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Saltz, Jeffrey S.; Heckman, Robert R. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2018
This article reports on a sequential mixed-methods research study, which compared different approaches on how to guide students through a semester-long data science project. Four different methodologies, ranging from a traditional "just assign some intermediate milestones" to other more Agile methodologies, were first compared via a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Student Projects, Computer Science Education, Methods
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Abaho, Ernest; Olomi, Donath R.; Urassa, Goodluck Charles – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the various entrepreneurship teaching methods in Uganda and how these methods relate to entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE). Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 522 final year students from selected universities and study programs was surveyed using self-reported questionnaires. Findings: There…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Entrepreneurship, Teaching Methods, Questionnaires
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Clarebout, Geraldine; Elen, Jan; Leonard, Rebecca; Lowyck, Joost – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
Instructional conceptions are students' ideas about relationships between instructional features of a learning environment or specific instructional interventions on the one hand, and learning on the other (Lowyck, Elen, & Clarebout, 2004). A variety of methods have been used to assess such conceptions. None of these instruments are satisfactory.…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Environment, College Students, Student Characteristics
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Attenweiler, William J.; Moore, DeWayne – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
Goal orientation research has developed two branches. One branch uses a two-factor dispositional model. The other branch uses a three-factor domain-specific model. The present multiwave study examines dispositional goal orientation constructs through both two and three-factor models using repeated-measure confirmatory factor analysis. Results…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Goal Orientation, Research Methodology, Student Surveys
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Gaskill, Martonia; McNulty, Anastasia; Brooks, David W. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2006
WebQuests are activities in which students use Web resources to learn about school topics. WebQuests are advocated as constructivist activities and ones generally well regarded by students. Two experiments were conducted in school settings to compare learning using WebQuests versus conventional instruction. Students and teachers both enjoyed…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Conventional Instruction, Outcomes of Education
Lillibridge, Fred; Beck, Larry – 1995
In an effort to determine differences between students who respond to surveys and those who do not, New Mexico State University at Alamogordo (NMSU-A) undertook a study of students in fall 1992. Students were asked to complete an 18-item questionnaire while waiting in lines during registration. The 1,618 out of 2,114 (76.5%) students who completed…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Higher Education
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Bangert, Arthur W. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
Traditional student evaluations of teaching do not adequately assess the essential constructivist-based practices that have been recommended for effective online instruction. There is a need for student evaluation of teaching instruments that are specifically designed to provide online instructors with valid feedback about the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Online Courses
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Fox, Eric J.; Sullivan, Howard J. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
The purpose of this study was to compare traditional classification training for a set of abstract concepts with multiple-relations training consisting of inference practice and the use of a content diagram. To examine this, 200 undergraduate and graduate psychology students completed a Web-based tutorial covering the abstract concepts of a…
Descriptors: Classification, Psychology, Internet, Higher Education