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Kennette, Lynne N.; McGuckin, Dawn – Psychology Teaching Review, 2018
This paper examines an experiment conducted at a 2-year college with non-majors. The Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique (IFAT) is a cross between a lottery scratch ticket and a scantron form which was designed to replace scantrons (EpsteinEducation.com). Using the IFAT in an unconventional way (reviewing class material), we expected to find…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Introductory Courses
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Yang, Hui-Yu – CALICO Journal, 2014
The present research reports the findings of three experiments which explore how subtitles and advance organizers affect EFL learners' listening comprehension of authentic videos. EFL learners are randomly assigned to one of two groups. The control group receives no treatment and the experimental group receives the experimental conditions of one…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension, Transcripts (Written Records), Video Technology
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Thomaes, Sander; Bushman, Brad J.; de Castro, Bram Orobio; Reijntjes, Albert – Developmental Psychology, 2012
When people reflect on their important values, they may become more attuned to the needs of others. Two longitudinal field experiments examined whether a subtle value-affirmation manipulation can initiate relatively enduring increases in young adolescents' prosocial feelings (Study 1; M [subscript age] = 12.9) and prosocial behaviors (Study 2; M…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Prosocial Behavior, Writing Exercises, Adolescents
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Uzuner Yurt, Serap; Aktas, Elif – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
In this study, the effects of the use of peer tutoring in Effective and Good Speech Course on students' success, perception of speech self-efficacy and speaking skills were examined. The study, designed as a mixed pattern in which quantitative and qualitative research approaches were combined, was carried out together with 57 students in 2014 to…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Higher Education, College Students
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Baran, Medine; Maskan, Abdulkadir – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of the technology and project-supported Thinking Journey on 11th grade high school students' achievements in the subject of electricity units. The participants were 68 high school 11th grade students from two different science classes. Control and experimental groups were selected at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Influence of Technology, High School Students, Energy
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Kuo, Tony C. T.; Shadiev, Rustam; Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Chen, Nian-Shing – Computers & Education, 2012
This study aimed to apply Speech to Text Recognition (STR) for individual oral presentations and group discussions of students in a synchronous cyber classroom. An experiment was conducted to analyze the effectiveness of applying STR on learning performance. Students' perceptions and behavioral intentions toward using STR were also investigated.…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Group Discussion, Student Attitudes
Huang, Hui-Wen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this mixed-method study was to assess student perceptions of teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence, measured by the Community of Inquiry Scale (Arbaugh et al., 2008), through group collaboration via online and face-to-face instruction. Thirty-seven teacher education students participated in this…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Land Grant Universities, Cooperation, Multivariate Analysis
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Lin, Kuan-Cheng; Wei, Yu Che; Hung, Jason C. – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2012
Many studies demonstrate that Digital Game Based Learning (DGBL) can foster learning effect. The purpose of this study is to survey whether the online game in junior high school students can encourage learning effect in Taiwan's History. So, the research applied Interactive Game-based Learning System (IGLS) to junior high history teaching as an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes, High School Students
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Fischer, Peter; Kastenmuller, Andreas; Greitemeyer, Tobias; Fischer, Julia; Frey, Dieter; Crelley, David – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2011
Previous studies on the impact of perceived threat on confirmatory information search (selective exposure) in the context of decision making have yielded mixed results. Some studies have suggested that confirmatory information search is reduced, yet others have found contradictory effects. The present series of 5 studies consistently found that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Terrorism, Logical Thinking, Decision Making
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Gegner, Julie A.; Mackay, Donald H. J.; Mayer, Richard E. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
High school students can access original scientific research articles on the Internet, but may have trouble understanding them. To address this problem of online literacy, the authors developed a computer-based prototype for guiding students' comprehension of scientific articles. High school students were asked to read an original scientific…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Scientific Research, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse
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Bryner, Benjamin S.; Saddawi-Konefka, Daniel; Gest, Thomas R. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2008
Interactive computerized modules have been linked to improved retention of material in clinical medicine. This study examined the effects of a new series of interactive learning modules for preclinical medical education, specifically in the areas of quiz performance, perceived difficulty of concepts, study time, and perceived stress level. We…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Student Attitudes, Medical Schools, Student Surveys
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Chan, Ke-Sheng – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2005
This study attempts to determine whether there exists a negative interconnection between the creative and testable nature-of-science (NOS) conceptions in college students' conceptual ecology by investigating, through a pair of IHV-assisted teaching experiments, the effect of raising the status of each NOS conception in students' conceptual ecology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles