In typical assessment student are not given feedback, as it is harder to predict student knowledge if it is changing during testing. Intelligent Tutoring systems, that offer assistance while the student is participating, offer a clear benefit of assisting students, but how well can they assess students? What is the trade off in terms of assessment accuracy if we allow student to be assisted on ...

A great deal of data show that diagnostically-tailored instruction is superior to untailored instruction. Thus, an important way in which automated instructional systems differ is in the degree to which their instruction is modified by an inferred model of the student’s internal representation of the subject matter. Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), the newest generation of automated instruct...

A growing number of physics teachers are currently turning to instructional technologies such as wireless handheld response systems —colloquially called clickers. Two possible rationales may explain the growing interest in these devices. The first is the presumption that clickers are more effective instructional instruments. The second rationale is somewhat reminiscent of Martin Davis’ declarat...

This study tested the hypothesis that classroom teaching behavior mediates the relation typically found between personality and college teaching effectiveness. Colleagues rated 37 full-time college instructors on 29 personality traits, and trained observers assessed the frequency with which the same instructors exhibited 95 specific classroom teaching behaviors. Instructional effectiveness was ...

A lab pedagogy interweaving weekly student portfolios with onsite formative Electronic Laboratory Assessments (ELAs) is developed and assessed within the laboratory component of a required core course of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) undergraduate curriculum. The approach acts to promote student outcomes, and neutralize academic integrity violations, while refocusing instructor ...

Franklin BM, Xiang L, Collett JA, Rhoads MK, Osborn JL. Open problem-based instruction impacts understanding of physiological concepts differently in undergraduate students. Adv Physiol Educ 39: 327–334, 2015; doi:10.1152/advan.00082.2015.—Student populations are diverse such that different types of learners struggle with traditional didactic instruction. Problem-based learning has existed for ...

Student populations are diverse such that different types of learners struggle with traditional didactic instruction. Problem-based learning has existed for several decades, but there is still controversy regarding the optimal mode of instruction to ensure success at all levels of students' past achievement. The present study addressed this problem by dividing students into the following three ...

The recognition of conceptual knowledge as a critical element in effective content-area instruction has been advanced by the development of concept mapping applications to instruction. This paper broadens awareness of how concept mapping can serve as a basis for linking instructional strategies that when combined with concept mapping form an instructional system teachers are able to use to impr...

Undergraduate experiences in lower-division science courses are important factors in student retention in science majors. These courses often include a lecture taught by faculty, supplemented by smaller sections, such as discussions and laboratories, taught by graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). Given that portions of these courses are taught by different instructor types, this study explored ...