Author: Marzell (Marty) S. DavisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Comparison of Adult Student and Instructor Perceptions of Classroom Environments in Off-campus Educational Programs
Author: Marzell (Marty) S. DavisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Assessment of Adult Student and Instructor Perceptions of Classroom Environment
Author: Barbara A. PerryDissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Research in Education
Author: Comparison of Student Perceptions of Classroom Instruction
Author: Mary Jo Garcia BiggsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
This article reports the results of a project that examined student perceptions of the psychosocial learning environment in a distance education classroom. The study utilized a survey instrument, Distance Education Learning Environments Survey (DELES) that was distributed as a pre-test/post-test to three sections of the same course taught in three distinct formats: traditional classroom instruction, distance learning, and hybrid (partially on-line/partially face-to-face). The DELES survey is a web-based tool specifically designed to assess the learning environment using a standardized, validated instrument. At the beginning of the project, the DELES-Preferred was administered to the three pilot groups. It measures the perception of the "actual" environment, perceptions of the preferred environment, or the "ideal" learning environment of the students. In addition, a brief overview of the DELES instrument is described as well as the implications of the research project findings. Project results, based on the DELES administration, indicate that "Instructor Support" was rated highest by the students enrolled in the course taught in the traditional manner (4.68 mean) closely followed by the Hybrid course (4.66 mean) while the course taught totally at a distance averaged a 3.62 mean. However, "Student Interaction and Collaboration" averaged higher scores in the course taught in the Hybrid manner (4.23) followed by the traditional course (3.97) and then the distance course (3.12). Specific scales of "Personal Relevance," "Authentic Learning," "Active Learning," "Student Autonomy" and "Satisfaction" (scale of affect) are further addressed in the article.
Resources in Education
Author: Research in Education
Author: How Students Learn
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309074339
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 633
Book Description
How do you get a fourth-grader excited about history? How do you even begin to persuade high school students that mathematical functions are relevant to their everyday lives? In this volume, practical questions that confront every classroom teacher are addressed using the latest exciting research on cognition, teaching, and learning. How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the bestselling How People Learn. Now, these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness. Organized for utility, the book explores how the principles of learning can be applied in teaching history, science, and math topics at three levels: elementary, middle, and high school. Leading educators explain in detail how they developed successful curricula and teaching approaches, presenting strategies that serve as models for curriculum development and classroom instruction. Their recounting of personal teaching experiences lends strength and warmth to this volume. The book explores the importance of balancing students' knowledge of historical fact against their understanding of concepts, such as change and cause, and their skills in assessing historical accounts. It discusses how to build straightforward science experiments into true understanding of scientific principles. And it shows how to overcome the difficulties in teaching math to generate real insight and reasoning in math students. It also features illustrated suggestions for classroom activities. How Students Learn offers a highly useful blend of principle and practice. It will be important not only to teachers, administrators, curriculum designers, and teacher educators, but also to parents and the larger community concerned about children's education.
The Effect of Age and Gender on Students' Perceptions of Valued College-instructor Characteristics and Behaviors
Author: John Monroe AndersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The Adult Learner in Higher Education
Author: California State University. Center for Innovative ProgramsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adult college students
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description