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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 24, No. 5, November 2012
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 24, No. 5, November 2012
Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters
Contents: Welcome -- Congratulations -- Grants -- Publications -- Faculty News - Meet an Off Campus Student -- Student News -- Calendar of Events
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 24, No. 4, September 2012
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 24, No. 4, September 2012
Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters
Contents
Welcome
Congratulations
Publications
Grants
Department Meeting Dates for Fall 2012
This 'N That
Faculty News
Student News
Meet an Off Campus Student
Condolences
Travel
Fond Farewell
Calendar of Events
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 24, No. 3, June 2012
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 24, No. 3, June 2012
Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters
Contents: Welcome -- Meeting News -- Congratulations -- Publications -- Faculty News -- Grants -- Meet an Off-Campus Student -- Student News -- Travel -- Calendar of Events -- Entomology is 125
Using Web-Based Key Character And Classification Instruction For Teaching Undergraduate Students Insect Identification, Douglas A. Golick, Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, Allen L. Steckelberg, David W. Brooks, Leon G. Higley, David Fowler
Using Web-Based Key Character And Classification Instruction For Teaching Undergraduate Students Insect Identification, Douglas A. Golick, Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, Allen L. Steckelberg, David W. Brooks, Leon G. Higley, David Fowler
Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications
The purpose of the study was to determine whether undergraduate students receiving web-based instruction based on traditional, key character, or classification instruction differed in their performance of insect identification tasks. All groups showed a significant improvement in insect identifications on pre- and post-two-dimensional picture specimen quizzes. The study also determined student performance on insect identification tasks was not as good as for family-level identification as compared to broader insect orders and arthropod classification identification tasks. Finally, students erred significantly more by misidentification than misspelling specimen names on prepared specimen quizzes. Results of this study support that short web-based insect identification …