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Assessing the Impact of Learning Environments on Students' Approaches to Learning: Comparing Conventional and Action Learning Designs
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Wilson, Keithia; Fowler, Jane – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
This study investigated whether students' approaches to learning were influenced by the design of university courses. Pre- and post-evaluations of the approaches to learning of the same group of students concurrently enrolled in a conventional course (lectures and tutorials) and an action learning-based course (project work, learning groups) were…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Curriculum Design, Higher Education
Taking Account of Students' Employment Experience in a Course of Initial Teacher Education.
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Turner, Christopher; Williams, Michael – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1992
A study investigated the prior employment background of students in a British graduate teacher education program, and the impact of their background on student attitudes and experiences in an experiential learning component which places secondary school teacher trainees in industrial, commercial, and community service contexts. (MSE)
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries