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Designing High Structure Courses to Promote Student Engagement
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Beck, Edward J.; Roosa, Kristen A. – HAPS Educator, 2020
While there are many strategies for increasing the inclusiveness of anatomy and physiology courses, increasing course structure is a strategy that can not only close achievement gaps for first generation and underrepresented minority students, but also increase performance for all students. High structure courses are characterized by clear…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Learner Engagement, Science Instruction, College Students
Effect of Instructional Environment on Physics Students' Representational Skills
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Kohl, Patrick B.; Finkelstein, Noah D. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2006
In a recent study we showed that physics students' problem-solving performance can depend strongly on problem representation, and that giving students a choice of problem representation can have a significant impact on their performance [ P. B. Kohl and N. D. Finklestein, Phys. Rev. ST. Phys. Educ. Res. 1, 010104 (2005) ] In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Physics, Program Effectiveness, Problem Solving, Science Process Skills
Effects of the Classroom Assessment Environment on Achievement in Mathematics and Science.
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Brookhart, Susan M. – 1995
The effects of classroom assessment environment (CAE) variables on yearly achievement in mathematics and science in grades 7 through 12 were studied through the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY), using cohorts of approximately 3,000 students each in the 7th and 10th grades who were followed for 4 years. While the LSAY did not include all…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Theories
Simulation as a Home Learning Environment--Students' Views.
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Ronen, M.; Eliahu, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1999
Describes a pilot study aimed at exploring the possibility of introducing simulation-based homework into junior high school ninth grade science classes studying electric circuits. Analyzes students' views in relation to their prior computer experience and their achievement, and discusses results from questionnaires and interviews that show…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Educational Environment
Parenting for Education.
Owens, Vivian W. – 1988
Intended to influence parents to play an important role in their child's education, this guide is an educational how-to book written in simple, easy-to-understand language, showing parents how to engage in activities with their children at home that will upgrade academic performance at school. The book covers 77 concepts, each presented as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) (7th, London, United Kingdom, July 4-7, 2014)
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Stamper, John, Ed.; Pardos, Zachary, Ed.; Mavrikis, Manolis, Ed.; McLaren, Bruce M., Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2014
The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Collection