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A Multi-Institutional Analysis Of Instructional Beliefs And Practices In Gateway Courses To The Sciences, Joseph J. Ferrare
A Multi-Institutional Analysis Of Instructional Beliefs And Practices In Gateway Courses To The Sciences, Joseph J. Ferrare
Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation Faculty Publications
This paper builds on previous studies of instructional practice in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses by reporting findings from a study of the relationship between instructors’ beliefs about teaching and learning and their observed classroom practices. Data collection took place across six institutions of higher education and included in-depth interviews with 71 instructors and more than 140 hours of classroom observations using the Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol. Thematic coding of interviews identified 31 distinct beliefs that instructors held about the ways students best learn introductory concepts and skills in these courses. Cluster analysis of the observation data suggested that …
Gender Differences In Chemistry Performance: What Is The Relationship Between Gender, Question Type And Question Content, Ross Hudson
Dr Ross Hudson
The role of gender in chemistry performance, and other subject areas in general, has precipitated a variety of studies that have generally shown that male students performed at higher levels compared female students, particularly in a the pure sciences of physics and chemistry (Beller & Gafni, 1991; Buccheri, Gurber & Bruhwiler, 2011; Hamilton, 1998; Hedges & Howell, 1995) Differences between the observed students’ performances on the Victorian Certificate of Education (Australia) examinations (VCE) supported the findings of previous research into gender performance. Students were performing differently on the two semester examinations (VCAA, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). Male students were performing …
The Human Journey: Embracing The Essential Learning Outcomes, Michelle Loris
The Human Journey: Embracing The Essential Learning Outcomes, Michelle Loris
English Faculty Publications
At the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century, a new vision for college learning is clearly in view. Through its Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) initiative, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has outlined what contemporary college students need to know and be able to do--in ever-changing economic, political, environmental, global, and cross-cultural contexts. The LEAP essential learning outcomes provide a framework to guide student learning in both general education and the major. The LEAP initiative calls upon college administrators and faculty members to give priority to these essential learning outcomes in order to …
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1973, Acer
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1973, Acer
Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination
This is the Comprehension and interpretation (sciences) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1973 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1972, Acer
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1972, Acer
Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination
This is the Comprehension and interpretation (sciences) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1972 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.
Comprehension And Interpretation (Science) 1971, Acer
Comprehension And Interpretation (Science) 1971, Acer
Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination
This is the Comprehension and interpretation (Science) paper Year 10 students sat in 1971 as part of the Australian Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination.
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1970, Acer
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1970, Acer
Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination
This is the Comprehension and interpretation (sciences) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1970 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1969, Acer
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1969, Acer
Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination
This is the Comprehension and interpretation (sciences) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1969 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1968, Acer
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1968, Acer
Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination
This is the Comprehension and interpretation (sciences) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1968 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1967, Acer
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1967, Acer
Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination
This is the Comprehension and interpretation (sciences) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1967 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1966, Acer
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1966, Acer
Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination
This is the Comprehension and interpretation (sciences) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1966 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1965, Acer
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1965, Acer
Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination
This is the Comprehension and interpretation (sciences) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1965 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1964, Acer
Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1964, Acer
Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination
This is the Comprehension and interpretation (sciences) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1964 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.