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Whitman Cobb, Wendy N. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2016
With the concept of the flipped classroom taking the teaching world by storm, research into its effectiveness, particularly in higher education, has been lacking. This research aims to rectify this by detailing the results of an experiment comparing student success in American Federal Government in a flipped classroom, a traditional, lecture-based…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, United States Government (Course), Teaching Methods, Experimental Teaching
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Sidabutar, Ropinus – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The research was aimed to investigate the effect of various, innovated teaching models to improved the student's achievement in various topic in Mathematics. The study was conduct experiment by using innovated teaching with contextual, media and web which are the compared. with conventional teaching method. The result showed the innovation in the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Achievement, Student Improvement
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Ortuoste, Maria – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2012
The traditional way of introducing comparative politics to freshmen, which is through the study of institutions, is contrasted with an alternative approach. An everyday-politics approach compares the daily struggles of global youth--how they cope in times of peace and war, and with issues of wealth and poverty, identity, education and employment,…
Descriptors: Social Action, Youth, College Freshmen, Global Education
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Weltman, David; Whiteside, Mary – Journal of Statistics Education, 2010
This research shows that active learning is not universally effective and, in fact, may inhibit learning for certain types of students. The results of this study show that as increased levels of active learning are utilized, student test scores decrease for those with a high grade point average. In contrast, test scores increase as active learning…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Cognitive Style, Grade Point Average
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Weber, Keith – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2005
In this article students' understanding of trigonometric functions in the context of two college trigonometry courses is investigated. The first course was taught by a professor unaffiliated with the study in a lecture-based course, while the second was taught using an experimental instruction paradigm based on Gray and Tall's (1994) notion of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Trigonometry, Learning Theories, College Students
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Dolly, John P.; Katz, D. Patricia – Research in Rural Education, 1986
A study of 150 rural teachers assessed the effect of teaching practices on elementary students' improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and behavior concerning good nutrition. Significant findings indicated that teachers using fewer traditional activities had students who performed better. Number of nontraditional activities used had no relationship…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Elementary Education, Experimental Teaching, Health Education