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Harrington, Melissa A.; Lloyd, Andrew; Smolinski, Tomasz; Shahin, Mazen – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
At our Historically-Black University, about 89% of first-year students place into developmental mathematics, negatively impacting retention and degree completion. In 2012, an NSF-funded learning enrichment project began offering the introductory and developmental mathematics courses on-line over the summer to incoming science, technology,…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Black Colleges, College Freshmen, Mathematics Achievement
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Smith, C. Veronica; Cardaciotto, LeeAnn – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
Although research suggests that active learning is associated with positive outcomes (e.g., memory, test performance), use of such techniques can be difficult to implement in large lecture-based classes. In the current study, 1,091 students completed out-of-class group exercises to complement course material in an Introductory Psychology class.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Attitudes, Large Group Instruction, Lecture Method