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Direct linkStevens, Courtney; Witkow, Melissa R. – Teaching of Psychology, 2014
The present study reports on the development and evaluation of a classroom module to train scientific thinking skills. The module was implemented in two of four parallel sections of introductory psychology. To assess learning, a passage-based question set from the medical college admissions test (MCAT[superscript 2015]) preview guide was included…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Learning Modules, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Wilbanks, Jammie T. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Research has been conducted on the effectiveness of formative assessments and on effectively teaching medical terminology; however, research had not been conducted on the use of formative assessments in a medical terminology course. A quantitative study was performed which captured data from a pretest, self-assessment, four module exams, and a…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing, Medicine, Vocabulary
Ward, Wayne; Cole, Ron; Bolaños, Daniel; Buchenroth-Martin, Cindy; Svirsky, Edward; Weston, Tim – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
My Science Tutor (MyST) is an intelligent tutoring system designed to improve science learning by elementary school students through conversational dialogs with a virtual science tutor in an interactive multimedia environment. Marni, a lifelike 3-D character, engages individual students in spoken dialogs following classroom investigations using…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Elementary School Science, Multimedia Instruction, Interaction
Risner, Mary E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The need to increase US competitiveness in the world economy is a driving factor in the recent push to internationalize university campuses across the country. Technical and subject area expertise are no longer sufficient to succeed in the 21st-century global workplace. Intercultural competence is becoming more valued as part of the desired…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Intercultural Programs, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Competence
Download full textNunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2016, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, 1-3 July, 2016. This conference is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2016, 1-4 July. The e-Learning (EL) 2016 conference aims…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Conferences (Gatherings), Electronic Learning, Computer Science Education
Wang, Xiaohui; Bradlow, Eric T.; Wainer, Howard – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
SCORIGHT is a very general computer program for scoring tests. It models tests that are made up of dichotomously or polytomously rated items or any kind of combination of the two through the use of a generalized item response theory (IRT) formulation. The items can be presented independently or grouped into clumps of allied items (testlets) or in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Statistical Analysis, Test Items, Bayesian Statistics
