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Elesha Goodfriend – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The primary purpose of this study was to compare academic variables from students participating in mixed teaching methods/course revitalization biology courses to those in traditional courses at two community colleges in Tennessee. A two-group comparison design using archived data was used, which evaluated differences in final grades, exam scores,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biology, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Boatman, Angela – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2019
Under a hybrid emporium instructional model, students primarily learn content and skills at their own pace through a computer-based platform; during class time, faculty serve more as tutors facilitating individual learning rather than as traditional lecturers. This study evaluates the adoption of this technology-centered instructional model in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Remedial Mathematics, Two Year Colleges
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Smith, J. Dominic – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2013
The idea of ''flipping the classroom'' to make class time more engaging and student-centred has gained ground in recent years. The lecture portion of General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II courses were pushed outside the classroom using pre-recording technology and streaming delivery of content, in order to make in-class time more…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Chemistry, Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques
Wright, Tiffanie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore whether Modeling Instruction, compared to traditional lecturing, is an effective instructional method to promote academic achievement in selected high school physics classes at a rural middle Tennessee high school. This study used an "ex post facto," quasi-experimental research methodology. The…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Physics, Science Achievement
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Reeves, Clarence Eugene, Jr.; Robertson, Janna Siegel; Taylor, Shanon S. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2011
This study involved undergraduate preservice education teachers enrolled in online-instructed and lecture-instructed introductory courses in special education. Pre- and postsurveys were administered to obtain information on the students' attitudes toward making accommodations in regular classrooms for students with special needs--physical,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Introductory Courses
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Kaplan, Gregory B. – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
Due to an increase in enrollment in upper-level Spanish classes that posed staffing problems, the Spanish section of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Tennessee decided to combine three sections of Spanish 331, "Introduction to Hispanic Culture," into one large lecture course, which was…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Higher Education, Lecture Method