An implementation of active learning and its effect on the quality of...

Innovations in Education and Training International;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......attitudes. Active learning emphasizes...definition of active learning (Bonwell and...of the term active learning relies more...about what active learning is not than...to promote active learning. Thus, for...2) defined active learning in ...

Active learning and situational teaching: How to ACE a course

Clinical Laboratory Science;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......INDEX TERMS: active learning; feedback; learning strategies; situational...OBJECTIVES Define active learning, and create effective active learning strategies. Define how...incorporate active learning strategies. They may...benefits of ...

Implementation of a pharmaceutics course in a large class through active...

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Class through Active Learning Using Quick-Thin...describes active learning techniques...course using active learning strategies with enhanced...facilitated by active learning strategies including...little or no active learning. Such an...

Active learning in a non-majors biology class: lessons learned.

College Teaching;  June 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......integration of active learning in the classroom...indicated that active learning experiences...technique. Active learning enriches...implementing active learning, the following...journey into active learning and our lessons...taught using active ...

Faculty perceptions about barriers to active learning.

College Teaching;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Faculty may perceive many barriers to active learning in their classrooms. Four groups of...to list their perceived barriers to active learning. Many of the problems identified were...perceptions about the barriers to active learning in their classrooms is the first step...

An evaluation study of interdisciplinary active learning.

Roeper Review;  May 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......interdisciplinary active learning strategies. Nineteen elementary...interdisciplinary active learning. A similar group...Interdisciplinary active learning strategies were defined as...interdisciplinary active learning workshop in increasing...

Inviting Students to the Active Learning Process

The Agricultural Education Magazine;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......be said for active learning in the classroom. Active learning occurs when...variety of "active learning strategies". The art of active learning requires a...Roth, 1990). Learning then is understood...An artful active learning approach ...

Assessment and active learning strategies for introductory geology courses

Journal of Geoscience Education;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......literacy by incorporating active learning strategies into the classroom. Active learning occurs when instructors...scientific inquiry into active learning exercises. Teaching strategies...describes a variety of learning strategies that may be adopted in...no ...

Active Learning: Increasing Flow in the Classroom

Kappa Delta Pi Record;  July 1, 2006 ;     523 words ...Active Learning: Increasing Flow in the Classroom...students' attention should consider Active Learning: Increasing Flow in the Classroom...objectives in a pleasurable way. Active learning, according to Hollingsworth and...

Use of web technology and active learning strategies in a quality...

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......three online quizzes. Active learning strategies included bulletin board...technology and various active learning strategies. GOALS Course design...for lecturing but for active learning strategies. The use of WebCT(R...

Active learning and preservice teachers' experiences in an online course:...

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education;  March 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Environments for Active Learning proposed...environments for active learning are student...help support active learning. Instructor...can enable active learning. The convergence...1995) for active learning. A pedagogically...convergence of active ...

Why "Active Learning" Can Be Perilous to the Profession

Academe;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......hundred faces in a large lecture hall. "Active learning," as I have learned, is more than...American professoriate. Partisans of "active learning" often assert that they constitute...Now, consider the advocates of "active learning." Their enemy is the big classroom...

Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research

Journal of Engineering Education;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......evidence for the effectiveness of active learning. It defines the common forms of active learning most relevant for engineering faculty...problem-based learning I. INTRODUCTION Active learning has received considerable attention...

Environmental sciences: active learning in large classes/Ciencias...

Journal of Science Education;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......interactive and to use active learning strategies when appropriate. This...Key words: lectures, active learning, strategies, large classes. Resumen...interactive and to use active learning strategies when appropriate (LEAL...

An illustrated case for active learning. (Targeting Teaching).

Southern Economic Journal;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......article provides a rationale for active learning in undergraduate economic courses...experience. It provides examples of active learning exercises, explains why students and teachers benefit from active learning, and concludes that the benefits...