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Geoscience Videos and Their Role in Supporting Student Learning
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Wiggen, Jennifer; McDonnell, David – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2017
A series of short (5 to 7 minutes long) geoscience videos were created to support student learning in a flipped class setting for an introductory geology class at North Carolina State University. Videos were made using a stylus, tablet, microphone, and video editing software. Essentially, we narrate a slide, sketch a diagram, or explain a figure…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Video Technology, Homework, Teaching Methods
Pre-Test Assessment
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Berry, Thomas – American Journal of Business Education, 2008
Pre-tests are a non-graded assessment tool used to determine pre-existing subject knowledge. Typically pre-tests are administered prior to a course to determine knowledge baseline, but here they are used to test students prior to topical material coverage throughout the course. While counterintuitive, the pre-tests cover material the student is…
Descriptors: Pretesting, Prior Learning, Student Motivation, Money Management
Internal Consistency and Test-Retest of Descriptive Comments on Compositions
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Follman, John; And Others – College Student Journal, 1976
College juniors (N=28) tested two versions of the Marshall Flotation Technique to obtain consistency of descriptive comments in rating themes compared with number and letter grades. High reliability estimates for all four pre and post-test groups and a significant decline from pre to post groups in number of comments resulted. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, English Curriculum, Grading
EXPERIMENTS IN THE USE OF PROGRAMED MATERIALS IN TEACHING AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL.
KANTASEWI, NIPHON – 1964
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF (1) LECTURE PRESENTATIONS, (2) LINEAR PROGRAM USE IN CLASS WITH AND WITHOUT DISCUSSION, AND (3) LINEAR PROGRAMS USED OUTSIDE OF CLASS WITH INCLASS PROBLEMS OR DISCUSSION. THE 126 COLLEGE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A BACTERIOLOGY COURSE WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO THREE GROUPS. IN A SUCCEEDING…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis
An Experimental Comparison of Direct-Detailed Versus Directed Discovery Laboratory Exercises in Teaching Selected Elements of Basic Electricity.
Brenner, Charles J. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the ef"ects of direct-detailed and directed discovery laboratory methods on selected behavior characteristics of college students during a 3-week period. The 120 students wer" enrolled in three sections of an electricity course under three teachers. During the first 3 weeks of the experiment, 20 students…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Doctoral Dissertations
Development and Testing of an Experimental Polysensory Instructional System for Teaching Electric Arc Welding Processes. Report No. 24. Final Report.
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Sergeant, Harold A. – 1968
The population of the study consisted of 15 high school industrial arts students, 10 freshman and sophomore college students, and 10 adults. A polysensory, self-pacing instructional system was developed which included (1) pretests and post tests, (2) a general instruction book, (3) equipment to practice arc welding, (4) programed instruction…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Concept Teaching