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Yang, Jiumin; Zhu, Fangfang; Guo, Peiyu; Pi, Zhongling – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2020
An instructor's gestures have an effect not only on students' learning but also on teaching itself. In two experiments, this study tested whether instructors' use of gestures while recording video lectures affected their teaching performance, stress, and cognitive load. In Experiment 1, participants recorded video lectures with gestures or without…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Nonverbal Communication, Video Technology, Lecture Method
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MacInnis, John; Peters, Mark – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2022
This article presents the composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) as an historical educator in the context of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures on Poetry at Harvard University (1939-1940), published as "The Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons." As music professors at North American institutions of Christian Higher Education, the…
Descriptors: Musicians, Musical Composition, Music Education, Poetry
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Broeckelman-Post, Melissa A.; Malterud, Andie; Arciero, Anthony; Hawkins, Katherine E. Hyatt – Basic Communication Course Annual, 2020
Combining traditional classroom instruction and online instruction, or hybrid/blended learning, has emerged as a popular option to mitigate rising enrollments and non-traditional student needs while maintaining the known advantages to the face-to-face learning format. We evaluated the effectiveness of a Fundamentals of Communication course (also…
Descriptors: Communications, Lecture Method, Online Courses, Blended Learning
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McFee, Renee M.; Cupp, Andrea S.; Wood, Jennifer R. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2018
Didactic lectures are prevalent in physiology courses within veterinary medicine programs, but more active learning methods have also been utilized. Our goal was to identify the most appropriate learning method to augment the lecture component of our physiology course. We hypothesized that case-based learning would be well received by students and…
Descriptors: Veterinary Medical Education, Physiology, Laboratories, Teaching Methods
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Ott, Claudia; Robins, Anthony; Shephard, Kerry – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2016
Learning the first programming language is challenging for many students. High failure rates and bimodally distributed grades lead to a pedagogical interest in supporting students in first-year programming courses (CS1). In higher education, the important role of feedback for guiding the learning process and improving the learning outcome is…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Programming, Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods
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Czocher, Jennifer – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2011
Lack of satisfaction with the quality of the mathematical knowledge of non-mathematics majors has led to the design of new curricular materials. In this study, a mixed methods explanatory design was used to compare the performances of two groups of engineering majors enrolled in two courses on differential equations and investigate their written…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Engineering Education, Equations (Mathematics), Teaching Methods