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Download full textMaurer, Trent W.; Keim, Cassidy – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
This study presents a three-year replication and extension of Maurer's (2013) evaluation of a classroom activity to reduce prejudice and discrimination. Students in six sections of an introductory family science course were assigned to one of three conditions and one of two target marginalized groups for a 3x2 design. Results differed…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Social Bias, Social Discrimination, Social Distance
Wildermuth, Susan M.; French, Tammy; Fredrick, Edward – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This study explores alternative approaches for teaching general education courses burdened with serving extremely large enrollments. It compares the effectiveness of a self-contained course in which each course section is taught by one instructor to a large lecture/small lab format in which all course enrollees attend one large lecture section and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, General Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Small Group Instruction
Kaddoura, Mahmoud A. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
In today's technologically advanced healthcare world, nursing students should be active learners and think critically to provide safe patient care. A strategy that promotes students' active learning is case-based learning (CBL). The purpose of this study was to examine critical thinking (CT) abilities of nursing students from two different…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Nursing Students, Lecture Method
Henriques, Jeffrey B.; Kusse, Lyrissa I. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
Students in three sections of introductory psychology, N = 1051, were asked about the utility of traditional, e.g. instructor, lectures and textbook, and nontraditional, e.g., clickers, podcasts and online lecture slides, teaching tools. Students who felt unprepared for college (25.9%) differed from their peers in their perceived utility of these…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Preparation, Teaching Methods, Conventional Instruction
Fencl, Heidi; Butler, Angie Huenink – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007
Classical physics has a long history of using demonstrations and experiments to develop ideas in introductory courses. The purpose of this exploration is to examine the effectiveness of a desk-top activity for helping students develop abstract reasoning. In the pilot exploration, students in three laboratory sections of a single physics course…
Descriptors: Manipulative Materials, Hands on Science, Teaching Methods, Abstract Reasoning
