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Classroom Research

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Sending students an e-mail prior to the start of class may improve motivation, attitudes toward the instructor, and course retention rates according to classroom research reported in a recent article in Teaching of Psychology.

E-Mail from Professor Enhances Student Motivation and Attitudes

Selected journals about classroom research

  • Active Learning in Higher Education is an international, refereed publication for all who teach and support learning in Higher Education and those who undertake or use research into effective learning, teaching and assessment in universities and colleges.
  • Arts and Humanities in Higher Education publishes articles, reviews and scholarly comment relating to the arts and humanities in higher education serving the community of arts and humanities educators internationally.
  • Journal of Engineering Education is a peer-reviewed international journal which is currently the most highly cited education journal, ranked first in the categories of education and educational research on the Thomson ISI Science Citation Index and the Social Science Citation index.
  • New Directions for Teaching and Learning offers a comprehensive range of ideas and techniques for improving college teaching based on the experience of seasoned instructors and the latest findings of educational and psychological researchers.
  • Teaching of Psychology includes empirical research on teaching and learning; studies of teacher and student characteristics; investigations of student, course, and teacher assessment; professional problems of teachers; essays on teaching; innovative course descriptions and evaluations and curriculum designs.

 

 

 

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