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Effect of a Small-Group, Active Learning, Tutorial-Based, In-Course Enrichment Program on Student Performance in Medical Physiology
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Powell, Jacqueline M.; Murray, Ian V. J.; Johal, Jaspreet; Elks, Martha L. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2019
Physiology is one of the major foundational sciences for the medical curriculum. This discipline has proven challenging for students to master due to ineffective content acquisition and retention. Preliminary data obtained from a survey completed by "low-performance" students (those maintaining a grade average below the passing mark of…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Small Group Instruction, Active Learning, Tutorial Programs
A Low-Maintenance Approach to Improving Retention: Short On-Line Tutorials in Elementary Statistics
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Sargent, Carol Springer; Borthick, A. Faye; Lederberg, Amy R.; Haardorfer, Regine – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
The struggle to get weak students to use learning support services plagues virtually all retention programs (Friedlander, 1980; Hodges, 2001; Karabenick & Knapp, 1988; Moore & LeDee, 2006; Simpson, Hynd, Nist, & Burrell, 1997; Webster & Dee, 1998). This study presents a cost-effective form of supplemental instruction (SI), in the form of on-line…
Descriptors: College Students, At Risk Students, Low Achievement, Academic Support Services
Supplemental Instruction: An Effective Component of Student Affairs Programming.
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Kochenour, E. O.; Jolley, D. S.; Kaup, J. G.; Patrick, D. L.; Roach, K. D.; Wenzler, L. A. – Journal of College Student Development, 1997
Examines the effectiveness of Supplemental Instruction (SI) using 11,390 participants in eight varied courses at a large Rocky Mountain research university. Results indicate that students participating in SI earned higher average course grades than non-participating students. Findings portray SI as an effective program that can enhance student…
Descriptors: College Students, Curriculum Enrichment, Higher Education, Student Needs
Effectiveness of Tutorial Assistance for High-Risk Students in Advanced College Courses
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Menges, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1972
This paper describes a program to provide supportive services to high risk students in psychology beyond the beginning course. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Graduate Students
Comparing the Effectiveness of a Supplemental Online Tutorial to Traditional Instruction with Nutritional Science Students
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Zubas, Patrice; Heiss, Cindy; Pedersen, Mary – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2006
The purpose of this study was to ascertain if an online computer tutorial on diabetes mellitus, supplemented to traditional classroom lecture, is an effective tool in the education of nutrition students. Students completing a web-based tutorial as a supplement to classroom lecture displayed greater improvement in pre- vs. post-test scores compared…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Supplementary Education, Tutorial Programs
Videotutoring via AppalNet.
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Buchanan, Harriette C. – 1989
The Videotutoring via AppalNet project at Appalachian State University in North Carolina offers supplementary, tutorial assistance to students in certain high risk courses such as history, biology, and mathematics. This program enables instructors to tape test review sessions which are broadcast live and then later rebroadcast at other times on…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Closed Circuit Television, College Instruction, College Students