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Direct linkSnyder, Kate E.; Nietfeld, John L.; Linnenbrink-Garcia, Lisa – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2011
The current study investigated differences in metacognition between high school gifted (n = 44) and typical (n = 23) students and examined local calibration accuracy as a potential mechanism for partially explaining superior exam performance by gifted students. Metacognition was measured using student self-reports of metacognitive awareness,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Metacognition, Biology, Longitudinal Studies
Wischusen, Sheri M.; Wischusen, E. William; Pomarico, Steven M. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2011
The Biology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) Program at Louisiana State University was designed to increase the success of incoming freshman biology majors in the first course in their major. The program combined content lectures and examinations for BIOL 1201-Introductory Biology for Science Majors, the first course in their major, as…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Biology, Freshman Composition, First Year Seminars
Moravec, Marin; Williams, Adrienne; Aguilar-Roca, Nancy; O'Dowd, Diane K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Actively engaging students in lecture has been shown to increase learning gains. To create time for active learning without displacing content we used two strategies for introducing material before class in a large introductory biology course. Four to five slides from 2007/8 were removed from each of three lectures in 2009 and the information…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Biology, Lecture Method, Introductory Courses
Walker, J. D.; Cotner, Sehoya H.; Baepler, Paul M.; Decker, Mark D. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2008
A lecture section of introductory biology that historically enrolled more than 500 students was split into two smaller sections of approximately 250 students each. A traditional lecture format was followed in the "traditional" section; lecture time in the "active" section was drastically reduced in favor of a variety of in-class student-centered…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Active Learning, Lecture Method
Moore, Randy; Jensen, Philip A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2007
Students in an introductory biology course who were given open-book exams during the semester earned significantly higher grades on these exams, but significantly lower grades on the closed-book final exam, than students who took in-class, closed-book exams throughout the semester. Exam format was also associated with changes in academic behavior;…
Descriptors: Biology, Introductory Courses, Test Format, Tests
Download full textCook, Linda L.; And Others – 1990
The equating of reasonably parallel forms of College Board Achievement Tests in biology, chemistry, mathematics level II, American history and social studies, and French is discussed. Results of the following five equating methods are compared: (1) Tucker; (2) Levine equally reliable; (3) Levine unequally reliable; (4) frequency estimation…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Biology, Chemistry
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1993
Province-wide results from the Diploma Examinations Program of the Alberta (Canada) schools are presented for the three examinations of the entire 1991-92 school year (January, June, and August). The annual report also provides summaries of results by gender, for population subgroups, and for achievement-over-time studies. School marks,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Biology, Chemistry
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1990
Results from North Carolina's End-of-Course Testing Program in 1989-90 are presented. Participation, student characteristics, and achievement are summarized, largely in table form, for the following subject areas: (1) Algebra I, (2) Geometry, (3) Algebra II, (4) Biology, (5) Chemistry, (6) Physics, (7) U.S. History, and (8) English I. Background…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Biology, Chemistry
