ERIC Number: ED408179
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Mar
Pages: 138
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Pilot Wisconsin Emerging Scholars Program 1993-94 [and] Script for the Audio Program. Final Evaluation Report.
Millar, Susan B.; And Others
This document contains the final evaluation report of the Wisconsin Emerging Scholars Program 1993-94 and the script for the audio program. The evaluation report includes an executive summary; a discussion of the parameters of the evaluation including research questions and methods; implementation processes and outcomes for faculty and administrators; student learning processes and outcomes including those indicated by both qualitative and quantitative data; conclusions related to the use of the discussion section approach and the workshop approach; and recommendations related to pedagogical issues, out-of-class issues, and implementation issues. Interview guides, sample classroom observations, and a description of the Lead Center are also provided. The contents of the audio program include opening quotes which are excerpts from student interviews, an introduction to the program, excerpts from the student interviews of the comparison group, a brief summary of the outcomes of the pilot project, details of the three critical learning process factors, outcomes associated with the learning process factors, analysis of quantitative data, and a discussion of implementation problems. The learning process factors considered include group work, worksheets, and instructors. (DDR)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Black Students, Calculus, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum, Interviews, Mathematics Instruction, Minority Groups, Program Evaluation, School Community Relationship, Tables (Data)
LEAD Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1402 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706 (e-mail: pubs@nsf.gov; world wide web: http://www.nsf.gov)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.
Authoring Institution: Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Coll. of Letters and Science.
Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
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