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Ige, Olugbenga A. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2019
This paper examined the effects of computer-assisted instructional strategy on schoolchildren's social skills. The study participants were 28 male and 36 female schoolchildren randomly assigned to experimental and control groups in four schools located in some rural ecologies of southern Nigeria. The research was conducted using the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Interpersonal Competence, Rural Schools
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Jebba, Adamu Muhammed; Umaru, Nathaniel Ndagana – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2019
The use of social media is one of the predominant features in the average daily life of students and lecturers across tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It was against this backdrop that this study was carried out to determine the role of social media in reshaping the future of academic activities among lecturers of Vocational and Technical…
Descriptors: Social Media, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Das, Saswati; Nandi, Kajal; Baruah, Priyanki; Sarkar, Sajib K.; Goswami, Binita; Koner, Bidhan C. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2019
Team based learning (TBL) is a time tested teaching-learning (T-L) tool involving collaborative learning but has hardly been tested for teaching clinical biochemistry to undergraduate medical students. The present study was designed to (a) compare problem solving skills of first year MBBS students after attending a TBL session on 'organ function…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Biochemistry, Science Instruction, College Science
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White, Holly A.; Highfill, Lauren E. – Teaching of Psychology, 2019
The present study piloted a cognitive exercise program in a college classroom to enhance learning of lecture material. Undergraduate students enrolled in introductory psychology (N = 68) completed variations of letter-number cancelation tasks with spoken instructions in 5-min sessions prior to lecture during four nonconsecutive class periods.…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Lecture Method, Feedback (Response), Program Descriptions
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Simcock, David C.; Chua, Wei-Hang; Hekman, Margreet; Levin, Matthew T.; Brown, Simon – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2019
Audiovisual recordings of lectures are available to many students in all disciplines. The use of lecture recordings has been studied extensively, but it is still not clear how, or how much, they are actually used. Previous analysis of their use has been based on either survey data or computer logs of access. In the latter case, measurements of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Video Technology, Lecture Method, Science Instruction
Hoose, Nicole Arduini-Van – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Team-based learning is an instructional method of specifically structured in class team activities that has been proposed as an alternative to traditional lecture methods. Proponents of TBL claim that it promotes aspects of learning that traditional lecture methods do not. There have been numerous studies examining the benefits of TBL; however,…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Teaching Methods, Class Activities, Lecture Method
Binensztok, Vassilia – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this quasi-experimental, longitudinal study was to measure the effects of reflective practice coaching on 35 participants, as compared to participants who did not receive coaching. Data was collected over a period of eight weeks. A secondary purpose was to examine the effects of a standardized case conceptualization training lecture…
Descriptors: Trainees, Counselor Training, Coaching (Performance), Lecture Method
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Eckenrode, Jeffrey; Prather, Edward E.; Wallace, Colin S. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
This article reports on an investigation into the correlations between students' understandings of introductory astronomy concepts and the correctness and coherency of their written responses to targeted Lecture-Tutorial questions.
Descriptors: Correlation, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Astronomy
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Evans, Tanya; Klymchuk, Sergiy; Murphy, Priscilla E. L.; Novak, Julia; Stephens, Jason; Thomas, Mike – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
This study describes an intervention that introduced a period of solving non-routine problems into tertiary STEM lectures. The aim was twofold: to attempt to increase student engagement and to introduce them to the kind of domain-free abstract reasoning that involves critical, creative and innovative thinking. The study involved over 600 STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Learner Engagement, Abstract Reasoning, Critical Thinking
Joshua Rutberg – ProQuest LLC, 2022
It has been well-establishing in the field of educational research that traditional educational methods such as passive lectures and labs where students follow pre-designed procedures to verify information already told to them are not effective for promoting meaningful and lasting conceptual understanding. Alongside this knowledge have come a…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Laboratory Experiments
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Hong, Cheng; Ber-Lin, Yu; Yandong, Wu; Zhonghui, Lu; Zhenfeng, Yu – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
The education for the engineering masters in the colleges and universities of National Special Needs Talent Cultivation Project (NSNTCP), is an important component of the graduate education system in China, and is one of the important patterns to cultivate high-level application-oriented talents. However, there are some serious problems in the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Masters Programs, Talent Development, Foreign Countries
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Hanna, Kerry Louise; Lomas, Elizabeth Christina – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2020
This research aims to explore undergraduate students' views on the inclusion of e-lectures within their clinical degree programme, and to identify the optimum usage for this increasingly popular teaching method. Considerable benefits of the flipped-classroom paradigm include increased student satisfaction, improved academic performance and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Lecture Method, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Guo, Yi Maggie; Klein, Barbara D.; Ro, Young K. – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This paper examines the relationships between student interest, self-efficacy, and perceptions of the instructor on a set of learning outcomes that include, but are broader than, traditional measures of student learning. Consistent with the focus of positive psychology, the study focuses not only on knowledge gains but also on the flow experience…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Self Efficacy, Student Satisfaction, Outcomes of Education
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Mamombe, Charles; Mathabathe, Kgadi C.; Gaigher, Estelle – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
A qualitative pre-/post-test case study was conducted to explore the influence of inquiry-based education in eliciting learners' understanding of the particulate nature of matter in the gaseous phase. Two grade four classes (n=116) were conveniently and purposively sampled from two farm schools in Pretoria, South Africa. Data was collected through…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
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Bateiha, Summer; Marchionda, Hope; Autin, Melanie – Journal of Statistics Education, 2020
Many students who enroll in introductory statistics courses do not have positive attitudes about the subject. A 2012 wide-ranging study by Schau and Emmioglu showed that student attitudes do not tend to improve after completing an introductory statistics course. However, there is a need for more studies about attitudes in introductory statistics…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Introductory Courses, College Mathematics, Statistics
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