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Holt, Emily A.; Fagerheim, Britt; Durham, Susan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
Online plagiarism tutorials are increasingly popular in higher education, as faculty and staff try to curb the plagiarism epidemic. Yet no research has validated the efficacy of such tools in minimizing plagiarism in the sciences. Our study compared three plagiarism-avoidance training regimens (i.e., no training, online tutorial, or homework…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Online Courses, Tutorial Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Selter, Christoph; Gräsel, Cornelia; Reinold, Martin; Trempler, Kati – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
Previous findings indicate that the effectiveness of in-service teacher training can be increased by a (pedagogical) content knowledge orientation on the one hand and the stimulation of cooperation among teachers on the other. In this paper, three versions of a multi-phase training program were compared in a quasi-experimental field study with a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
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Solari, Emily J.; Zucker, Tricia A.; Landry, Susan H.; Williams, Jeffrey M. – Early Education and Development, 2016
With increased demand for improved early childhood education services, it is important to better understand the essential professional development resources that have the greatest impact on both teacher and child outcomes. This study compared the effectiveness of two teacher-training models in bilingual Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and Head…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Training Methods
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Dodd, Caleb D.; Burris, Scott; Fraze, Steve; Doerfert, David; McCulloch, Abigail – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2013
The incorporation of hot and cold food bars into grocery stores in an effort to capture a portion of the home meal replacement industry is presenting new challenges for retail food establishments. To ensure retail success and customer safety, employees need to be educated in food safety practices. Traditional methods of training are not meeting…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Nontraditional Education, Conventional Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
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Karahan, Ahmet Suat – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
It is clearly seen that distance education, spreading all over the world recently, is increasingly used in music education process. That the method brings great flexibility to the teaching-learning process destroys the limits depending on time and space and it can easily reach wide audiences and so on outstanding features are the main factors…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Distance Education, Conventional Instruction, Intermode Differences
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Hastie, Peter A.; Calderón, Antonio; Rolim, Ramiro J.; Guarino, Anthony J. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relative effectiveness of 2 forms of physical education instruction on students' skill and technical performance, as well as content knowledge in 3 track and field events. Method: Students from 6 classes in 3 Portuguese schools completed 900-min units conducted under the auspices of sport…
Descriptors: Track and Field, Skill Development, Physical Education, Training Methods
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Clarke, Doug; Cheeseman, Jill; Roche, Anne; van der Schans, Stephanie – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2014
In recent years, the mathematics education research community has given increased focus to the use of cognitively demanding, challenging tasks and the demands placed on students and teachers by their use. In particular, there is evidence that a major issue is students' lack of persistence when working on such tasks. In this article, we report on…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies
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Ajayi-Dopemu, Y.; Talabi, J. K. – Journal of Educational Television, 1986
Investigates the effectiveness of videotape recording use in teacher education by comparing the progress of students who were videotaped while practicing classroom skills through microteaching with the progress of students who were not videotaped. The groups which used videotaping made significantly more progress in their mastery of specified…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Intermode Differences
Morrison, Gary R.; And Others – 1994
Relative effects on adult learners who received experimenter-provided elaborations or who generated personal elaborations, using strategies taught by means of detached versus embedded training, were examined in 80 employees in a professional-development course at a large corporation. Subjects were assigned to a control group, a group receiving…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adult Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Control Groups
Copeland, Peter – Media in Education and Development, 1988
Discussion of research that evaluates the effectiveness of interactive video used for training in the United States and in the United Kingdom highlights a program developed for the Ford Motor Company. Topics discussed include content-treatment interaction; learning strategies; intermode differences; research criteria; pretest and posttest results;…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Westerdahl, Edward John – 1991
This study compared the effectiveness and efficiency of trainees in the Onan small products gasoline course under two training curricula: (1) the control group curriculum was the in-place course on the Emerald generator set; and (2) the experimental group curriculum was essentially the same with the addition of one lesson based on methods used by…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Electronic Equipment, Electronic Technicians, Hypothesis Testing
Bosco, James; Wagner, Jerry – Educational Technology, 1988
Describes evaluation that assessed the effectiveness of the Interactive Laser Disc System (ILDS) Training Program in comparison with classroom instruction with videotape for training of General Motors workers. Topics discussed include achievement test, attitude scales, opinion surveys, user preference questionnaires, interviews, and variables that…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Interactive Video
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Whetzel, Deborah L.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1996
A study assessed the effectiveness of a satellite training program developed for the United States Postal Service and compared it with traditional classroom training for the same courses. Results show slight but statistically significant differences between the two methods of instruction for learning job-related skills. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Distance Education
Jacobson, Larry; Hafner, Laurin P. – 1991
The first of two sections of this paper describes a pilot program that used interactive video (IAV) technology to enhance the scripting skills of teacher certification assessors in the administration of a classroom observation technique. A comparative analysis was drawn between three groups of assessors: those who received IAV programed…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education