Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
| Class Size | 3 |
| Lecture Method | 3 |
| Academic Achievement | 2 |
| Introductory Courses | 2 |
| Achievement Gap | 1 |
| Algebra | 1 |
| Biology | 1 |
| Block Scheduling | 1 |
| Chemistry | 1 |
| College Instruction | 1 |
| College Science | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Allen, Amy | 1 |
| Ballen, Cissy J. | 1 |
| Boso, Halle | 1 |
| Bowling, Scott | 1 |
| Brannon, Patsy | 1 |
| Brownell, Sara | 1 |
| Cotner, Sehoya | 1 |
| Creech, Catherine | 1 |
| Drake, Abby Grace | 1 |
| Eddy, Sarah | 1 |
| Fagbodun, Sheritta | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Information Analyses | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkOdom, Sara; Boso, Halle; Bowling, Scott; Brownell, Sara; Cotner, Sehoya; Creech, Catherine; Drake, Abby Grace; Eddy, Sarah; Fagbodun, Sheritta; Hebert, Sadie; James, Avis C.; Just, Jan; St. Juliana, Justin R.; Shuster, Michele; Thompson, Seth K.; Whittington, Richard; Wills, Bill D.; Wilson, Alan E.; Zamudio, Kelly R.; Zhong, Min; Ballen, Cissy J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
To investigate patterns of gender-based performance gaps, we conducted a meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished data collected across 169 undergraduate biology and chemistry courses. While we did not detect an overall gender gap in performance, heterogeneity analyses suggested further analysis was warranted, so we investigated whether…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Science Achievement, College Science
Peer reviewedKramer, Steven L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Although research has confirmed block scheduling's nonacademic benefits, effects on academic achievement are mixed. Teachers do not always replace lecturing with more effective participatory teaching methods. To work best under an intensive or alternating block schedule, schools should adapt the math curriculum to reduce course redundancy and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Block Scheduling, Class Size
Allen, Amy; Brannon, Patsy; Sims, Laura – MAHE Journal, 1999
Reviews literature on class size and its influence on student performance, attitudes, and behavior, highlighting a recent study of the effect of lecture-group size on the latter variables in an introductory college nutrition course. Student class-size preferences, attitudes about large-class characteristics, interest in the discipline, attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, College Instruction, College Students
