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Chapman, Kayla E.; Davidson, Megan E.; Liberatore, Matthew W. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2021
Student success and attempts on hundreds of online homework problems housed in a fully interactive online textbook, Material and Energy Balances zyBook, were studied over three cohorts of students (n=284). Auto-graded homework questions with randomized numbers and content can explore proficiency in the course material. Students are allowed to…
Descriptors: Energy, Homework, Science Instruction, Textbooks
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Liberatore, Matthew W.; Marr, David W. M.; Herring, Andrew M.; Way, J. Douglas – Chemical Engineering Education, 2013
Inspired by YouTube videos, students created homework problems as part of a class project. The project has been successful at different parts of the semester and demonstrated learning of course concepts. These new problems were implemented both in class and as part of homework assignments without significant changes. Examples from a material and…
Descriptors: Homework, Science Instruction, Social Networks, Educational Technology
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Liberatore, Matthew W. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2011
Personalized, online homework was used to supplement textbook homework, quizzes, and exams for one section of a course in material and energy balances. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that students using personalized, online homework earned better grades in the course. The online homework system asks the same questions of…
Descriptors: Homework, Student Evaluation, Textbooks, Educational Technology
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Madihally, Sundararajan V. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2011
Most chemical engineering programs that offer M.S. and Ph.D. degrees have a common seminar series for all the graduate students. Many would agree that seminars lack student interest, leading to ineffectiveness. We questioned the possibility of adding value to the seminar series by incorporating non-technical topics that may be more important to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Graduate Students, Technical Writing, Public Speaking