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Yu, Liang; Zhang, Na; Zhang, Yuanyuan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The aim of this study was to explore the relationships among participation, peer support, self-regulated learning (SRL), course discipline and academic performance in small private open course (SPOC) environments. The study sample comprised of 309 undergraduates who completed SPOCs within the past year and consisted of 53% males (N = 164) and 47%…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Small Group Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies
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Coulton, Gary F. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2022
There is considerable evidence that 'active learning' strategies are more efficacious than traditional 'passive learning' methods (e.g. lecture). Presented here is a small group active learning project developed for undergraduate social psychology students. The activity involves carrying out and reporting the results of a structured demonstration…
Descriptors: Victims, Undergraduate Students, Social Psychology, Active Learning
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Sutthiyuth, Kunatip; Wongkrajang, Preechaya; Chinswangwatanakul, Wimol – Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
Small group learning (SGL) is a discussion-based teaching strategy that can improve critical thinking, analytical skills, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. This study aimed to evaluate student satisfaction in two SGL models among third-year medical students enrolled in a blood and lymphoid systems II course at the Faculty of Medicine…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction
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McGlynn-Stewart, Monica E. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
With a view to improving the quality of class discussions of assigned articles, I implemented a new way of organizing small group seminars in an undergraduate early childhood education course. The seminars were led by student facilitators and had a balance of accountability and autonomy. Mid-way through the course, the students reflected…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Small Group Instruction
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Firn, Jennifer – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2015
Biology is the most rapidly evolving scientific field of the 21st century. Biology graduates must be able to integrate concepts and collaborate outside their discipline to solve the most pressing questions of our time, e.g. world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, infectious disease and biosecurity. University educators are attempting to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Graduates, Undergraduate Students
Cockayne, Susan – Educational Technology, 1991
Describes study of undergraduates that compared the effects of different small group sizes on learner achievement using computer controlled interactive videodisc. The results of pretests and posttests are reported, learning achievement and instructional time are used to calculate an instructional efficiency index, and further research is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction