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Ozment, Elizabeth Whittenburg – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
In recognition of various power systems within and surrounding their classrooms, U.S. women's studies instructors have for several decades worked to reconfigure the college classroom as an environment that enables all students to speak, thus creating empowered communities and ultimately inspiring the next generation of leaders. As some of the most…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment, Classroom Communication, Risk
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Turner, Curtis – NADE Digest, 2016
What matters most when it comes to increasing achievement and student success in the developmental classroom? Recent reform efforts in developmental education have brought sweeping changes in some states. New curricular pathways, redesigned courses, and a handful of new instructional delivery methodologies have been the result. Although these are…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Success
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Steadman, Ronald G. – Journal of Instructional Research, 2015
Metacognition and critical thinking are crucial elements in the educational process. The following article examines the use of a quiz/poll classroom assessment technique (CAT) in a 100-level Christian worldview classroom (CWV-101) designed to stimulate student engagement with the course principles in a self-reflective and non-threating…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Online Courses, Metacognition, Christianity
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Thompson, Carol; Kleine, Michael – Innovative Higher Education, 2015
Two professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock co-taught an interdisciplinary course in speaking and writing dialogically, that is, without lecture. Given that many learning environments include large enrollments and online instruction, both of which often foster an impersonal atmosphere, it seemed that dialogic instruction might…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Speech Communication, Speech Skills, Writing Instruction
Randall, David – National Association of Scholars, 2017
A new movement in American higher education aims to transform the teaching of civics. This report is a study of what that movement is, where it came from, and why Americans should be concerned. What we call the "New Civics" redefines civics as progressive political activism. Rooted in the radical program of the 1960s' New Left, the New…
Descriptors: Universities, Civics, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Simmons, Robin – Oxford Review of Education, 2016
This paper revisits the liberal studies movement, a significant feature of the English further education (FE) sector from the 1950s until the beginning of the 1980s. Its central argument is that liberal and general studies (LS/GS) and similar provision offered a vehicle where, at least in some circumstances, certain politically-motivated FE…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Adult Education, General Education, Educational History
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Goldschmidt, Kyle; Harrison, Terry; Holtry, Matthew; Reeh, Jeremy – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2013
Organizations are facing increased pressure from various stakeholders to address issues of sustainability, resulting in a growing demand for sustainability education and training. Procurement groups remain the key drivers of many sustainability-related strategies, placing pressure on universities to integrate sustainability concepts into the…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Purchasing, Classroom Environment, Integrated Activities
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Mathews, Charles S.; Fornaciari, Charles J.; Rubens, Arthur J. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Feature films, old and new, have been used for many years to teach management education in general and leadership skills in particular. Films are often able to affect not only our emotional responses and perceptions of events, but they can also have an impact on our personal lives over long periods of time. Although anecdotal evidence (primarily…
Descriptors: Instructional Films, Teaching Methods, Administrator Education, Business Administration Education
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Hartman, Nathan S.; Watts, Charles A.; Treleven, Mark D. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2013
As the popularity and importance of project management increase, so does the need for well-prepared project managers. This article discusses our experiences using a project management simulation in undergraduate and MBA classes to help students better grasp the complexity of project management. This approach gives students hands-on experience with…
Descriptors: Simulation, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment, Program Administration
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Beaudrie, Sara M. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2015
This article reports on a comparative study of teacher and student perceptions on effective instructional practices in the Spanish heritage language classroom. The data were collected through an online questionnaire administered to 460 students in different Spanish courses and 9 instructors at a large university as well as focus groups. Based on…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
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Berry, Priscilla – American Journal of Business Education, 2013
This paper explores the current paradigm shift in the use of technology in the classroom, which is occurring because of technology explosion in society, impact of globalization, necessary reframing, and enlarging of the world view, methods, and content to make business communication classes relevant. The question is whether the classroom should…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Administration Education, Influence of Technology, Global Approach
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Sakale, Sana; Ayoub, Zrari – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2022
This study attempts to unveil the Concomitance of vocabulary learning strategies with learning styles in fostering reflection among university students during reading comprehension texts. For this purpose, data is collected employing a primary data source in the form of a structured close-ended questionnaire, which is addressed, respectively, to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Hellermann, John – Classroom Discourse, 2018
The terms "interactional competence" and "learning" are discussed in the context of recent research in the areas of cognitive science and ethnomethodological conversation analysis studies of language learning. Two data excerpts from a longitudinal case study of a beginning learner of English are presented to illustrate (1) the…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Samoilova, Valeriia; Thanh, Vo Duy; Wilang, Jeffrey Dawala – Online Submission, 2017
This article reports the descriptive results of foreign language anxiety experiences of engineering students in a top-ranked research university in Thailand. Although numerous studies have been conducted in the past years about English language anxiety, few studies have reported anxiety situations specific to Thai engineering graduate students in…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Anxiety, Graduate Students, English (Second Language)
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Bangs, Joann – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
One of the most important concepts being taught in principles classes is the idea of "thinking on the margin." It can also be one of the most difficult to get across. One of the most telling examples, according to this author, comes in trying to get students to learn the profit maximizing condition for perfectly competitive firms. She…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Principles, Educational Practices
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