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Aydin, Gökhan; Duran, Volkan; Mertol, Hüseyin – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
This study aims to develop a computer program for the identification key to insect orders (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) and to investigate its effectiveness as teaching material. Secondly, this study is aiming at whether this program improves students' computational thinking skills or not longitudinal quasi-experimental design. Firstly, the study is…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Identification, Entomology, Computation
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Tu, Wendy; Snyder, Martha M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Difficulties in learning statistics primarily at the college-level led to a reform movement in statistics education in the early 1990s. Although much work has been done, effective learning designs that facilitate active learning, conceptual understanding of statistics, and the use of real-data in the classroom are needed. Guided by Merrill's First…
Descriptors: Statistics, College Students, Educational Change, Active Learning
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Richardson, John T. E.; MacLeod-Gallinger, Janet; McKee, Barbara G.; Long, Gary L. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2000
Comparison of 149 deaf and 121 hearing college students on the Approaches to Studying Inventory found the impact of deafness relatively slight. Discriminant analysis indicated deaf students, especially those who preferred sign communication, had more difficulty with relating ideas on different topics although they were more likely to adopt a…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, College Students, Data Analysis, Deafness
Stallings, William M. – 1968
It was hypothesized that instruction in descriptive geometry produces an increase in SRT scores. The resultant data do not firmly support this hypothesis. It is suggested that this study be replicated with the use of randomly selected control groups. (MS)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Achievement Gains, College Students, Control Groups