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…

Different approaches to creating out-of-class reading assignments for university general education courses might affect the amount of time students actually spend reading. Five instructors of a required religion/philosophy class used different approaches to assign out-of-class reading. Subsequently, their students (n = 504) were surveyed about…

RESEARCH DETERMINED WHETHER STUDENTS WHO USED A TEACHING MACHINE MADE GREATER ACHIEVEMENT GAINS THAN STUDENTS WHO SPENT AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME STUDYING BY CONVENTIONAL METHODS, WHETHER THE TEACHING MACHINE COMPENSATED FOR ABILITY DIFFERENCES IN STUDENTS, AND WHETHER THE TEACHING MACHINE COMPENSATED FOR POOR STUDY HABITS. SUBJECTS CONSISTED OF 103…