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Korie Munley – ProQuest LLC, 2021
To continue to meet the changing needs of students and the evolving higher education environment, further exploration into the viability of an online career development course was needed. The purpose of this post-positivist, quantitative, quasi-experimental design study was to examine the effectiveness of an online career development course versus…
Descriptors: Career Development, Online Courses, Career Choice, Decision Making
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Paulson Gjerde, Kathy; Padgett, Margaret Y.; Skinner, Deborah – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Much has been written in higher education assessing the value of feedback. This article seeks to explore how altering the feedback message might influence student learning and perceptions of learning. Feedback was provided on in-class quizzes in either the process portion or outcome portion of the quiz. Not only did process-oriented feedback have…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Intermode Differences, Performance Based Assessment, Student Attitudes
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Amiri Farahani, Leila; Heidari, Tooba – Journal of Biological Education, 2014
This semi-experimental study was conducted with twenty-seven midwifery students who were randomly allocated to either case-based instruction or lecture-based instruction groups. The selected subjects -- foetal intrapartum assessment, foetal antepartum assessment, ABO and Rh blood group system mismatch -- were presented in four ninety-minute…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Teaching Methods, Lecture Method, Pretests Posttests
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Emerson, Tisha L. N.; English, Linda K.; McGoldrick, KimMarie – Journal of Economic Education, 2015
In this study, the authors employed a quasi-experimental research design to examine the efficacy of a cooperative learning pedagogy (i.e., think-pair-share exercises) integrated into sections of microeconomic principles. Materials, exercises, and assessment instruments for all study sections are identical except for the nature of the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Quasiexperimental Design, Microeconomics, Educational Principles
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Gorvine, Benjamin J.; Smith, H. David – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
This study describes the use of a collaborative learning approach in a psychological statistics course and examines the factors that predict which students benefit most from such an approach in terms of learning outcomes. In a course format with a substantial group work component, 166 students were surveyed on their preference for individual…
Descriptors: Prediction, Predictive Measurement, Success, Psychology
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Weaver, Gabriela C.; SturtevantHannah G. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Research has consistently shown that active problem-solving in a collaborative environment supports more effective learning than the traditional lecture approach. In this study, a flipped classroom format was implemented and evaluated in the chemistry majors' sequence at Purdue University over a period of three years. What was formerly lecture…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation, Course Evaluation
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Jensen, Jamie L.; Kummer, Tyler A.; Godoy, Patricia D. d. M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2015
The "flipped classroom" is a learning model in which content attainment is shifted forward to outside of class, then followed by instructor-facilitated concept application activities in class. Current studies on the flipped model are limited. Our goal was to provide quantitative and controlled data about the effectiveness of this model.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Instructional Improvement, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
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Hackathorn, Jana; Cornell, Kathryn; Garczynski, Amy M.; Solomon, Erin D.; Blankmeyer, Katheryn E.; Tennial, Rachel E. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
Instructors commonly use exam reviews to help students prepare for exams and to increase student success. The current study compared the effects of traditional, trivia, and practice test-based exam reviews on actual exam scores, as well as students' attitudes toward each review. Findings suggested that students' exam scores were significantly…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Test Reviews, Scores
Taylor, Sharon A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Universities are trending towards displacing traditional printed textbooks (p-books) with electronic textbooks (e-books), even though an incomplete body of knowledge exists about the learning value of using e-books as instructional materials. As a result, this dissertation study was conducted to determine if digital textbooks are as…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, College Students, Instructional Design, Transfer of Training
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Bugbee, Alan C., Jr.; Bernt, Frank M. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1990
Discusses the use of computer administered testing by The American College. Student performance on computer administered versus paper-and-pencil tests is examined, student attitudes about exams are described, the effects of time limits on computerized testing are considered, and offline versus online testing is discussed. (31 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Testing, Intermode Differences, Online Systems
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Cheng, Hui-Chuan; And Others – American Journal of Distance Education, 1991
Describes a study that compared the effectiveness of computer-mediated communication systems for teacher education distance education courses with traditional classroom instruction and a correspondence course at Purdue University. Variables examined are described, including achievement test scores, time-on-task, and students' attitudes; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction