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Selected Works

Science and Mathematics Education

Selected Works

2001

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Xavier University's Discovering Life Science Program Evaluation Final Report, Steven R. Rogg Dec 2001

Xavier University's Discovering Life Science Program Evaluation Final Report, Steven R. Rogg

Steven R Rogg

This document is the final report of the external evaluation of the project entitled: Implementing Inquiry and Technology in a Biology Lab for Pre–service Teachers and Non-majors embodied in Xavier University’s laboratory course Biol-125: Discovering Life Science and funded under the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (HER.) award no. DUE#99-50373. The period of NSF funding for this two-year project of the NSF/HER/DUE Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program was June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2001. There are several accomplishments that the University and the principal investigators can …

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Automated, Web-Based, Second-Chance Homework, Randall W. Hall, Leslie G. Butler, Saundra Y. Mcguire, Sean P. Mcglynn, Gary L. Lyon, Ron L. Reese, Patrick A. Limbach Nov 2001

Automated, Web-Based, Second-Chance Homework, Randall W. Hall, Leslie G. Butler, Saundra Y. Mcguire, Sean P. Mcglynn, Gary L. Lyon, Ron L. Reese, Patrick A. Limbach

Randall W. Hall

Procedures and programs for Web-based homework administration were developed and tested. The special feature of the protocol is the option of a "second chance". When a student gives a wrong answer in the weekly homework assignment, a second version of the same question is posed to that student within 48 hours. Both the original and the second versions of the homework are Web-based and automatically graded. More than 90% of the students used the second chance at least once during the semester. More than 60% used this feature for every homework assignment. The second-chance option motivates students to study the …

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Teaching Analytical Chemistry To The Masses: How We Went From 2 Courses To 7 Courses In 10 Years, Gary Long, Mark Anderson, Brian Tissue, John Morris Oct 2001

Teaching Analytical Chemistry To The Masses: How We Went From 2 Courses To 7 Courses In 10 Years, Gary Long, Mark Anderson, Brian Tissue, John Morris

Mark R. Anderson

No abstract is currently available.

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Interactive Multimedia Over The Internet For Teaching Analytical Chemistry, Mark Anderson Oct 2001

Interactive Multimedia Over The Internet For Teaching Analytical Chemistry, Mark Anderson

Mark R. Anderson

No abstract is currently available.

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Inquiry Science In Bilingual Classrooms, Elaine Hampton Dec 2000

Inquiry Science In Bilingual Classrooms, Elaine Hampton

Elaine Hampton

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Using Flash Animation And Streaming Video For Laboratory/Lecture Demonstrations In Large Enrollment Courses, Mark Anderson Dec 2000

Using Flash Animation And Streaming Video For Laboratory/Lecture Demonstrations In Large Enrollment Courses, Mark Anderson

Mark R. Anderson

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Evolving Mental Models Of Electric Circuits, John Clement, M. Steinberg Dec 2000

Evolving Mental Models Of Electric Circuits, John Clement, M. Steinberg

John J. Clement

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Peirces Zeichenbegriff: Seine Funktionen, Seine Phänomenologische Grundlegung Und Seine Differenzierung, Michael H.G. Hoffmann Dec 2000

Peirces Zeichenbegriff: Seine Funktionen, Seine Phänomenologische Grundlegung Und Seine Differenzierung, Michael H.G. Hoffmann

Michael H.G. Hoffmann

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