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Download full textFukuzawa, Sherry; Boyd, Cleo – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
Large first year undergraduate courses have unique challenges in the promotion of student engagement and self-directed learning due to resource constraints that prohibit small group discussions with instructors. The Monthly Virtual Mystery was developed to increase student engagement in a large (N = 725) first year undergraduate class in…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Grades (Scholastic)
deBraga, Michael; Boyd, Cleo; Abdulnour, Shahad – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2015
A primary goal of university instruction is the students' demonstration of improved, highly developed critical thinking (CT) skills. However, how do faculty encourage CT and its potential concomitant increase in student workload without negatively impacting student perceptions of the course? In this investigation, an advanced biology course is…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Critical Thinking
Direct linkWilson, Kathi; Boyd, Cleo; Chen, Liwen; Jamal, Sarosh – Computers & Education, 2011
The main objective of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of computer-assisted formative assessment in a large, first-year undergraduate geography course. In particular, the paper evaluates the impact of computer-assisted multiple-choice practice tests on student performance in the course as well as student opinions of this type of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Formative Evaluation
