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Chadha, Anita – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2022
Based on the past sixteen years of experience with an online collaborative endeavor offered across differing university types, as well as modes of instruction, the best practice found that by fostering student peer exchanges on a collaborative web site students reached a high level of achievement in these courses. Findings indicate that despite…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Cooperative Learning, Web Sites, College Students
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O'Connell, Christine; McCauley, Jennifer; Herbert, Lisa – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2022
Strong mentoring relationships improve the success of students in academia and must be the foundation for increasing diversity in STEM. We developed an innovative skills-based training workshop to teach effective communication in mentoring and build awareness of diversity issues in STEM. The workshop was interactive and included open discussions,…
Descriptors: Empathy, Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, STEM Education
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Sundstrom, Meagan; Schang, Andy; Heim, Ashley B.; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Engaging in interactions with peers is important for student learning. Many studies have quantified patterns of student interactions in in-person physics courses using social network analysis, finding different network structures between instructional contexts (lecture and laboratory) and styles (active and traditional). Such studies also find…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Physics, Science Instruction, Social Networks
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Cline, Kelly; Zullo, Holly; Huckaby, David A.; Storm, Christopher; Stewart, Ann – PRIMUS, 2018
Classroom voting can be an effective way to stimulate student discussions. In this pedagogy, the instructor poses a multiple-choice question to the class, and then allows a few minutes for consideration and small-group discussion before students vote, either with clickers, cell phones, or a non-electronic method. After the vote the instructor…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Audience Response Systems, Voting
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Blings, Steffen; Maxey, Sarah – Journal of Political Science Education, 2017
In their transition to college, students often struggle to identify and make connections between the main arguments, evidence, and empirical findings of articles from academic journals commonly assigned on political science syllabi. Which active learning techniques are most effective for teaching students to recognize and evaluate social science…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Evidence, Periodicals, Active Learning
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Kahn, Gabrielle; Calienes, Christian M.; Thompson, Tara A. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2016
This research builds upon Malnarich, Pettitt, and Mino's (2014) investigation of students' reflections on their learning community (LC) experiences. Adapting their Peer-to-Peer Reflection Protocol for use at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, we present a framework for dynamic LC program assessment. To obtain feedback about theory-practice…
Descriptors: Reflection, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Jaafar, Reem – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2015
Students taking developmental mathematics courses resist attempting word problems when they are presented to them. Although word problems can help students contextualize learning, develop better understanding of the concepts and apply world knowledge, they constitute an impediment to students' progress in developmental mathematics courses. A…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Teaching Methods, Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs
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Marable, Michele A.; Leavitt-Noble, Kimberly; Grande, Marya – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2010
An investigation on the use of literature as part of the teacher preparation process probed the impact of book talks on teacher candidates' attitudes toward people with disabilities. Candidates in a 4-year undergraduate program participated in book talks reflecting subjects relevant to course work. Books reflected various effects of disability,…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Empathy, Preservice Teacher Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Peterson, Shira May – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
This study examines the use of narrative and paradigmatic modes of explanation in large group discussions about science in preschool classrooms. Participants comprised students and teachers in 29 preschool classrooms, 19 of which used the ScienceStart! curriculum, a hands-on, inquiry approach to teaching science with young children. Analyses of…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Science Education, Science Curriculum
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Maurino, Paula San Millan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
This paper presents a study which involved researching student interaction and participation under the lens of Activity Theory and Social Computing. Activity Theory is a philosophical framework that integrates the objective, the sociocultural, and the ecological, while Social Computing describes any type of computing application in which software…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Comparative Analysis, Course Evaluation, Computer Mediated Communication
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Kabasakalian, Rita – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: The theoretical framework of the paper comes from research on problem solving, considered by many to be the essence of mathematics; research on the importance of oral language in learning mathematics; and on the importance of the teacher as the primary instrument of learning mathematics for most students. As a nation, we are…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Oral Language, Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Lim, Janine; Freed, Shirley – Qualitative Report, 2009
As K-12 schools acquire equipment for videoconferencing, they often experience limited usage of the equipment. The purpose of this study was to identify specific concerns of educators currently involved in videoconferencing. The primary data for the study was 400 discussion posts from 34 educators in an online class about videoconferencing. Data…
Descriptors: Teleconferencing, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Hermeneutics
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Yang, Stephen J. H. – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
A ubiquitous learning environment provides an interoperable, pervasive, and seamless learning architecture to connect, integrate, and share three major dimensions of learning resources: learning collaborators, learning contents, and learning services. Ubiquitous learning is characterized by providing intuitive ways for identifying right learning…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Group Discussion, Educational Environment, Models
Costigan, Arthur T. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2005
This study focuses on three new teachers, Arnie, Andrea, and Frank, who are New York City Teaching Fellows (NYCTF), a program of alternative teacher recruitment and certification that is in its third year at an urban public college in New York City. This study focuses on just three of the Fellows in order to have a more intense look into the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Public Colleges, Teacher Recruitment
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Franz, Timothy M.; Vicker, Lauren A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2010
We report about an active learning demonstration designed to use a virtual class to present computer-mediated group communication course concepts to show that students can learn about these concepts in a virtual class. We designated 1 class period as a virtual rather than face-to-face class, when class members "attended" virtually using…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Group Dynamics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Team Teaching
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