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Roman, Tiffany A.; Uttamchandani, Suraj – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2018
To better support pedagogies of engagement, such as peer learning, team learning, and inquiry-based learning, Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs) are equipped with a range of physical and technological affordances, including movable furniture, ample whiteboard access, and immediate work-sharing capabilities using mobile technologies and displays.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Classroom Environment
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Schwartz, Todd A.; Andridge, Rebecca R.; Sainani, Kirstin L.; Stangle, Dalene K.; Neely, Megan L. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2016
"Flipping" the classroom refers to a pedagogical approach in which students are first exposed to didactic content outside the classroom and then actively use class time to apply their newly attained knowledge. The idea of the flipped classroom is not new, but has grown in popularity in recent years as the necessary technology has…
Descriptors: Statistics, Biology, Teaching Methods, Active Learning
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Gaffney, Jon D. H.; Richards, Evan; Kustusch, Mary Bridget; Ding, Lin; Beichner, Robert J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2008
The SCALE-UP (Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment for Undergraduate Programs) project was developed to implement reforms designed for small classes into large physics classes. Over 50 schools across the country, ranging from Wake Technical Community College to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have adopted it for classes of…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Change Strategies
Shapson, Stanley M. – 1972
This document reviews the research literature concerning class size and related issues raised by the research. The literature is divided into major areas of concern: lack of a consistent definition, criterion to be measured, the relationship between class size and method of instruction, teachers' and pupils' attitudes on class size, class size and…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Design, Flexible Scheduling, Student Attitudes
Roberts, Geoffrey A.; Dunn, Phillip M. – 1996
Despite great development in computer technologies being used for open learning enrollments, it is still likely that the majority of student-academic staff contact at Australian universities takes place in a lecture theater or classroom. The students' contact with any form of educational technology is more likely to be with technology in a lecture…
Descriptors: Change, Class Size, Classroom Design, College Faculty
Hewett, Frank M.; And Others – 1967
To evaluate the effectiveness of an engineered classroom design, 54 educationally handicapped children were placed in six classrooms, each with a teacher and an aide. Each classroom was set up with three major centers: mastery-achievement, exploratory-social, and attention-response-order. Children were assigned tasks at centers in keeping with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Attention Span, Behavior Change