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Knapp, Sarah – SAGE Open, 2016
Laboratory-based learning is increasingly considered to be an integral component of undergraduate education. However, students do not always perceive the value of laboratory learning in the college classroom. The current research sought to create an effective laboratory learning environment within a research methods course and to assess students'…
Descriptors: Learning Laboratories, Undergraduate Study, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
Kim, Minkyoung; Jung, Eulho; de Siqueira, Amaury; Huber, Lesa – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2016
The flipped classroom is being increasingly used in a wide range of instructional situations, yet little is known about how to facilitate it. The purpose of this study is to explore what types of learning activities in a flipped classroom are perceived to be the most effective in the achievement of desired course competencies. This case study…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Case Studies
Mellingsaeter, Magnus Strøm – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2014
Background: This paper presents a case study from a physics course at a Norwegian university college, investigating key aspects of a group-work project, so-called learning labs, from the participating students' perspective. Purpose: In order to develop these learning labs further, the students' perspective is important. Which aspects are essential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Group Activities, Student Attitudes

Moore, Robert L. – Journal of Economic Education, 1998
Answers the what, why, how, and for whom questions concerning a collaborative-learning-lab component of the introductory economics course at Occidental College (California). Reports on the program's effectiveness based on a student questionnaire: they overwhelmingly report that the lab is worthwhile and that group work is both enjoyable and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Economics Education, Higher Education
Fago, George C. – 1995
Based on the assumption that a hands-on approach would enable students to better grasp the usefulness of concepts presented, a course and laboratory component in non-experimental research methodology, statistics, and computer applications for beginning students was implemented at Ursinus College, in Pennsylvania. The course meets 3 hours a week…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation

Lin, Janet Mei-Chuen; Wu, Cheng-Chih; Liu, Hsi-Jen – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1999
Reports research findings of an experimental design in which cooperative-learning strategies were applied to closed-lab instruction of computing concepts. SimCPU, a software package specially designed for closed-lab usage was used by 171 high school students of four classes. Results showed that collaboration enhanced learning and that blending…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer Software Development, Cooperative Learning
Bennett-Cumming, Russell J. – 1993
An Evergreen State College (WA) community outreach program was designed to serve the dual purposes of providing (1) needed English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction to Hispanic community members, and (2) teaching experience for students in a master's program in education. An ESL laboratory was established, about 25 undergraduate and graduate…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for private four-year colleges that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Private Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument. (Contains 15…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for public four-year colleges and universities that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument.…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students