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Nemeth, Amanda; Wheatley, Christopher; Stewart, John – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
This study examines high school preparation measures [ACT/SAT scores, high school grade point average (HSGPA), and conceptual physics pretest scores], in-class behavior measures (homework submission rates and lecture attendance rates), and in-class achievement measures (homework and test averages) for the last two fully face-to-face prepandemic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
Gorman, Connor – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The effect of class size on student learning has numerous policy implications and has been a major subject of conversation and research for decades. Despite this, few studies have been done on class size in the context of university settings or physics courses. This dissertation helps address that gap in the literature by quantitatively analyzing…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Grades (Scholastic), Introductory Courses
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Bir, Devayan Debashis – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2019
Universities in the U.S. typically offer to teach introductory engineering courses in large classes to tackle the increase in undergraduate engineering enrolment and to save on cost of teaching. Previous studies done on traditionally taught large classes have shown the negative effects it has on students and faculty. Many institutions use online…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Performance Factors, Engineering Education, Online Courses
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Aronne, Luciana; Nagle, Courtney; Styers, Jodie L.; Combs, Adam; George, J. Andrew – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2019
This study examines the effectiveness of pre-laboratory presentations in an undergraduate general chemistry laboratory using two different modes of delivery: a traditional lecture versus an in-class video presentation. It was anticipated that implementation of videos could result in improved laboratory efficiency, safety, and necessary technical…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Abbasian, Reza O.; Czuchry, Mike – PRIMUS, 2021
In this paper, we will introduce partial results from our 3-year NSF funded grant titled "Inverted and Active Learning Pedagogies (IALP) for Student Success." We will present our results comparing student achievement between inverted (flipped) classrooms and traditional lecture formats in statistics classes at Texas Lutheran University.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Introductory Courses, Statistics Education
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Kinoshita, Timothy J.; Knight, David B.; Gibbes, Badin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
Burgeoning college enrolments and insufficient funding to higher education have expanded the use of large lecture courses. As this trend continues, it is important to ensure that students can still learn in those challenging learning environments. Within education broadly and undergraduate engineering specifically, active learning pedagogies have…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Engineering Education, Lecture Method, Undergraduate Students
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Zingaro, Daniel – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2015
Computer Science 1 (CS1), the first course taken by college-level computer science (CS) majors, has traditionally suffered from high failure rates. Efforts to understand this phenomenon have considered a wide range of predictors of CS success, such as prior programming experience, math ability, learning style, and gender, with findings that are…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Student Interests, College Students, Grades (Scholastic)
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Heron, Paula R. L. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
The impact of lecture instruction on student conceptual understanding in physics has been the subject of research for several decades. Most studies have reported disappointingly small improvements in student performance on conceptual questions despite direct instruction on the relevant topics. These results have spurred a number of attempts to…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Science Instruction, Physics, Introductory Courses
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Mastilak, Christian – Journal of Education for Business, 2012
Millennial students often possess characteristics at odds with typical lecture-based approaches to introductory accounting courses. The author introduces an approach for reaching millennial students early in introductory accounting courses in ways that fit millennials' characteristics. This article describes the use of the board game Monopoly[R]…
Descriptors: Socialization, Accounting, Introductory Courses, Teaching Methods
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Andreopoulos, Giuliana Campanelli; Panayides, Alexandros – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
Economics is usually perceived as a difficult subject among undergraduate students and the literature suggests that the student's problems with principles of economics are mainly related to the chalk and talk type of teaching, the simplicity of economic models, limited discussions on current economic issues, and on race, gender, and other types of…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Educational Principles, Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses
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Euzent, Patricia; Martin, Thomas; Moskal, Patrick; Moskal, Patsy – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2011
Public universities are currently facing a challenge in determining how to deliver quality instruction in the face of severe fiscal constraints. With recent technological advances, courses streamed over the Internet (i.e., lecture capture) are now becoming common. However, little research has been published that specifically examines student…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Synchronous Communication, Distance Education, Online Courses
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Stanca, Luca – Journal of Economic Education, 2006
The author presents new evidence on the effects of attendance on academic performance. He used a large panel data set for introductory microeconomics students to explicitly take into account the effect of unobservable factors correlated with attendance, such as ability, effort, and motivation. He found that neither proxy variables nor instrumental…
Descriptors: Attendance, Correlation, Microeconomics, Academic Achievement
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Brallier, Sara A.; Palm, Linda J.; Gilbert, Robin M. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2007
The first objective of this research was to compare the demographic and academic profiles of introductory sociology students who completed Web-based courses (n = 62) to those who completed traditional lecture-based courses (n = 77). The second objective was to determine the extent to which demographic variables (age, gender, and race), academic…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Internet, Lecture Method
Harley, Diane; Henke, Jonathan; Lawrence, Shannon; McMartin, Flora; Maher, Michael; Gawlik, Marytza; Muller, Parisa – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2003
As colleges and universities nationwide anticipate enrolling more than two million new students over the next decade, UC Berkeley is exploring options for serving more students, more cost effectively, in large lecture courses. This research project analyzes economic and pedagogical questions related to the use of on-line lecture and laboratory…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Enrollment Trends, Cost Effectiveness