The positive influence of active learning in a lecture hall: an analysis of normalised gain scores in introductory environmental engineering

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 275-284

  Kinoshita, Timothy J ^a   Knight, David B ^a   Gibbes, Badin ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active learning; environmental engineering; gain scores; large classrooms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948179009     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2015.1114957     Document Type: Article

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