. This paper discusses active teaching and learning strategies that have been used in the TeNeT Online tutorials [1]. The focus of these tutorials is to enable rural students to pass the Standard X examination. The highlight of the tutorial is the use of the Question and Answer format. This problem-solving approach is evident in its three-pronged format: Learn, Practice and Test. Every module i...

This study compared two methods for identifying troublesome examination questions: a postexam student "challenge committee" process and a "question citation" procedure allowing students to identify troublesome questions during an exam. Challenged and cited questions on eight examinations given to second-year medical students were compared with respect to the percentage of correct responses (%CR...

FYI on Questions and Answers Answers to Commonly asked "New Internet User" Questions Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This FYI RFC is one of two FYI's called, "Questions and Answers" (Q/A), produced by the User Services Working Group of the Internet Engineerin...

HotOS XIV Opening Remarks Summarized by Rik Farrow ([email protected]) Petros Maniatis, Intel Labs, the PC chair, explained the ground rules for the HotOS ’13. Presenters had only 10 minutes, with a few minutes for questions and answers as the next presenter set up his or her laptop. Each talk session was followed by a half-hour open mike session, where participants were welcome to speak on any to...

To answer our questions, we looked at existing administrative documentation and practices. We also looked at similar questions and answers from other campuses, particularly those generated in the context of the Carnegie Foundation for Teaching’s "Scholarship Revisited" projects. Also, we asked each academic department at Cal Poly to engage in collegial discussion about the scholarship of teachi...

This paper suggests that online collaborative environments like Knowledge Forum provide an important arena for students to exercise their ability to formulate reflective ideas. A discourse analysis of three primary 4 classes’ verbal and written activities during a two-week science unit showed that, during online activities there was a significant increase in the number of words students used to...