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Omwirhiren, Efe M.; Ibrahim, Khalil U. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study investigated the effect of teachers' instructional methods on students learning outcomes in selected senior secondary school in Kaduna, Nigeria Two instructional methods (Demonstration and Lecture) were used on target population of one thousand nine hundred and eleven (1,911) senior secondary (S.S. II) Science Students. The sample…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Teaching Methods, Intermode Differences, Instructional Effectiveness
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Pleitner, Aaron M.; Hammons, Susan R.; McKenzie, Emily; Cho, Young-Hee; Oliver, Haley F. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2014
Maintaining current, relevant curriculum in undergraduate Food Microbiology courses is essential for training future experts in food quality and safety. Having an understanding of the fundamental techniques (for example, polymerase chain reaction [PCR]) that are used in the food industry and regulatory agencies is critical for students entering…
Descriptors: Food, Foods Instruction, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
Swift, Elijah Raford, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to address the gap in research regarding the use of cooperative learning instructional methods in college mathematics courses to prepare future teachers. Bruner's constructivist theory and social interdependence theory guided this study. The research questions focused on the effects of the use of cooperative learning…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
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Knight, Jennifer K.; Wood, William B. – Cell Biology Education, 2005
We carried out an experiment to determine whether student learning gains in a large, traditionally taught, upper-division lecture course in developmental biology could be increased by partially changing to a more interactive classroom format. In two successive semesters, we presented the same course syllabus using different teaching styles: in…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Student Participation, Cooperative Learning, Course Content