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Instructional Development for Teachers in Higher Education: Effects on Students' Perceptions of the Teaching-Learning Environment
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Stes, Ann; De Maeyer, Sven; Gijbels, David; Van Petegem, Peter – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
Background: Although instructional development for teachers has become an important topic in higher education, little is known about its actual impact. In particular, evidence regarding the impact of teachers' instructional development on students' perceptions of the teaching-learning environment is scarce. Aims: The impact of an instructional…
Descriptors: Evidence, Instructional Development, Higher Education, Quasiexperimental Design
Instructional Development for Teachers in Higher Education: Effects on Students' Learning Outcomes
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Stes, Ann; De Maeyer, Sven; Gijbels, David; Van Petegem, Peter – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
Evidence regarding the impact of teachers' instructional development on student learning in higher education is scarce. In this study, we investigate the impact of an instructional development program for beginning university teachers on students' learning outcomes. We also explore whether this impact is dependent on class size and student level.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Class Size, Quasiexperimental Design
Instructional Development for Early Career Academics: An Overview of Impact
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Stes, Ann; Van Petegem, Peter – Educational Research, 2011
Background: Over the past decades, the issue of improving teaching in higher education has been seriously addressed. Centres for instructional development, aimed at enhancing teaching, have been set up in many countries. Instructional development for early career academics is perceived to be of particular importance. Given the considerable…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Academic Achievement, Interviews, Program Effectiveness
Moving the Learning of Teaching Closer to Practice: Teacher Education Implications of School-Based Inquiry Teams
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Gallimore, Ronald; Ermeling, Bradley A.; Saunders, William M.; Goldenberg, Claude – Elementary School Journal, 2009
A 5-year prospective, quasi-experimental investigation demonstrated that grade-level teams in 9 Title 1 schools using an inquiry-focused protocol to solve instructional problems significantly increased achievement. Teachers applying the inquiry protocol shifted attribution of improved student performance to their teaching rather than external…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Investigations, Teaching Skills, Heuristics
Development of the Instructional Model by Integrating Information Literacy in the Class Learning and Teaching Processes
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Maitaouthong, Therdsak; Tuamsuk, Kulthida; Techamanee, Yupin – Education for Information, 2011
This study was aimed at developing an instructional model by integrating information literacy in the instructional process of general education courses at an undergraduate level. The research query, "What is the teaching methodology that integrates information literacy in the instructional process of general education courses at an undergraduate…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Education Courses
Linked Courses at the Twenty-First Century Metropolitan University
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Cargill, Kima; Kalikoff, Beth – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2007
In this essay, the authors argue that linked-course learning communities serve students at nonresidential metropolitan public universities by increasing their academic achievement, reducing their attrition, and engaging them in the project of public education. They use a winter 2004 research project to argue that linked courses create supportive…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Public Education, Quasiexperimental Design, Experimental Groups