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Baeten, Marlies; Struyven, Katrien; Dochy, Filip – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2013
This paper investigates dynamics in approaches to learning within different learning environments. Two quasi-experimental studies were conducted with first-year student teachers (N[subscript Study 1] = 496, N[subscript Study 2] = 1098) studying a child development course. Data collection was carried out using a pre-test/post-test design by means…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Learning Strategies, Pretests Posttests, Lecture Method
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Baeten, Marlies; Dochy, Filip; Struyven, Katrien – Educational Studies, 2012
A teaching method may not work for all students. Therefore, attention should be paid to the type of students entering the learning environment in order to explain how they perceive the learning environment and achieve. This study investigates students' perceptions and achievement in four learning environments that differed in the degree to which…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Profiles, Student Attitudes, Child Development
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Baeten, Marlies; Dochy, Filip; Struyven, Katrien – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: Research in higher education on the effects of student-centred versus lecture-based learning environments generally does not take into account the psychological need support provided in these learning environments. From a self-determination theory perspective, need support is important to study because it has been associated with…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Learning Motivation, Pretests Posttests, Quasiexperimental Design
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Struyven, Katrien; Dochy, Filip; Janssens, Steven – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2010
This study investigates the effects of teaching and learning environments on student teachers' approaches to teaching and compares a lecture-based setting to a student-activating teaching environment, in which self-discovery learning by means of authentic tasks is central. Data collection (N = 852) was obtained by a pre-test/post-test design…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Lecture Method, Child Development, Teaching Methods
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Struyven, Katrien; Dochy, Filip; Janssens, Steven – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2008
This paper aims to investigate students' likes and dislikes of the teaching that they have experienced and its effects on students' perceptions of the learning environment, student learning and academic performance. The study compares a lecture-based setting to a student-activating learning/teaching environment, considering both instructional and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Environment, Lecture Method, Interest Research
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Struyven, Katrien; Dochy, Filip; Janssens, Steven; Gielen, Sarah – Learning and Instruction, 2006
This study investigates the effects of the learning/teaching environment on students' approaches to learning (i.e. combination of intention and learning strategies) and compares a lecture based to a student-activating setting within the first year of elementary teacher education. Data collection (N = 790) was carried out using a pre-test/post-test…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Educational Environment, Lecture Method, Preservice Teacher Education