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Tews, Michael J.; Jackson, Kathy; Ramsay, Crystal; Michel, John W. – College Teaching, 2015
Despite the popular belief that fun has a positive impact in learning contexts, empirical research on fun in the classroom has been limited. To extend research in this area, the goal of this study was to develop and validate a new scale to assess fun in the classroom and examine its relationship with student engagement. The multi-stage scale…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Student Participation, Learner Engagement
McDonald, Betty – Online Submission, 2013
A focus group of 18 faculty members at Campus O of a higher educational institution and another focus group of 16 faculty members at Campus S of the same institution comprised the sample, representative of close to 100% of their respective populations. Independently, both groups were engaged in interactive Problem-Based Learning sessions. They…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Measures (Individuals), Focus Groups
Hassad, Rossi A. – Online Submission, 2009
This study examined the teaching practices of 227 college instructors of introductory statistics (from the health and behavioral sciences). Using primarily multidimensional scaling (MDS) techniques, a two-dimensional, 10-item teaching practice scale, TISS (Teaching of Introductory Statistics Scale), was developed and validated. The two dimensions…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Measures (Individuals), Multidimensional Scaling, Psychometrics