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Sangoleye, Solomon Adebayo; Kolawole, C. O. O. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Teaching is the heart of education. It involves the use of myriad of teaching methods, strategies and techniques. This paper critiques some of the instructional strategies used in higher institutions in Nigeria. Two of these instructional strategies (team teaching and questioning strategy) were identified. The "what", "how",…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Team Teaching
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Hall, Ashley A.; DuFrene, Debbie D. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2016
Popularity is growing for flipped classroom instruction, which replaces lectures with out-of-class delivery of streaming video, reading materials, online chats, and other modalities. Face-to-face class time is spent on instructor-student and student-student interaction, including small group problem solving and discussion. Classroom flipping has…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Instructional Innovation
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Ponce, Gregorio A.; Tuba, Imre – Mathematics Teacher, 2015
New strategies can ignite teachers' imagination to create new lessons or adapt lessons created by others. In this article, the authors present the experience of an algebra teacher and his students solving linear and literal equations and explain how the use of ideas found in past NCTM journals helped bring this lesson to life. The…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Creative Teaching
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Tavakoli, Mansoor; Baniasad-Azad, Somayeh – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This study investigated Iranian high school teachers' conceptions of effective teaching and examined the relationship of those conceptions to their teaching practices. The authors tried to achieve the purpose through questionnaires, observation, and interview. These teachers identified "being student-focused" and "being…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness, Best Practices
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Slade, Dennis G.; Webb, Louisa A.; Martin, Andrew J. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Over the last 30 years, traditional skill-based game teaching models have gradually been supplemented by instruction under an inclusive banner of "Teaching Games for Understanding" (TGfU). This approach focuses on developing tactical understanding through modified games and a philosophy that places the learner rather than the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Team Sports, Sport Psychology, Physical Education
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Lloyd, Natalie J.; Lewthwaite, Brian Ellis; Osborne, Barry; Boon, Helen J. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
This paper presents a review of the literature pertaining to the teacher actions that influence Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student learning outcomes. This review investigates two foci: the identification of teacher actions influencing learning outcomes for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students and the methodological…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Best Practices, Instructional Effectiveness, Pacific Islanders
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Audu, R.; Bin Kamin, Yusri; Bin Musta'amal, Aede Hatib; Bin Saud, Muhammad Sukri; Hamid, Mohd. Zolkifli Abd. – International Education Studies, 2014
This study is designed to identify the most significant teaching methods that influence the acquisition of generic skills of mechanical engineering trades students at technical college level. Descriptive survey research design was utilized in carrying out the study. One hundred and ninety (190) respondents comprised of mechanical engineering…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Basic Skills, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
Beaver, Jessica K.; Hallar, Brittan; Westmaas, Lucas; Englander, Katie – Research for Action, 2015
The Philadelphia Education Research Consortium--or PERC--was launched in August 2014 as an innovative partnership designed to provide research and analyses on some of the city's most pressing education issues. This partnership was forged among the School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia's charter school sector, and Research for Action (RFA).…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Best Practices, Program Implementation, Teacher Surveys
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Marson, Stephen M.; Harrington, Charles F.; Walls, Adam – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2013
The challenges of learning statistics, particularly distributions and their characteristics, can be potentially monumental for vision impaired and blind students. The authors provide some practical advice for teaching these students.
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Statistics, Blindness, Visual Impairments
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Korte, Leon; Lavin, Angeline; Davies, Thomas – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Undergraduate and graduate students at an AACSB International accredited Midwestern business school were surveyed about their perceptions of traits that might contribute to good teaching. Thirty-five traits were presented for evaluation. Students scored each trait and identified the items they perceived as the five most important and the five…
Descriptors: Investigations, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Effectiveness, Best Practices
Gillard, Colleen – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
It began with a trip to the cinema to see Cameron Diaz in her new comedy, "Bad Teacher." It was a bad choice. Not a great flick, but as a parody of bad employees, in terms of things that can get one fired--drugs, alcohol , cheating, foul language, inappropriate sexual behavior--Diaz slams pedal to the metal. She nips out of airline booze bottles…
Descriptors: Role Models, Films, Novels, Best Practices
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Moffett, Nelle; Fleisher, Steven C. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2013
The authors describe principles of good teaching drawn from meta-analyses of research on teaching effectiveness. Recent developments in neurobiology are presented and aligned to provide biological support for these principles. To make it easier for college faculty to try out sample instructional strategies, the authors map principles of good…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Neuropsychology, Educational Principles, Meta Analysis
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Scheurman, Geoffrey – Social Education, 2012
Students often report that social studies is their most boring and least favorite subject. As a child, Woodrow Wilson was bored by history, later describing his early studies as "one damn fact after another." Of course, Wilson went on to become an eminent historian, but only after he learned to reach beyond the "closed catechism" of "questions…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Concept Teaching, Social Studies, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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McIntyre, Ellen; Hulan, Nancy – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2013
In the field of elementary reading instruction, educators from varying theoretical perspectives have strived to promote instructional practices that "work" with diverse populations of students, with differing conclusions. In the present study, we examined elementary teachers' attempts at blending reading practices reflecting two philosophical…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Classroom Techniques
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Dusing, Gregory M.; Hosler, Jonathan C.; Ragan, Joseph M. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Accounting programs at colleges and universities across the country are offering more online courses, and in some cases entire degree programs. Given increasing enrollments in online accounting education, it is important that accounting educators become aware of the things that work and the things that don't work when delivering courses over the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience
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