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The Effect of Project-Based Learning on Student Self-Efficacy in a Developmental Mathematics Course
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Deutsch, Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Each year, post-secondary institutions across the nation enroll thousands of students into developmental mathematics courses. Success rates are low for students placed in developmental mathematics courses employing traditional teaching practices. Secondary institutions utilizing more engaging pedagogies and high impact practices, such as…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs, Statistical Analysis
Developing Singing in Third-Grade Music Classrooms: The Effect of a Concurrent-Feedback Computer Game on Pitch-Matching Skills
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Paney, Andrew S.; Kay, Ann C. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of concurrent visual feedback on pitch-matching skill development in third-grade students. Participants played a computer game, "SingingCoach," which scored the accuracy of their singing of the song "America." They followed the contour of the melody on the screen as the…
Descriptors: Singing, Music Education, Feedback (Response), Computer Games
Gender-Based Preferences toward Technology Education Content, Activities, and Instructional Methods
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Weber, Katherine; Custer, Rodney – Journal of Technology Education, 2005
Prominent U.S. economists and educational leaders have argued that citizens must become technologically literate to maintain economic growth (Bybee, 2003; Colaianne, 2000; Greenspan, 1997). All students of both genders need to acquire the skills necessary to become consumers capable of critically assessing the technologies they use, resulting in…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Preferences, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods