Assessment of Student Learning of Design Skills from a First-Semester Design Project

2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 2249-2254 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. Douglas-Mankin
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Design Skills ◽  
Assessment Of Student Learning

scholarly journals Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Guide for Introductory Microbiology Skills

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
ALICE WRIGHT ◽  
ETHELYNDA E. HARDING
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Written Examination ◽  
Lower Division ◽  
Assessment Of Student Learning ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Poster Presentations ◽  
Enhance Student Learning ◽  
Biology Majors

To increase the quality of instruction, enhance student learning, and decrease laboratory time spent on laboratory safety, basic skills, and the use of equipment, we developed the Micro eGuide website. We compared the performance of students who used the Micro eGuide to students provided more traditional instruction in both an upper-level introductory microbiology course for biology majors and in a lower-division introductory microbiology course for nonmajors. Assessment of student learning included written pretests and posttests, practical testing of laboratory skills, and for the major’s class, a review of poster presentations of independent projects. Students who used the Micro eGuide showed a statistically significant increase in performance on written examination in the introductory microbiology courses for both biology majors and nonmajors. Use of the Micro eGuide in the sophomore-level course for nonbiology majors resulted in a statistically significant improvement in laboratory skills. Though the increase in laboratory skills in the majors courses was not statistically significant, instructors were able to use the site as an effective learning source and decrease the time spent in class on topics covered in the Micro eGuide. While the number of student independent research projects was too small for statistical analysis on the quality of the poster presentations, the improvement in student attitude and the increase in the diversity in topics selected suggests that students using the Micro eGuide had increased comfort with microbiology and increased interest in exploring microbiology.

The impact of a simulation-based learning design project on student learning

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.K.W.K. Chung ◽  
T.C. Harmon ◽  
E.L. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
The Impact
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