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Direct linkGibbens, Brian; Williams, Mary A.; Strain, Anna K.; Hoff, Courtney D. M. – College and University, 2015
Curricula at most colleges and universities in the United States are scheduled according to quarters or semesters. While each schedule has several potential advantages over the other, it is unclear what effect each has on student performance. This study compares biology student performance during the two and a half years before and after the 1999…
Descriptors: Biology, Quarter System, Semester System, Scheduling
McKim, Billy R.; Rayfield, John; Harlin, Julie; Adams, Andy – Career and Technical Education Research, 2013
This study compared job stress levels of Texas agricultural science cooperating teachers and Texas agricultural science student teachers across a semester. The research objectives included describing secondary agricultural science cooperating teachers and student teachers perceptions of stressors, by time of semester (beginning, middle, and end),…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Agricultural Education, Stress Variables, Student Teachers
Evans, Heather K.; Cordova, Victoria – Journal of Political Science Education, 2015
In a recent study regarding online lecture videos, Evans (2014) shows that lecture videos are not superior to still slides. Using two Introduction to American Government courses, taught in a 4-week summer session, she shows that students in a non-video course had higher satisfaction with the course and instructor and performed better on exams than…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Video Technology, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Download full textFatima, Jabeen; Naseer Ud Din, Muhammad – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
The study was aimed at evaluating the MA Education Programme of teacher education in Pakistan. Post-graduate teacher's training institutes in Pakistan grant the Master of Education (MA/M.Ed.), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) post-graduate degrees in the field of education to enhance the careers and accelerate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Masters Programs, Teacher Education Programs
Thornton, Bill – Teaching of Psychology, 2006
A 2-semester introductory course sequence in any discipline may be justified on the basis that there is too much material to cover in 1 semester and that more in-depth consideration of material will provide students with a better foundation from which to approach subsequent courses. This study took advantage of a natural situation to compare…
Descriptors: Psychology, Introductory Courses, Semester System, Grades (Scholastic)
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
The number of days in each quarter, semester, or trimester is compared for academic years 1968-69 and 1993-94, for 10 private and 10 public colleges and universities. Intersessions and January sessions are included. Total number of days per year have decreased in almost all these cases and now vary from 134 to 172. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Higher Education
