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Fabian, Sarah; Nims, Julia K.; Stevens, Robert – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2023
Long-standing criteria for Common Reads (CR) programs recognize the value of diversity in the book selection process. This study, examining 1,801 books chosen over a four-year period (2017-20), explored the extent to which these programs have embodied this spirit. In particular, this work focused on the diversity of the books (through genre and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Communities of Practice, Reading Programs, Diversity
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Kane, Robert Todd; Shaw, Melanie; Pang, Sangho; Salley, Witt; Snider, J. Blake – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2016
With the ever-increasing availability of online education opportunities, understanding the factors that influence online student satisfaction and success is vital to enable administrators to engage and retain this important stakeholder group. The purpose of this ex-post-facto, nonexperimental quantitative study was to investigate the impact of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Student Satisfaction, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods
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Cavanaugh, Joseph K.; Jacquemin, Stephen J. – Online Learning, 2015
Comparisons of grade based learning outcomes between online and face-to-face course formats have become essential because the number of online courses, online programs and institutional student enrollments have seen rapid growth in recent years. Overall, online education is largely viewed by education professionals as being equivalent to…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Conventional Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis
Rich, Nancy Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2011
As places to engage with changing and complex ideas, institutions of higher education offer a logical site for bringing Indigenous ways of knowing together with environmental studies and science. However, profound differences between Indigenous and Western knowledges, as well as ongoing colonialism, cultural biases of science, and the nature of…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Environmental Education, Undergraduate Study, Teaching Methods
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Thompson, James R.; Klass, Patricia H.; Fulk, Barbara M. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2012
Instructional content was presented differently in two introductory special education course sections. In a face-to-face (f2f) section, the instructor met with students on regularly scheduled days and times and presented content in person. In the other section, content was presented using enhanced podcasts, consisting of the instructor narrating…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Education Courses, Student Attitudes, Course Content
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Kennedy, Michael J.; Ely, Emily; Thomas, Cathy Newman; Pullen, Paige C.; Newton, Jennifer R.; Ashworth, Kristen; Cole, Mira T.; Lovelace, Shelly P. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2012
Content Acquisition Podcasts (CAPs), created using Mayer's Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, are a form of instructional technology that can deliver critical course content and be used by teacher educators to conserve limited face-to-face instructional time. In this study, the authors investigate whether the sequence of instruction for CAP…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Multimedia Materials, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education
Hamilton, Joy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine (a) the role of the cooperating teacher in relationship to his or her assigned student teachers, (b) the cooperating teachers' training and preparation for those roles, and (c) the cooperating teachers' perceived needs regarding training and support. Ten cooperating teachers from different…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Teacher Role, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Teaching Methods
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Orleans, Myron, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Online education continues to permeate mainstream teaching techniques in higher education settings. Teaching upper-level classes in an online setting is having a major impact on education as a whole and is fundamentally altering global learning. "Cases on Critical and Qualitative Perspectives in Online Higher Education" offers a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Electronic Learning, Case Studies, Instruction
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Howe, Richard D. – 1999
This study examined salary data for 2,785 college faculty in the field of curriculum and instruction for both public and private institutions for the years 1995-1996 and 1998-1999. The study reflects data obtained from the 279 public and 386 private institutions that participated in both study years. The study found that the average faculty salary…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Higher Education
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Chatman, Steve – Research in Higher Education, 1997
Data from a national faculty survey were used to calculate and suggest standards for lower-division class size to aid college planning. Factors considered included sector (public/private), Carnegie classification, institution size, discipline, student level, and instructional method. Results support formation of comparative distributions for class…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Planning
Howe, Richard D.; Urquhart, Maryon – 1988
Average salary increases for 1,231 faculty in the field of curriculum and instruction are reported for 1984-1985 and 1987-1988, as part of the College and University Personnel Association's annual faculty salary studies. Included are comparative data for 160,596 faculty at 216 public colleges and 266 private colleges, representing 45 academic…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, College Programs, Comparative Analysis
Howe, Richard D.; Carlton, J. Beth – 1987
Average salary increases for 983 faculty in the field of curriculum and instruction are reported for 1983-1984 and 1986-1987, as part of the College and University Personnel Association's annual faculty salary studies. Included are comparative data for 120,580 faculty at 167 public colleges and 235 private colleges, representing 44 academic…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, College Programs, Comparative Analysis
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Prague, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2013). The e-Learning 2013 conference aims to…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education