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Dendir, Seife – Journal of Education for Business, 2023
This study investigates whether online homework improves learning in principles of microeconomics. It contributes to the related literature in two dimensions. First, it tests whether there is a positive association between students' performances on homework and exams. Importantly, it measures learning through exams that were given shortly after…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Homework, In Person Learning, Microeconomics
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González, José Antonio; Giuliano, Mónica; Pérez, Silvia N. – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Research on impact in student achievement of online homework systems compared to traditional methods is ambivalent. Methodological issues in the study design, besides of technological diversity, can account for this uncertainty. Hypothesis: This study aims to estimate the effect size of homework practice with exercises automatically provided by…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Electronic Learning, Problem Solving
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Motz, Benjamin A.; Quick, Joshua D.; Wernert, Julie A.; Miles, Tonya A. – Online Learning, 2021
Under normal circumstances, when students invest more effort in their schoolwork, they generally show evidence of improved academic achievement. But when universities abruptly transitioned to remote instruction in Spring 2020, instructors assigned rapidly-prepared online learning activities, disrupting the normal relationship between effort and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Academic Achievement, COVID-19
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Wan, Sarah Lai Yin; Cheung, Ka Luen; Lin, Xiao Ying – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2020
This study evaluates the impact of applying a flipped classroom model to an advanced psychology course at The Education University of Hong Kong. The study implemented mixed-method design, including pre-post surveys and focus group interviews. Overall findings indicated that students were satisfied with the flipped classroom approach but yielded no…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Flipped Classroom, Psychology
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Trussell, H. Joel; Gumpertz, Marcia L. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Contribution: This article compares the predictive performance of the scores on WeBWorK homework (online) with those of standard handwritten homework. The comparison is done across six undergraduate electrical engineering classes where each of the nine instructors have used both homework modalities. Background: Online homework systems have been…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction, Homework
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Demir, Mustafa; Souldatos, Ioannis – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2020
With the advent of information technology, various online homework systems have often been utilized to enhance students' knowledge and skills. Several studies analyzed the effects of web-based homework systems on students' learning through comparing them with paper-pencil homework. However, few studies explored students' homework completion…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Homework, Student Behavior, Educational Technology
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Smolinsky, Lawrence; Olafsson, Gestur; Marx, Brian D.; Wang, Gaomin – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
Calculus is an essential intellectual gateway and initiation in the education of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. In this study, graded online computer homework was compared with graded handwritten homework in second-semester calculus for STEM students. Previous calculus studies excluded STEM students or compared…
Descriptors: Homework, Calculus, STEM Education, Majors (Students)
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Aguilera Hermida, Ana Patricia; Avci, Dilek; Poyrazli, Senel – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2021
In this study, we determined how university students in Turkey, a developing country, were able to transition into emergency online learning during COVID-19, what challenges they faced, and the positive experiences that may have come out of this process. We also explored how their positive and negative emotional states may have changed as a result…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
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Miller, Laurie A.; Asarta, Carlos J.; Schmidt, James R. – Journal of Education for Business, 2019
The authors examine effects on student performance, from applying different deadline strategies to online assignments in face-to-face principles of macroeconomics courses. Students in one section were required to complete weekly adaptive learning assignments. Students in the second section were required to complete the adaptive assignments only…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Academic Achievement, Assignments, Time Management
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Gyllen, J.; Stahovich, T.; Mayer, R. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
Time on task has been recognized as an important variable in academic learning, but self-report measures of study time are problematic. Therefore, this study employs an automated system for recording time spent reading a course textbook. College students in an introductory engineering course accessed their textbook online. The book contained pages…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Electronic Learning, Electronic Publishing
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Michelle, Richards-Babb; Curtis, Reagan; Ratcliff, Betsy; Roy, Abhik; Mikalik, Taylor – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
We investigated whether use of an adaptive-responsive online homework system (OHS) that tailors homework to students' prior knowledge and periodically reassesses students to promote learning through practice retrieval has inherent advantages over traditional-responsive online homework. A quasi-experimental cohort control post-test-only design with…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Chemistry, Electronic Learning
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Buttner, E. Holly; Black, Aprille Noe – Journal of Education for Business, 2014
Colleges and universities, particularly public institutions, are facing higher enrollments and declining resources from state and federal governments. In this resource-constrained environment, faculty are seeking more efficient and effective teaching strategies to improve student learning and test performance. The authors assessed an online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Improvement, Tests, Comparative Analysis
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Bertheussen, Bernt Arne; Myrland, Øystein – Journal of Education for Business, 2016
This study reports on the effect of student engagement in digital learning activities on academic performance for 120 students enrolled in an undergraduate finance course. Interactive practice and exam problem files were available to each student, and individual download activity was automatically recorded during the first 50 days of the course.…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement, Undergraduate Students
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Terry, Neil; Macy, Anne; Clark, Robin; Sanders, Gary – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2015
This paper examines the effect of the e-learning technology of lecture capture on the performance of undergraduate business students in business law, economics, finance, and management courses. The sample consists of 890 student observations at a midsized regional institution located in the Southwestern region of the United States. The dependent…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Lecture Method, Electronic Learning
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Richards-Babb, Michelle; Curtis, Reagan; Georgieva, Zornitsa; Penn, John H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Use of online homework as a formative assessment tool for organic chemistry coursework was examined. Student perceptions of online homework in terms of (i) its ranking relative to other course aspects, (ii) their learning of organic chemistry, and (iii) whether it improved their study habits and how students used it as a learning tool were…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Homework, Electronic Learning
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