Improving student learning in large classes by incorporating active learning with a new design of teaching slides

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Diesel, Elizabeth ^a   Alley, Michael ^b   Schreiber, Madeline ^a   Borrego, Maura ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Author keywords

Large classes; PowerPoint; Presentation slides; Sentence headlines; Slide design

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING (AL); CLASS SIZE; GEOSCIENCES; NEW DESIGN; STUDENT LEARNING; TIME SLOT (TS); VISUAL EVIDENCE;

CURRICULA; EARTH SCIENCES; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 48749130871     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2006.322395     Document Type: Conference Paper

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