• DocumentCode
    305745
  • Title

    Class scheduling and size as correlates of learning

  • Author

    Venable, Wallace

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    6-9 Nov 1996
  • Firstpage
    203
  • Abstract
    West Virginia University has been giving departmental final examinations in three engineering mechanics courses for almost thirty years. This paper reviews results of 118 class sections since 1989. Two significant findings were made: (1) Classes meeting three times a week outperform those meeting twice a week. (2) There are significant long-term differences between instructors
  • Keywords
    educational administrative data processing; engineering education; class scheduling; engineering mechanics courses; instructors; learning; Aerodynamics; Aerospace engineering; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Equations; Linear regression; Mineral resources; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
  • Conference_Location
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3348-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.1996.569943
  • Filename
    569943
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=305745