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Debs, Luciana; Miller, Kurtis D.; Ashby, Iryna; Exter, Marisa – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2019
Background: A growing number of educators have started exploring student-centered approaches to improve students' learning and satisfaction with courses and programs. While prior research shows a positive impact of such strategies on student learning, further exploration of the perceptions of traditional, lecture-based and other more inquiry-based…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Educational Innovation, Conventional Instruction
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Carroll, Robert G. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2015
The shift to competency-based education expands the role of the teacher from that of a provider of information and into a shaper of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. These roles are facilitated by establishing a social contract between the instructor and learner, a contract that clearly defines the rights and duties of each. Adopting greater…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Competency Based Education, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship
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Velasco, Manuel Salas; Sanchez Martinez, Maria Teresa; Ferrero, Noelina Rodriguez – European Journal of Education, 2012
The participation of Spain in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) involves a number of important challenges for academics. Adapting to an educational model that is characterised by competence-based teaching is a difficult task, yet it is of paramount importance in the context of current reforms. In an educational system in which the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Economics Education
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Hoghielm, Robert – Adult Education Quarterly, 1986
The research reported here sought to determine the extent to which the official position of the Swedish government is reflected in actual classroom practice. Detailed analysis of classroom interactions, coupled with survey responses from interviews with participants, teachers, and principals, revealed a substantial discrepancy between the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Educational Legislation
Shaughnessy, Michael F. – 1995
This paper describes the commonly found "knowledge delivery" education format and argues that work outside the academy and more in-depth academic training demand skills and competencies not developed by the "knowledge delivery" model. The knowledge curriculum education is characterized as lecture-type instruction, knowledge delivery and exposure,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
Merrill, Beverley P. – 1978
This packet contains an instructor's guide and student materials for a competency-based course on assisting with patient nutritional needs for practical nursing students in Florida. The program is designed to teach students to help feed patients, to assess their nutritional needs, and to monitor their intake of food and fluids. The instructor's…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Dietetics, Individualized Instruction, Lecture Method
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Jones, Norris W. – Journal of Geological Education, 1980
Self-paced and lecture versions of a general geology course were taught by the same instructor using identical exams and nearly identical instructional materials. No significant differences were found in apparent scholastic abilities, exam results, or levels of satisfaction with the course. Enrollment was notably higher in the lecture version.…
Descriptors: College Science, Competency Based Education, Course Descriptions, Geology
Coldeway, Dan O.; And Others – 1974
An experiment compared three methods of instruction in an introductory course in psychology. The first method utilized groups of three students and required that all three students meet the criterion on each unit of material in the course before being allowed to continue on to other units. This system also required that students do all remediation…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Individualized Instruction
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Barrall, Mary E.; Hill, David A. – Research in Higher Education, 1977
Options examined were: programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, modular instruction, contingency management and contracting, personalized system of instruction, individually prescribed instruction, large lecture, and lecture-discussion. Results indicated differences in exposure to options and among areas of concentration. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Blank, William E. – 1984
This paper outlines a method of transforming traditional learning methods into a competency-based approach in a series of steps. The paper is organized in three sections. The first section defines competency-based education (CBE) and explains how this approach differs from traditional education. It also advances reasons why the competency-based…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Development
Hillison, John H.; Vogler, Daniel E. – 1980
As part of a series dealing with competency-based education, this monograph explores the optimum selection and utilization of instructional activities, materials, and methods. The monograph first discusses the responsibility of the instructor to plan learning activities that reinforce targeted performance competencies, and then presents a…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Chalkboards, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Milton, Ohmer; And Others – 1978
Presented are written explanations and critical evaluations of the major teaching practices now being used in undergraduate education. Discussed are both traditional approaches to teaching (lecturing, testing, leading discussions) and new approaches (using a personalized system of instruction, teaching with computers, developing learning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Instruction, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Marashio Paul, Ed.; And Others – Pedagogy Journal, 1995
This annual serial volume contains 22 articles offering practical pedagogical ideas from faculty at New Hampshire technical colleges. Section I, "Learners Conversing," includes "'Cheering': A Prelude to a Street Dweller," by Thomas Gorka; "Illusions of Fear: Unleashing My Writing," by Bruce Maville; and "Claremont's Writing Workshop," a transcript…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Technology