of case study teaching, types of cases, and experimental data supporting their effectiveness. It also describes a model for comparing the efficacy of the various case study methods. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Instructional Effectiveness, Lecture Method
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Vasan, Nagaswami S.; DeFouw, David O.; Compton, Scott – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2011
Team-based learning (TBL) strategy is being adopted in medical education to implement interactive small group learning. We have modified classical TBL to fit our curricular needs and approach. Anatomy lectures were replaced with TBL that required preparation of assigned content specific discussion topics (in the text referred as "discussion…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Anatomy, Lecture Method, Academic Achievement
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Cannella-Malone, Helen I.; Axe, Judah B.; Parker, Edward D. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
Within an interteaching context, an alternating treatments design was used to compare the effects of answering versus writing study guide questions on quiz performance in a 10-week methods course in special education. Results indicated quiz performance was not substantially influenced by the type of preparation, but that writing questions led to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Course Content, Lecture Method
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Yazedjian, Ani; Kolkhorst, Brittany Boyle – College Teaching, 2007
This study examines student perceptions regarding the effectiveness of small-group work in a large lecture class. The article considers and illustrates from students' perspectives the ways in which small-group activities could enhance comprehension of course material, reduce anonymity associated with large lecture classes, and promote student…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Group Activities, Lecture Method, Cooperative Learning
Thompson, Marceline; Pledger, Linda – 1998
The purpose of this study was to conduct a preliminary examination of the efficacy of two teaching methodologies: traditional lecture versus cooperative learning. A sample of 50 students was taken from a mid-size, southern, metropolitan university. The subjects were divided into 2 groups: 27 who learned course material via the traditional lecture…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning
Jones, Annette – 2000
This paper considers how active learning events in the form of problem solving/discussion events can be combined with the traditional lecture to better support good teaching and student learning in information systems (IS) education. A single case study is used to illustrate and evaluate the effectiveness of small group problem solving and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Group Discussion, Higher Education
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Hertzog, C. Jay; Lieble, Charles – Journal of Geography, 1996
Reports on a study conducted by a university geography department and its school of education. They divided a World Regional Geography class into two groups. One utilized the traditional lecture method; the other implemented a collaborative learning approach. No significant gain was realized at the conclusion of the study. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Course Evaluation, Educational Cooperation, Geography
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Jackson, M. W.; Prosser, M. T. – Studies in Higher Education, 1989
The results of a three-year project introducing small-group experiential learning techniques into a traditionally structured first-year lecture course are presented. Ways to introduce the techniques into large classes with no increase in resources are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Size, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
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