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Wallace, Colin S. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study reports the results of the first systematic investigation into Astro 101 students' conceptual and reasoning difficulties with cosmology. We developed four surveys with which we measured students' conceptual knowledge of the Big Bang, the expansion and evolution of the universe, and the evidence for dark matter. Our classical test theory…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Astronomy, College Students, Lecture Method
Bergmann, Jonathan; Sams, Aaron – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2009
As educators, the authors continually strive to improve the quality of time spent in class with their students. As chemistry teachers, they know that lectures are necessary to convey content, but experiential learning is more effective at constructing and solidifying knowledge. Podcasting and vodcasting their lessons at first proved to be an…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Chemistry, Teachers, Video Technology
NEIDT, CHARLES O. – 1966
THE PRESENT STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO ASSESS THE DESIRABILITY OF USING VIDEOTAPED INSTRUCTION TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PROVIDING UNIFORMLY CONSISTENT STUDY SKILLS COURSES TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. THIS FIRST PHASE INVOLVED PRODUCING TEN 30-MINUTE VIDEOTAPED LECTURES. THE SECOND PHASE CONSISTED OF OFFERING THE VIDEOTAPED COURSE TO NINE GROUPS THROUGHOUT…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Students, Educational Technology, Educational Television