Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 1 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 4 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 15 |
Descriptor
Author
Bardsley, Mary Ellen | 1 |
Blankmeyer, Kate L. | 1 |
Burke, Brian L. | 1 |
Campbell, Eileen Anne | 1 |
Cook, Kathleen E. | 1 |
Cruz, Laura | 1 |
Davidson, Skylar | 1 |
Dietz, Lauri | 1 |
Doyle, Judith | 1 |
Foote, Chandra J. | 1 |
Frasier, Pamela Y. | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 15 |
Reports - Research | 11 |
Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 15 |
Postsecondary Education | 15 |
High Schools | 1 |
Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Teachers | 1 |
Location
New York | 2 |
Canada | 1 |
Tennessee | 1 |
Texas | 1 |
Washington | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Torrance Tests of Creative… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Miller, Christine; Cruz, Laura; Kelley, Jacob – Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
Can creativity be taught? Multiple sources attest that the business community values creativity in potential new hires, but a signature pedagogy of teaching for creativity in business classes has not yet emerged. To contribute to a body of evidence-based practice, this study assessed the impact of several in-class activities that were deployed…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Class Activities, Undergraduate Students
Hammond, Kay M. – Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 2019
Construction of visual material to enhance audience understanding of an oral presentation is an important skill in educational and professional settings. Many first-year undergraduates may not be familiar with the basic principles of effective slide design to increase audience understanding. However, faculty face time pressures to train students…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Peer Teaching, Visual Aids, Public Speaking
Davidson, Skylar – Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 2019
"Futurology" is the process of forecasting or designing the future, whether that be the near future or far future. College courses rarely explicitly include futurology, even though the content of many courses has implications for the future. To build knowledge on how future-oriented content can be incorporated into educational…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty
Stephens, Geralyn E. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2015
All course activities should be aimed at moving students towards the learning outcomes, including class introductions. This article provides detailed instructions for implementing an online Class Session Introductions (CSI) activity that immediately engages students with their peers, the content and the instructor. The activity may be useful to…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Class Activities, Student Adjustment, Instructional Design
Karpenko, Lara; Dietz, Lauri – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2013
In this article, we contend that publically available, mass digitization projects, such as Google Books, present faculty, regardless of their specific institutional context, with an exciting opportunity to promote meaningful undergraduate research in the humanities. By providing a classroom case study and by proposing an institutional model, we…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Libraries
Kraus, Sue; Sears, Sharon R.; Burke, Brian L. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2013
Teaching students how to think critically and develop lifelong habits of evidence-based inquiry outside of the classroom is a primary goal for educators today. This paper describes nine activities designed to promote evidence-based critical thinking in college or high school classrooms in any discipline. We have developed a seven step process for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Evidence Based Practice, Critical Thinking, College Students
Lopes-Murphy, Solange A. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2013
Cultural competence and CQ involve awareness of cultural similarities and differences, knowledge of differences in cultural values, and intercultural encounters. To assess college students' cultural competence and cultural intelligence gains, this experimental study evaluated the impact of two globalization projects on these two constructs. The…
Descriptors: Global Education, Cultural Literacy, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Gibson, Fay Y.; Kincade, Doris H.; Frasier, Pamela Y. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2013
This paper describes how a university, collaborating with industry, integrated research with active learning (e.g., collaboration in teams and competitions) for fashion majors. The redesigned introductory course uses two strategies: team competitions and a genius bar to guide students, give ongoing feedback, and judge final competitions. Active…
Descriptors: Competition, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Active Learning
Hackathorn, Jana; Solomon, Erin D.; Blankmeyer, Kate L.; Tennial, Rachel E.; Garczynski, Amy M. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2011
The current study sought to examine the effectiveness of four teaching techniques (lecture, demonstrations, discussions, and in-class activities) in the classroom. As each technique offers different benefits to the instructor and students, each technique was expected to aid in a different depth of learning. The current findings indicated that each…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Lecture Method, Demonstrations (Educational)
Steuter, Erin; Doyle, Judith – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2010
The first year course in Sociology at Mount Allison University introduced students to social issues via dynamic class interactions and assignments that are designed to build conceptual and applied skills. Developments to the course organization have maximized the opportunities for discovery learning and have made the class an enjoyable teaching…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Introductory Courses, Sociology, Foreign Countries
Iannarelli, Barbara A.; Bardsley, Mary Ellen; Foote, Chandra J. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2010
Faculty teaching courses at the higher education level employ a wide variety of strategies on the first day of class. Little research has been conducted on the efficacy of these practices. This study examines the first-day practices of instructors of higher education classes who have been recognized as outstanding practitioners by their respective…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Phenomenology, Teaching Experience, Educational Practices
Roundtree, Aimee Kendall – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2010
This article discusses and evaluates the inclusion of ethics learning modules in a graduate- level visual design theory course. Modules were designed as a part of an NEH grant. Students grappled with case studies that probed the ethics of visuals at the crux of the BP oil refinery accident, NASA space shuttle disasters, the Enron collapse, and…
Descriptors: Success, Failure, Ethics, Visual Learning
Pond, Samuel B., III – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2010
At the college level, students often participate in introductory courses with large class enrollments that tend to produce many challenges to effective teaching and learning. Many teachers are concerned that this class environment fails to accommodate higher-level thinking and learning. I offer a brief rationale for why a student-response system…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Audience Response Systems, Regression (Statistics), Class Activities
Van Auken, Stuart; Campbell, Eileen Anne; Wells, Ludmilla Gricenko – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2009
This study associates the perceived effectiveness of alternative teaching methods with perceived instructional emphasis areas for each of two groups: faculty and students. It seeks to determine the congruency between faculty and student response. The results evidence a commonality between faculty and student perceptions as to the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, College Students, College Faculty
Cook, Kathleen E. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2008
Books and courses on research methods, statistics, or both, often necessarily focus on one topic at a time. This compartmentalized approach prevents students from seeing the big picture. To address this shortcoming, I developed an exercise through which students experience the whole research process in a single class period. From posing a…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Statistics, Student Experience, Research Projects