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Daniel Terry; Blake Peck; Andrew Smith; Swapnali Gazula – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2025
Research approaches to better engage student learning regarding the determinants of health are somewhat limited. The present study highlights the evolution of an authentic fieldwork assessment and the strategies nursing students used as they navigated the assessment for learning activity outside the classroom, and how these impacted student's…
Descriptors: Success, Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Learning Strategies
Dawson, Phillip; van der Meer, Jacques; Skalicky, Jane; Cowley, Kym – Review of Educational Research, 2014
Supplemental instruction (SI)--variously known as peer-assisted learning, peer-assisted study sessions, and other names--is a type of academic support intervention popular in higher education. In SI sessions, a senior student facilitates peer learning between undergraduates studying a high-risk course. This article presents a systematic review of…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Program Effectiveness, Literature Reviews, Peer Teaching
Seo, You-Jin; Bryant, Diane – Remedial and Special Education, 2012
This study investigated the effectiveness of "Math Explorer" at enhancing the word problem-solving skills of students with mathematics difficulties (MD). The study, which had a multiple-probe-across-subjects design, was conducted over 18 weeks. Four students with MD in Grades 2 and 3 participated. All students were able to use the four-step…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Problem Solving, Metacognition, Program Effectiveness
Gulikers, Judith T. M.; Kester, Liesbeth; Kirschner, Paul A.; Bastiaens, Theo J. – Learning and Instruction, 2008
Does authentic assessment or the perception of it affect how students study and learn? Does practical experience affect how assessment authenticity is perceived? And does practical experience influence how an authentic assessment affects student learning? Mixed methods design yielded insight into the answers to these questions. This article…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Program Effectiveness, Skill Development, Student Evaluation
Lowenthal, Diane J.; Sosland, Jeffrey K. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2007
By examining American University's Washington Semester Program (AUWSP), this project analyzes the impact of intensive undergraduate experiential and active learning on subsequent student academic performance. In this article, we discuss the differences between traditional, active, and experiential learning methods to better understand the…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Focus Groups, Academic Achievement, Alumni

Callanan, Edward F.; Sweatt, Ellen L. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Assesses effects on student performance and retention of efforts to enhance learning in two introductory accounting courses through more opportunities for active learning, more frequent feedback on student progress, and better standardization of student performance evaluations. Reports improvements in student performance but no change in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Thavikulwat, Precha; Pillutla, Sharma – Simulation & Gaming, 2004
This article reports on two studies that were conducted to determine whether (a) total enterprise simulations are suitable for assessing business skills and (b) the tournament concept can be effectively applied to such simulations. The first study involved 141 senior business students; the second, 74. The results are consistently favorable on both…
Descriptors: Simulation, Program Effectiveness, Business Skills, Learning Strategies

Petty, Paul – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated a program for increasing student engagement and retention through the use of authentic assessment and cooperative groups. The targeted population consisted of one sixth grade class in an elementary school and two ninth grade classes in a high school located in different communities in the far…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Attendance