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Allsop, Jared; Young, Sarah J.; Nelson, Erik J.; Piatt, Jennifer; Knapp, Doug – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The last 35 years have shown a greater interest among higher education professionals to adapt the principles of active learning within the classroom. Active learning, an instructional approach that allows students the opportunity to participate in the process of learning, requires them to do something more than just passively receive instruction.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Lecture Method
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Masland, Lindsay; Gizdarska, Simona – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Existing research on student acceptance of the flipped classroom in higher education is somewhat equivocal: some students appreciate the opportunities for active learning that a flipped classroom affords, whereas others expect their learning to occur via in-class lectures. The current study sought to disentangle some of these mixed results by…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Higher Education, Qualitative Research, Blended Learning
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Brallier, Sara; Palm, Linda – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
This study examined test performance as a function of test format (proctored versus unproctored) and course type (traditional versus distance). The participants were 246 undergraduate students who completed introductory sociology courses during four semesters at a southeastern university. During each semester, the same instructor taught a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Sociology, Conventional Instruction
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Downs, Colleen T.; Wilson, Amy-Leigh – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Large first-year class sizes have resulted in many lecturers adopting coping strategies consisting of direct-transmission mode teaching, reduced practical time, and assessment. Recently several strategies have been implemented in an attempt to improve student participation and active learning; however, these changes have to be facilitated and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, College Students
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McCallum, Shelly; Schultz, Janel; Sellke, Kristen; Spartz, Jason – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Colleges and universities remain attentive to developing and supporting ways to foster student academic success. These efforts have taken on more importance as student success, commonly measured by student learning achievement, has failed to meet expectations. For colleges and universities, the flipped classroom represents a student-centered…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Video Technology, Homework, Undergraduate Students
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Knight, Rachael-Anne – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2010
Currently little is known about how students use podcasts of exercise material (as opposed to lecture material), and whether they perceive such podcasts to be beneficial. This study aimed to assess how exercise podcasts for phonetics are used and perceived by second year speech and language therapy students. Eleven podcasts of graded phonetics…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Lecture Method, Therapy, Internet