International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2006, Volume 18, Number 3, 215-221 http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/ ISSN 1812-9129 Joy Murray University of Sydney
If you studied math, science, or engineering at a four-year college in the US, much of what you learned is useless, forgotten, or obsolete. All that money, all that time, all that wasted talent. If all we lost were a few years, no big deal. But the really
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2006, Volume 18, Number 3, 215-221 http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/ ISSN 1812-9129 Joy Murray University of Sydney
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A. Savoy, R. Proctor, and G. Salvendy. Computers & Education, 52 (4):
858-867(May 2009)The benefit of PowerPoint™ is continuously debated, but both supporters and detractors have insufficient empirical evidence. Its use in university lectures has influenced investigations of PowerPoint’s effects on student performance (e.g., overall quiz....
M. Källkvist, S. Gomez, H. Andersson, and D. Lush. The Internet and Higher Education, 12 (1):
35-44(January 2009)The purpose of this study was to create and evaluate personalised virtual learning spaces (PVLSs) in a course that was previously delivered face-to-face only. The study addressed three related questions: (1) Can a PVLS successfully be introduced into a....
M. Yerushalmy, and B. Shternberg. Beyond constructivism: A model and modeling perspective on teaching,learning, and problem solving in mathematics education, Lawrence Album, Mahwah, NJ, (in press)