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Rauh, Jonathan – Journal of Political Science Education, 2014
Active learning, including in-class debates, is used in social science classrooms as a means of improving meaning and increasing understanding of complex materials. However, in-class debates do not fully satisfy all aspects of experiential learning because students do not get to experience the results of multifaceted concepts, such as strategic…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Class Activities, Educational Experiments, Active Learning
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Carney, Russell N.; Levin, Joel R. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
In 3 experiments, undergraduates used their own best method (control) or an "imposed" face-name mnemonic strategy to associate 18 caricatured faces, names, and additional facts. On all immediate tests (prompted by the faces), and on the delayed tests of Experiments 2a and 2b combined, mnemonic students statistically outperformed control students…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Naming
Chilvers, Amanda Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Researchers have noted that mathematics achievement for deaf and hard-of-hearing (d/hh) students has been a concern for many years, including the ability to problem solve. This quasi-experimental study investigates the use of the Exemplars mathematics program with students in grades 2-8 in a school for the deaf that utilizes American Sign Language…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students