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Lutes, Lyndell; Davies, Randall – Education Sciences, 2018
This study compared student workload and perceived value of coursework assigned for a matching set of semester and term general education courses at Brigham Young University. Statistically significant differences in workloads were found between most semester and term courses. While term workloads were slightly lighter in general, both could be…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Scheduling, Study Habits
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Eddings, M. A.; Stephenson, J. C.; Harvey, I. R. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
Full class loads and inflexible schedules can be a significant obstacle in the implementation of freshman survey courses designed to guide engineering students into emerging research areas such as micro- and nanosystems. A hands-on, interactive course was developed to excite freshmen early in their engineering program to pursue research and…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, College Freshmen, Engineering Education, Experiential Learning