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Bassett, Kaleb; Olbricht, Gayla R.; Shannon, Katie B. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
The flipped classroom has the potential to improve student performance. Because flipping involves both preclass preparation and problem solving in the classroom, the means by which increased learning occurs and whether the method of delivering content matters is of interest. In a partially flipped cell biology course, students were assigned online…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Homework, Video Technology, Reading Assignments
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Shimray, Yaruingam Phungshok; Intharaksa, Usa; Jaihow, Patson; Sinwongsuwat, Kemtong – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
This paper reports on the effectiveness of Interactive Reading Comprehension Teaching (IRCT) in improving the oral English communication ability of Prince of Songkla University (PSU) undergraduates. It is based on a preand post-test quasi-experimental study employing IRCT, composed of self-study reading assignments and a structured peer-teaching…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Oral English, Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Kirchhoff, Cheryl – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
Extensive reading is an approach to language education that has shown great promise for foreign language learners to acquire language; however, implementation reveals difficulty in maintaining student motivation to read over long periods of time. This study investigates students' experience of face-to-face talk about books in an extensive reading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Reading Assignments, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
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Hatteberg, Sarah J.; Steffy, Kody – Teaching Sociology, 2013
A common source of frustration for college instructors is getting their students to read. Since the 1970s, studies have shown that no more than 30 percent of students complete a reading assignment on any given day. But what can be done? What strategies can instructors use to make certain that their students read? Do pop or announced quizzes work…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Compliance (Legal), Content Area Reading, Reading Assignments
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Quinn, Timothy; Eckerson, Todd – English Journal, 2010
One of the most important challenges a teacher faces is motivating his or her students to complete reading assignments and to complete them carefully. After all, if students bring to class a basic understanding of the text up for discussion, much deeper learning can occur than if the teacher is forced to spend time explaining the reading to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Reading Assignments, Discussion, Reading Tests
Hickerson, Danielle – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Previous research has indicated that there is no relationship between traditional homework completion and academic achievement among elementary grade students. Yet, elementary school teachers continue to utilize this practice. The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the relationship between nontraditional, differentiated reading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Reading Achievement, Homework, Student Motivation
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Ruscio, John – Teaching of Psychology, 2001
Describes a system that involves randomly administered quizzes and offers suggestions for its implementation in classes of any size. Presents data in support of the effectiveness of this technique stating that students completed their assigned reading at impressive rates when motivated by randomly administered quizzes. (CMK)
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Research, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Williams, Allison M. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1997
Addresses the problem of students coming to tutorials not having done the assigned readings. Reviews three approaches to promote student reading and addresses why they failed. Reviews recent research on student motivation and cooperative learning and suggests ways to promote reading and interdependent learning. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Higher Education