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Bedient, Douglas; And Others – Improving College and University Teaching, 1984
Some of the students in Southern Illinois University's introductory zoology course were deficient in certain skills. The design of self-instructional modules that would be educationally sound and help overcome some problems encountered in this course is discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Science, College Students, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationGranger, Charles R. – 1986
Because of a consistently high failure rate of freshmen in a required introductory biology course, numerous strategies to improve the success rate of students without compromising academic standards were explored. The major underlying cause of lack of success was perceived to be the level of thinking skills possessed by the incoming freshman. The…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Course Content
