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Yu, Yuan-Chih – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2017
Teaching with a classroom feedback system can benefit both teaching and learning practices of interactivity. In this paper, we propose a dual-channel classroom feedback system integrated with a back-end e-Learning system. The system consists of learning agents running on the students' computers and a teaching agent running on the instructor's…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Sawyer, Gene Landon – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The need for research on the effectiveness of a blended style of instruction is vital when considering the need for students to gain a lasting understanding of real-world knowledge and the need for teachers to address all state standards in preparation for their students to pass achievement tests. The purposes of this study were to determine the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Guiyu, Dai; Yang, Liu – Higher Education Studies, 2016
This paper first reviews the developmental history and status quo of Business English Program in China. Then based on the theory of needs analysis, it researches on 226 questionnaires from Business English Program students from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies to investigate the problems encountered and current situation of Business English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business English, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Schmidt, Bjarne – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2011
The use of electronic audience response systems in university teaching is currently increasing rapidly. This paper describes how a consistent use of peer instruction facilitated by an audience response system has been introduced in an introductory engineering dynamics course. Data are presented that reveal that this teaching style leads to an…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics, Audience Response, Engineering
Passero, Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study addressed a need for comprehensive quantitative empirical studies to determine the effectiveness of using popular culture media as a teaching technique. A quasi-experimental design was implemented to examine whether a group of community college students taking a first-semester introduction to business course who were exposed to a…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Teaching Styles, Popular Culture, Knowledge Level
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Finkelstein, Neal; Hanson, Thomas; Huang, Chun-Wei; Hirschman, Becca; Huang, Min – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
This study examines whether the Problem Based Economics curriculum developed by the Buck Institute for Education improves grade 12 students' content knowledge as measured by the Test of Economic Literacy, a test refined by the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) over decades. Students' problem-solving skills in economics were also…
Descriptors: Test Items, Intervention, Economics Education, Problem Based Learning
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Whitington, Victoria; Ebbeck, Marjory; Diamond, Alexandra; Yim, Hoi Yin Bonnie – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2009
It has been argued that a key strategy to improve developmental and educational outcomes for young children is to increase the number of childcare staff with early childhood university degrees (Saracho & Spodek, 2007). In order to upgrade the qualifications of staff, a number of Australian universities provide pathways that enable graduates of…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education, Young Children