Does course guide design impact student learning?

How does a Culture of Learning Impact on Student Behaviour?

Problem statement: Despite the need for a culture of learning in South African schools, research reveal that it is not generally encountered. Research also indicates the manifestation of student behavior problems constraining effective learning. Approach: This research study was directed at determining if a link existed between behavior problems and a lack of a culture of learning. The research...

Does Regular Online Testing Enhance Student Learning? Evidence from a Large First-year Quantitative Methods Course

In recent years, online tools have increasingly contributed to both course delivery and assessment across various domains with mixed quantitative results. We examine the introduction of a regular online assessment tool ('e-quiz') delivered by the WebCT Vista content management system to a large first-year quantitative methods course at UNSW, Sydney (Australia). Unique aspects of this study incl...

Impact of a service-Learning Project on student success in Allied Health Microbiology course†

Flipped-learning course design and evaluation through student self-assessment in a predental science class

PURPOSE This study explores how to design a flipped classroom for a predental science course and evaluate its course through student self-assessment in order to provide practical implications for flipped learning in an undergraduate level. METHODS Second- and third-year predental students in the Seoul National University School of Dentistry enrolled in Biodiversity and Global Environment, a 1...

Traditional Versus Online Biology Courses: Connecting Course Design and Student Learning in an Online Setting

Online courses are a large and growing part of the undergraduate education landscape, but many biology instructors are skeptical about the effectiveness of online instruction. We reviewed studies comparing the effectiveness of online and face-to-face (F2F) undergraduate biology courses. Five studies compared student performance in multiple course sections at community colleges, while eight were...