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Kovanen, Bruce; Turnipseed, Nicole; Mericle, Megan; Roozen, Kevin – Across the Disciplines, 2022
Scholarship animating both WAC/WID (Allan, 2013; Gere, et al., 2018; Hendrickson, 2016; Kells, 2007; Reid, et al., 2016) and STEM (Roth, 2003; Roth & Jornet, 2013; Tsui, 2007) has increasingly called for pedagogical attention to learners' lived, embodied experiences of knowing, writing, and becoming in and across disciplinary worlds. As one…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Physics, Organic Chemistry, Intermode Differences
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Melina Porto – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2025
This article describes how a group of language undergraduates in a local university in the periphery in the Global South conceptualised and enacted the notion of the 'ecological university'. Theoretically grounded in critical and post-humanist perspectives on education, and language education in particular, and notions of the ecological and the…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Universities, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Sreenivasulu Reddy Mogali; Olivia Ng; Jia Xin Tan; Thu Htet San; Kian Bee Ng – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the pivotal role of digital learning and online lecture videos, leading a shift toward blended and flipped classrooms in the post-pandemic era. This shift calls for development and (or) refreshment of novel online educational resources, such as Voice-Over PowerPoint (VOPPT) presentations, specifically designed for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Medical Education, Anatomy
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Lewandowski, Lawrence; Wood, Whitney; Lambert, Tonya – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
The effects of a private vs. group test setting were examined on a reading comprehension test for a sample of typical college students. Participants took Forms G and H of the Nelson Denny Reading Comprehension Test in both private and group (classroom) settings. Contrary to expectations, performance was slightly better in the group setting.…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Performance Based Assessment
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Garvey, Sarah L.; Shahmohammadi, Golbon; McLain, Derek R.; Dietz, Mark L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
A laboratory experiment is described in which students compare two methods for the determination of the calcium content of commercial dietary supplement tablets. In a two-week sequence, the sample tablets are first analyzed via complexometric titration with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and then, following ion exchange of the calcium ion present…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Comparative Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Laboratory Experiments
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LaMeres, Brock J.; Plumb, Carolyn – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2014
This paper presents a comparison of online to traditional face-to-face delivery of undergraduate digital systems material. Two specific components of digital content were compared and evaluated: a sophomore logic circuits course with no laboratory, and a microprocessor laboratory component of a junior-level computer systems course. For each of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Conventional Instruction, Electronics
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Kunberger, Tanya – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2013
In order to develop the evaluative skills necessary for successful performance of design, a senior, Geotechnical Engineering course was revised to immerse students in the complexity of the design process utilising a project-based learning (PBL) approach to instruction. The student-centred approach stresses self-directed group learning, which…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Course Organization, Educational Change, Engineering Education
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Webber, Sheila – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2010
This article discusses activities carried out in the virtual world of Second Life (SL) as part of a compulsory class in the first year of an undergraduate programme. The paper identifies the contribution of SL to the students' learning environment and an Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) approach to programme design. The reasons for taking an IBL…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Inquiry, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Simulation
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Szabo, Attila; Hastings, Nigel – Computers & Education, 2000
Describes three studies that were performed to investigate the efficacy of digital PowerPoint lecturing in undergraduate classrooms. Results revealed that lecture difficulty, but not the method of lecturing, contributed to grade differences, and suggest that the efficacy of PowerPoint lecturing may be case specific rather than universal.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Hesser, Lois Ann; And Others – 1993
Providing a variety of instructional methods and materials, developing unique and effective communication systems, and continually evaluating the process are the keys to the effective delivery of field-based programs in graduate education offered by Nova University (Florida). It has become a leader in distance-education programs by offering…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Doctoral Programs, Educational Technology, Electronic Classrooms
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Varank, Ilhan – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2005
Computer-based multimedia applications, because of their flexible and varied presentation capabilities, are considered an effective alternative to traditional training methods. Today in many educational and training settings interactive computer programs are used to teach young students and adults computer literacy skills. However, as indicated in…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Research Proposals, Lecture Method, Student Attitudes