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Boyles, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The ongoing trend in research regarding feedback has been to explore quantitative assessment. Garnering support more recently is qualitative narrative feedback in support of formative assessment. This type of feedback offers insight into expectations as well as offer additional knowledge gained. It enables students to improve their performance…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, Quasiexperimental Design
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Lin, Chi-Jen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
Flipped classrooms have been widely adopted and discussed by school teachers and researchers in the past decade. However, few studies have been conducted to formally evaluate the effectiveness of flipped classrooms in terms of improving EFL students' English oral presentation, not to mention investigating factors affecting their flipped learning…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Arensdorf, Jill; Naylor-Tincknell, Janett – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2016
Living Learning Communities (LLCs) have been shown to increase student retention rates and academic performance (Hotchkiss, Moore, & Pitts, 2006), as well as increase overall satisfaction with college (Baker & Pomerantz, 2000) and increase cognitive skills (Walker, 2003). These benefits have been demonstrated in a variety of institutions…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Student Attitudes
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Fink, John E.; McShay, James C.; Hernandez, Pamela – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
Student affairs practitioners at a large, mid-Atlantic research university created a learning community directed by the student union to support community college transfer students. The authors examined qualitative data and pre/post surveys from 40 learning community participants in the program's pilot year. Results suggested favorable effects of…
Descriptors: Student Unions, Communities of Practice, Role Perception, Student Personnel Services
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Barhoumi, Chokri – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2015
This research paper explores the effectiveness of using mobile technologies to support a blended learning course titled Scientific Research Methods in Information Science. Specifically, it discusses the effects of WhatsApp mobile learning activities guided by activity theory on students' knowledge Management (KM). During the 2014 academic year,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Experimental Groups, Knowledge Management, Control Groups
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Chen, Bryan H.; Chiou, Hua-Huei – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
The purpose of this study is to investigate how hybrid learning instruction affects undergraduate students' learning outcome, satisfaction and sense of community. The other aim of the present study is to examine the relationship between students' learning style and learning conditions in mixed online and face-to-face courses. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Cognitive Style, Educational Technology, Conventional Instruction
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Doolen, Toni L.; Biddlecombe, Erin – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This study investigated the effect of cohort participation in a learning community and collaborative learning techniques on the success of first-year engineering students. Student success was measured as gains in knowledge, skills, and attitudes, student engagement, and persistence in engineering. The study group was comprised of students…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, College Freshmen, Cooperative Learning