Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 11 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
| Akcayoglu, Duygu Ispinar | 1 |
| Aubry, James M. | 1 |
| Burns, Colleen E. | 1 |
| Cantoni, L. | 1 |
| Cheng, Shuk Han | 1 |
| Chiu, Pit Ho Patrio | 1 |
| Cincera, Jan | 1 |
| Cowan, Mary K. | 1 |
| Dogan, Alev | 1 |
| Duman, Bilal | 1 |
| Fanni, F. | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 10 |
| Reports - Research | 10 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 6 |
| Elementary Education | 3 |
| Secondary Education | 3 |
| High Schools | 2 |
| Grade 8 | 1 |
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Turkey | 3 |
| Brazil | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Iran | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkChiu, Pit Ho Patrio; Cheng, Shuk Han – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
Recent studies on active learning classrooms (ACLs) have demonstrated their positive influence on student learning. However, most of the research evidence is derived from a few subject-specific courses or limited student enrolment. Empirical studies on this topic involving large student populations are rare. The present work involved a large-scale…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Learning Experience
Yildirim, Rana; Akcayoglu, Duygu Ispinar – Education 3-13, 2015
This study reports on an investigation into the impact of strategy-based English language instruction (SBELI) on the language proficiency of gifted learners. The participants were students who were identified as gifted and thus received additional out-of-school training for a few days a week in Adana Science and Arts Centre. Their ages ranged from…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Proficiency, Investigations, Gifted
Download full textSmoláková, Nikoleta; Švajdaa, Juraj; Koróny, Samuel; Cincera, Jan – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This study compares the inquiry competence of the 8th-grade students participating in the science and environmental education program GLOBE in the Czech Republic with a sample of students of the same age not participating in the program from the Slovak and Czech Republics. Inquiry competence is analyzed as a set of variables representing students'…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Minimum Competency Testing, Environmental Education, Science Education
Talebi, Seyed Hassan – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study investigates the effect of reading strategies instruction in L2 (English) on raising reading strategies awareness and use and reading ability of Iranian EFL learners in L2 (English) and L1 (Persian) as a result of transfer of reading strategies from L2 to L1. To this purpose, 120 students of intermediate and advanced English proficiency…
Descriptors: Investigations, Reading Strategies, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Ford, Maire B.; Burns, Colleen E.; Mitch, Nathan; Gomez, Melissa M. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2012
The use of classroom capture systems (systems that capture audio and video footage of a lecture and attempt to replicate a classroom experience) is becoming increasingly popular at the university level. However, research on the effectiveness of classroom capture systems in the university classroom has been limited due to the recent development and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Video Technology, Lecture Method, Student Evaluation
Fanni, F.; Rega, I.; Cantoni, L. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2013
The aim of this article is twofold. First, the final results of two research projects, which investigated the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on primary schools teachers in disadvantaged areas in Brazil (BET k-12) and South Africa (MELISSA), are presented and discussed. Second, the Self-Efficacy construct is proposed as a…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Elementary School Teachers, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Duman, Bilal – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2010
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of Brain-based learning (BBL) on the academic achievement of students with different learning styles. The study group consists of students from the department of Social Sciences Teacher Education in the Faculty of Education at Mugla University (N=68). In the study, a pre-test-post-test…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Research Design, Cognitive Style
Aubry, James M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation investigated the effects of instructor's self-disclosure using the Facebook social networking online platform on students' motivation types, attitudes, and performance in the course. The participants were 104 beginning French students enrolled in an online French course at a research one university in the southeast U.S. The…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Online Courses, Motivation, Measures (Individuals)
Learner-Instructor Telephone Interaction: Effects on Satisfaction and Achievement of Online Students
O'Leary, Patrick F.; Quinlan, Thomas J., Jr. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2007
The telephone has a long history as a distance learning technology. This study investigated its impact on the satisfaction and achievement of online students. To measure satisfaction, the expectancy disconfirmation paradigm was used. Online students completed an instrument based on this paradigm at the beginning and end of the semester. A randomly…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Distance Education, Telephone Instruction, Investigations
Ibanez-Orcajo, M. Teresa; Martinez-Aznar, M. Mercedes – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
Numerous investigations show that most school science teaching, in Spain and elsewhere, implicitly transmits an inductivist and very stereotyped view of science and conveys an unrealistic image of scientific work. We present some results of an investigation with fourth-level Spanish secondary education students (15 year olds) who were taught…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Investigations, Experimental Groups
Wilkinson, Paul O.; Goodyer, Ian M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Depressed adults may show impairment in switching attention from one task to another. Rumination on negative thoughts is associated with the onset and persistence of depressive episodes. It is unclear if such mood-related ruminations are specifically associated with slowed ability in switching attention from one task to another.…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Response Style (Tests), Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
Peer reviewedCowan, Mary K. – American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1972
This investigation sought to compare male and female differences in play activities between 21 blind subjects and 21 matched control subjects in second through eighth grade. (Author)
Descriptors: Blindness, Childrens Games, Control Groups, Elementary School Students
Kilic, Ziya; Kaya, Osman Nafiz; Dogan, Alev – Online Submission, 2004
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of scientific discussions based on student-constructed pre- and post-laboratory concept maps on students' attitudes toward chemistry laboratory in the university general chemistry. As part of instruction, during the first four laboratory sessions, students were taught how to construct and…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Investigations
