The WebCOSY system is an interactive web-based homework and course management system that has been developed and used as part of VUBeam (Berz & Hoefkens, 2001), an Internet based remote Physics M.S. and Ph.D. program at Michigan State University. Besides supporting problems written within the system, it has the unique feature of also supporting processing and grading of student’s submissions by...

The development a standard-based curriculum in History can be related to the school reforms where ‘performance’ are crucial principles. The aim is to analyse pupils’ perspectives on the relation between their views on historical knowledge and the national test in History and grading. When the pupils in this study – directly after taking a national test in History – were asked to reason about wh...

task-based learning is a teaching method that focuses onmeaningful learning through completely student-centered homework assignment.the present study investigated the effects of task-based teaching throughdrawing the concept map as homework on the academic achievement and easier andmore effective learning of metabolic pathways of biochemistry course inpharmaceutical students. having examined th...

I n the 1950 edition of the Kncyclopedia of Educational Research, H J Oito wrote, "compulsory homework does not result in suffi ciently improved academic accom plishments to justify retention" (Otto 1950, p 380) Eighteen years later, PR Wildman went a step further, stating that "whenever homework crowds out Sr recreation, and creative activities, and whenever it usurps...

The present research investigated the use of a Smartphone App as an adjunct in the treatment of a range of anxiety disorders. The primary aim of the App was to increase client adherence to between session therapy tasks, involving homework practice of a range of skills and tasks known to be associated with successful treatment of anxiety disorders. Homework is an important component of many ther...

1. Sampling Distribution of means. A population consists of the five numbers 2, 3, 6, 8, and 11. Consider all possible samples of size 2 that can be drawn with replacement from this population. Find (a) the mean of the population, (b) the standard deviation of the population, (c) the mean of the sampling distribution of means, and (d) the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of means...

Content Analysis of Seventh Grade’s Science Textbook in terms of Problem Solving Stages M. Sami’ee Zafarghandi, Ph.D. F. Khojasteh The national curriculum in science is not geared solely toward the development of scientific skills and transfer of knowledge products. Accordingly the learning of scientific methods is among the main objectives of science education. To...