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Russell, Jae-eun; Van Horne, Sam; Ward, Adam S.; Bettis, Arthur, III.; Sipola, Maija; Colombo, Mariana; Rocheford, Mary K. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2016
This study investigated students' attitudes, engagement, satisfaction, and performance in Introduction to Environmental Science after it was transformed from a typical large lecture to a student-centered learning environment. The instructors of the course collaborated with the Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology and radically redesigned…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Large Group Instruction, Lecture Method, Evidence Based Practice
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Sagan, Laura L. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2010
This study investigated 134 middle school students' suggestions concerning environmental and instructional changes based on their individual learning-style Inventories. The results of the study determined that students "could" suggest environmental and instructional changes that differed from the accustomed traditional environments and instruction…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Middle School Students, Cognitive Style, Instructional Innovation
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Subramaniam, Nantha Kumar; Kandasamy, Maheswari – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This study explores the use of the virtual classroom which has been created in "myVLE", a learning management system used by the Open University Malaysia (OUM). The virtual classroom in "myVLE" is an asynchronous-based online learning environment that delivers course materials to learners and provides collaboration and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Delivery Systems, Management Systems, Independent Study
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Yilmaz, Hulya; Turkmen, Hakan; Pedersen, Jon E. – Science Education International, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate fourth-grade students image of current science teaching by using a Draw-A-Science-Teacher-Test Checklist (DASTT-C), and give a glance whether the new restructured science education reform in Turkey is implemented successfully or not. Fifty-five (34 girls and 21 boys) fourth-grade students from three…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Science Education, Grade 4
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Smythe, Gayle; Hughes, Diane – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2008
Speech pathology students enrolled in a lecture-based gross human anatomy program completed two out of nine topics in self-directed mode. Student performance in quizzes was compared for the two modes, and the students completed questionnaires on their perceptions of the self-directed mode of delivery. Students performed as well in the first…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Speech Language Pathology, Tests, Questionnaires
Kowalski, Robert – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1987
This discussion of teaching methods in higher education in Great Britain focuses on lectures as the dominant method and explores ways to change to more student-centered methods of instruction. A study is described that used interviews and questionnaires to determine teacher and student views on lecture versus discussion formats. (LRW)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Change, Foreign Countries
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2002
Research funded by the Flexible Learning Advisory Group during 2000-2002 on issues related to online learning and delivery in vocational education and training in Australia was consolidated. Key findings included the following: (1) most students who experienced online learning did so in a conventional class, using face-to-face and other strategies…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education