That analysis, though, found a slight advantage for blended learning
over traditional classroom instruction.
Not exact matches
The researchers developed a hands - on curriculum and professional development lessons teaching basic physics using the popular toys, then conducted a randomized controlled trial in about 60 fourth - grade
classrooms in a California school district comparing student learning under the project - based and
traditional textbook based
instruction over three weeks.
A second - order meta - analysis of 25 meta - analyses encompassing
over 1,000 studies and 40 years of research on technology and
classroom learning found that the use of technology in the
classrooms shows a small to moderate positive effect on student learning, as compared to technology - free
traditional instruction.
True blended learning affords students not only the opportunity to gain both content and
instruction via online as well as
traditional classroom means, but also an element of authority
over this process.
Previous research has indicated that preservice teachers have chosen
classroom scenarios as their preferred method of
instruction over more
traditional teacher education methods.
However, with continued concerns
over the unintended (and sometimes detrimental) consequences of expanding standardized testing, policies have reemphasized the importance of more
traditional, widely applicable approaches to measuring teacher quality — specifically, the quality of teachers»
instruction, assessed through
classroom observation.