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Hamilton, Hannah R.; Mallett, Robyn K. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2023
One-minute papers allow students to process what they learned during class and improve student performance. However, this activity can become monotonous and takes significantly longer than the name implies. The research described here tests the effectiveness of a briefer, more flexible version of this technique to increase the perceived relevance…
Descriptors: Reflection, Student Attitudes, Active Learning, Academic Achievement
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Tim Gorichanaz – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2024
This paper presents an interpretative phenomenological analysis study of students' experiences with ungrading in the form of reflection-based self-evaluation in a college course. In the landscape of student evaluation, ungrading strategies respond to the limitations of traditional grading systems, particularly with respect to cultivating in-demand…
Descriptors: Grading, Student Experience, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation
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Radovic, Slaviša; Firssova, Olga; Hummel, Hans G. K.; Vermeulen, Marjan – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2023
The importance of reflection during learning process is widely recognized. Drawing on the literature, this article presents a study where students were stimulated to reflect during experiential learning, in order to both re- and de- contextualize their knowledge. We describe how different levels of prompted reflection can be related to academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Theory Practice Relationship, Cues
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Chan, Cecilia K. Y.; Wong, Hannah Y. H. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2023
Reflection has been increasingly used to enhance student development in higher education, in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Learner autonomy is essential on reflection, particularly on how learners interpret their learning experiences. The learner has to take initiatives in making meaning of their learning by examining their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Reflection, Holistic Approach, Skill Development
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Lee, Jenny J.; Bell, Lydia F.; Shaulskiy, Stephanie Levitt – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2017
This study examined undergraduate students' approaches to service learning based on their perceptions as mentors. As part of a university multicultural service-learning program, mentors met regularly with assigned mentees in low-income middle schools to promote college participation. Based on an analysis of mentors' written reflections about their…
Descriptors: Mentors, Service Learning, Interpersonal Relationship, Civics
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Thompson, Leanne J.; Clark, Gordon; Walker, Marion; Whyatt, J. Duncan – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Students' experience of higher education comprises not only their academic studies but also their extracurricular activities. This article reports on the findings from a mixed-methods research project, exploring in detail the nature and value of extracurricular activity engagement and the significance of institutional schemes encouraging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Extracurricular Activities, Mixed Methods Research