What learning tools do students prefer? An assessment of undergraduate business courses

Abstract

Universities strive to acquire resources to improve learning outcomes for students. This paper describes technology introduced in core undergraduate business classes and students’ assessment of their value. Despite their widespread use, student enthusiasm for them was tepid. It also gauges student preferences for pedagogical methods and finds the preferred method was power point lectures, independent of the type of the course. Homework ranked second for quantitative classes, while in-class discussions ranked second for qualitative classes.

Keywords:

• Classroom technology
• student learning preferences

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the help of the 11 faculty members we interviewed in 2018 and a member of the Teaching Center for help with our survey.

Notes

1 The survey was approved by the Institutional Review Board on February 13, 2019.