Managing Large Enrollment Courses in Hybrid Instruction Mode

Analysis of Student Performance in Large-Enrollment Life Science Courses

This study examined the historical performance of students at Michigan State University in 12 life sciences courses over 13 yr to find variables impacting student success. Hierarchical linear modeling predicted 25.0-62.8% of the variance in students' grades in the courses analyzed. The primary predictor of a student's course grade was his or her entering grade point average; except for the seco...

Listening Skills and Students’ Learning in Large-Enrollment, Introductory Courses

Introduction Every semester I teach either one or two introductory geology courses for non-science majors. Sections of these service courses typically have between 50 and 130 students and my department usually offers two to three sections of three different courses each semester. Approximately 1000 undergraduates enroll in these courses each semester, most of them to satisfy a graduation requir...

Improving Learning & Reducing Costs : Redesigning Large - Enrollment Courses

Courses of InstruCtIon

Graduate credit may be earned only for courses numbered 600 or above. Each 600-level course carries a 400-level undergraduate counterpart. Students who receive graduate credit in such courses must do extra work of an appropriate nature as determined by the department and are graded according to graduate standards. Students who receive credit for the 400-level course may not receive credit later...

The Effect of Web-Based Homework on Test Performance in Large Enrollment Introductory Physics Courses

This study compares the effect of web-based homework (WBH) and paper-and-pencil homework (PPH) on student achievement as measured by exam performance. Various offerings of two large introductory physics sequences were examined over a three-year period, with some courses taught with PPH and some with WBH. We found that WBH offerings led to higher overall exam performance; the mean difference bet...