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Download full textLloyd, Cynthia B.; Abbey, Augustus – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
A central recurring theme in business education is the optimal strategy for improving introductory accounting, the gateway subject of business education. For many students, especially non-accounting majors, who are required to take introductory accounting as a requirement of the curriculum, introductory accounting has become a major obstacle for…
Descriptors: Accounting, Nonmajors, College Students, Introductory Courses
Direct linkYuruk, Nejla; Beeth, Michael E.; Andersen, Christopher – Research in Science Education, 2009
This study investigated the effect of metaconceptual teaching interventions on students' understanding of force and motion concepts. A multimethod research design including quasi-experimental design and case study designs was employed to compare the effect of the metaconceptual activities and traditional instruction and investigate students'…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Concept Mapping, Quasiexperimental Design, Physics
Little, Julie K.; Page, Carie – EDUCAUSE Review, 2009
Keeping faculty one step ahead of emerging technologies--and providing them with the support to manage what often feels like a rising tide of new tools and learning research--can indeed be difficult. Managing the widening gulf between early adopters and less technologically savvy faculty can be downright frustrating. And then there's the delicate…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Technology, Technological Advancement, Adjustment (to Environment)
Meyerowitz, Ruth; Zinni, Christine F. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2009
In the Spring of 2000, Ruth Meyerowitz and Christine Zinni began collaborative efforts--inside and outside of academia--to enhance a course on The History of Working Women at SUNY Buffalo. Videotaping the oral histories of women labor leaders, they later teamed up with Michael Frisch and Randforce Associates--a research group at SUNY at Buffalo's…
Descriptors: Oral History, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Employed Women
Schneider, Twila, Ed. – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2010
This educator guide is organized into seven chapters: (1) Overview; (2) The Design Challenge; (3) Connections to National Curriculum Standards; (4) Preparing to Teach; (5) Classroom Sessions; (6) Opportunities for Extension; and (7) Teacher Resources. Chapter 1 provides information about Environmental Control and Life Support Systems used on NASA…
Descriptors: Glossaries, Web Sites, Technological Literacy, Space Sciences
Peppler, Kylie A. – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: New technologies have been largely absent in arts education curriculum even though they offer opportunities to address arts integration, equity, and the technological prerequisites of an increasingly digital age. This paper draws upon the emerging professional field of "media arts" and the ways in which youth use new…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Active Learning, Educational Technology, Disadvantaged Youth
Shaffer, Christopher D.; Alvarez, Consuelo; Bailey, Cheryl; Barnard, Daron; Bhalla, Satish; Chandrasekaran, Chitra; Chandrasekaran, Vidya; Chung, Hui-Min; Dorer, Douglas R.; Du, Chunguang; Eckdahl, Todd T.; Poet, Jeff L.; Frohlich, Donald; Goodman, Anya L.; Gosser, Yuying; Hauser, Charles; Hoopes, Laura L. M.; Johnson, Diana; Jones, Christopher J.; Kaehler, Marian; Kokan, Nighat; Kopp, Olga R.; Kuleck, Gary A.; McNeil, Gerard; Moss, Robert; Myka, Jennifer L.; Nagengast, Alexis; Morris, Robert; Overvoorde, Paul J.; Shoop, Elizabeth; Parrish, Susan; Reed, Kelynne; Regisford, E. Gloria; Revie, Dennis; Rosenwald, Anne G.; Saville, Ken; Schroeder, Stephanie; Shaw, Mary; Skuse, Gary; Smith, Christopher; Smith, Mary; Spana, Eric P.; Spratt, Mary; Stamm, Joyce; Thompson, Jeff S.; Wawersik, Matthew; Wilson, Barbara A.; Youngblom, Jim; Leung, Wilson; Buhler, Jeremy; Mardis, Elaine R.; Lopatto, David; Elgin, Sarah C. R. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Genomics is not only essential for students to understand biology but also provides unprecedented opportunities for undergraduate research. The goal of the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP), a collaboration between a growing number of colleges and universities around the country and the Department of Biology and Genome Center of Washington…
Descriptors: Student Research, Active Learning, Biology, Research Opportunities
Koppenhaver, G. D. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2006
In a small section collaborative learning environment where student work teams promote mutual learning about investments, students limit the opportunity to learn from other students if they are absent from class. Absenteeism not only denies the student the opportunity to learn from others but also denies other members of the student's work team…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Performance
Peer reviewedBressette, Andrew R.; Breton, Gary W. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2001
Implements writing into chemistry education and introduces a writing project in which students were assessed for the laboratory section of the course using report papers. (YDS)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Chemistry, Critical Thinking, Science Education
de Graaff, Erik D. U.; Mierson, Sheella – Teaching in Higher Education, 2005
Educational change often presents a challenge to leadership. This paper presents an exercise aiming at raising awareness among teachers of the personal factors involved in introducing active learning. Experiences with the exercise in different settings are briefly discussed.
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Active Learning, Dance
Wood, Bonnie S. – American Biology Teacher, 2005
Seven chronological steps for transforming previously taught lecture courses into an active learning format are provided to help the biology educators who want to replace lectures with active learning while covering the same content they would teach in a lecture. These lecture-free courses do not sacrifice content and get little or no additional…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Lecture Method, Teaching Methods, Biology
Peer reviewedCosta, Arthur L.; Kallick, Bena – Educational Leadership, 2004
Self-directed learning enables students to guide themselves and monitor their own progress towards specific goals. The positive approach towards self-management in developing alternative strategies to achieve the goals is discussed.
Descriptors: Independent Study, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Lewis, Gina – Understanding Our Gifted, 2006
Through the arts, attributes such as artistic expression, cooperative working skills, and talent are developed. By exposing students to the arts, learners are exposed to new experiences that may guide them toward particular careers or deeply satisfying hobbies. The arts also encourage students to take chances; meet challenges; and overcome…
Descriptors: Gifted, Active Learning, Drama, Teaching Methods
Beale, Andrew V.; Hall, Kimberly R. – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2005
Solutions-focused role play provides students with structured opportunities to transfer what they have learned to authentic situations they are likely to encounter as peer helpers. Rather than coming up with a single way to solve a problem, students are encouraged to explore multiple possible solutions. Peer training programs have traditionally…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Active Learning, Guidelines, Role Playing
Sarsar, Nasreddine Mohamed – Online Submission, 2008
It is known for a fact that textbooks are widely used in today's classrooms. Admittedly, textbooks may have some advantages in the sense that they provide the framework for any educational course. However, exclusively depending on them may restrict both teacher and student autonomy. Textbooks have been criticized for promoting rote instead of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Professional Development, Reflective Teaching, Professional Autonomy
