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Weiss, David J.; McGuire, Patrick; Clouse, Wendi; Sandoval, Raphael – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
Studies on the effectiveness of clickers in undergraduate chemistry courses are mixed, and there is disagreement on how to effectively leverage clickers to improve student learning performance. To fill a gap in the research, we analyzed three different teaching strategies (two involving clickers) in a General Chemistry I course over a 13-year time…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Audience Response Systems
Williams, Dylan P.; Hin, Shane Lo Fan; Erlina – New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 2019
Recent work on student perceptions of skills development and engagement with different teaching and learning approaches have provided useful evidence bases for practitioners aiming to enhance the student learning experience. Although there has been some useful research on student expectations in non-STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, Student Attitudes, Skill Development
Young, Kaisa E.; Young, Chadwick H.; Beyer, Adam – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2017
We compare student learning and perception data from astronomy, physics, and geology courses taught in a traditional classroom with individual desks to the same classes taught in a large auditorium. In a large student sample (1,593 students), there is no clear difference between rooms in measures of failure rates or average final grades. However,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Introductory Courses, College Science, School Space
Gill, Richard – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2011
One critical element of increasing science literacy is student engagement. In this article, I report on the impacts of changing an introductory environmental science class to move away from standard lecture delivery and increase student engagement in science. The class was designed around small-group activities, inquiry labs, and substantial use…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Video Technology, Small Group Instruction, Group Activities
Lyon, D. C.; Lagowski, J. J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
We report the results of a study designed to investigate the effectiveness of peer-led, small-group discussions in a large (N greater than 400) general chemistry course usually taught in a traditional lecture format. The administrative structure, the training of the peer facilitators, and the achievement of students exposed to this environment…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Chemistry, Program Effectiveness, Lecture Method
Preszler, Ralph W. – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2006
Students who chose to enroll in a supplemental course associated with a large biology lecture performed better on lecture exams than those students who chose not to enroll in the supplemental course. Sections of the supplemental course were taught with instructor-centered methods prior to some exams, student-centered methods prior to other exams,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Teaching Methods, Lecture Method

Windschitl, Mark – College Teaching, 1999
Describes and evaluates a technique used in two science lecture courses (biochemistry and introductory meteorology), in which lectures were interspersed with frequent, brief discussions within spontaneously formed small groups. Some differences were found in the ways the two professors managed the technique, but both felt in-class participation…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis

Harty, Harold; Al-Faleh, Nasser – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
Determined differences between lecture-demonstration and small-group laboratory approaches on students' (N=74) chemistry achievement and attitudes toward science. Findings indicate that students taught by the laboratory approach achieved better on immediate/delayed posttests than students taught by lecture-demonstration method. More desirable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Conventional Instruction, Grade 11
Hejmadi, Momna V. – Bioscience Education e-Journal, 2007
This paper describes the development and evaluation of a blended learning resource in the biosciences, created by combining online learning with formal face-face lectures and supported by formative assessments. In order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching large classes with mixed student cohorts, teaching was delivered through…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Formative Evaluation, Online Courses, Workshops
Alcazar, Maria Teresa Moreno; Fitzgerald, Victoria Landa – College Quarterly, 2005
An experimental study was designed to study the effectiveness of Problem Based Learning (PBL) in the context of higher education in an urban-city university in Lima, Peru. In the fall semester of 2004, eleven sections of Chemistry 1 were offered to first year students in the College of Science at this University. In six of these eleven sections…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Group Activities, Problem Based Learning, Program Effectiveness

Sashin, S. S. – Higher Education Review, 1993
Forms and characteristics of small group physics instruction in the Russian university are examined and in some cases, compared to those used in Britain. Topics discussed include the lecture method, classroom communication during lectures, postlecture discussion, specialized small-audience lectures, problem solving, individual research projects,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique)

Dufresne, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1996
College physics teachers describe their experience using a computer-based classroom communication system that facilitates presentation of questions for small-group work, collection of student answers, and display of histograms showing how the class answered, all feeding into classwide discussions. The technique engages students in active learning…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Communication, College Instruction, College Science

Jegede, Olugbemiro J. – Science Education, 1991
Compared attitudes toward computer use and achievement in biology for three groups of Nigerian students (n=64): (1) working alone with computer; (2) working in groups of three on the computer; (3) and a control group that received normal instruction (lecture). Students in the second group had the highest scores on attitude. No significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction