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Student Attitudes Toward Personalized Instruction At Mankato State College, Earl L. Lamont
Student Attitudes Toward Personalized Instruction At Mankato State College, Earl L. Lamont
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
A preliminary study was conducted on the Individual Personalized Instruction botany laboratory initiated at Mankato State College spring quarter of 1969. Three quarters of the IPI were compared with three quarters of traditional botany laboratory classes that were attended by students prior lo the inception of the IPI laboratory. The IPI students achieved as well as or better than the traditional botany laboratory students, according to their lecture test scores and final course grade. Student altitude was positive toward the IPI, which, was indicated by responses to a questionnaire.
Procedure And Structure For An Instructional Laboratory Which Supplements Research, R. S. Adams Jr.
Procedure And Structure For An Instructional Laboratory Which Supplements Research, R. S. Adams Jr.
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
This paper describes the organization of a laboratory course in Soil Chemical Analysis. Students select and pursue small research problems to gain experience in the soil analyses that are discussed in lecture and required in the laboratory. Involvement of the class in an actual research problem proved challenging to both the instructor and the class. The data obtained often supplemented current departmental research. Individual projects were found to be easier to supervise than team problems. This paper reports results of a team project examining parameters of a pot experiment. Shape of the pot, methods of watering, methods of fertilizing, and …