Effect of MasteringChemistry® on Students´ Learning and Grades at the College of Health Sciences

Author

Wahab, Rosmawati Abd ; Al-Baharna, Safiya

Author_Institution

Integrated Sci. Div., Coll. of Health Sci. Univ. of Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain

fYear

2013

fDate

7-9 May 2013

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

85

Abstract

The MasteringChemistry® is one of the most useful and widely used online tutorial, homework, and assessment system for the science courses. When using MasteringChemistry®, students remain engaged in learning. They use it more than other available assistive-learning technologies, and value it as much as face to face tutoring. The aim of this work is to investigate the efficiency of MasteringChemistry® in teaching Biochemistry course for nursing students at the College of Health Sciences- University of Bahrain. When using MasteringChemistry® we have noticed a significant increase in the percentage of students´ final grades, especially those with A´s. Students also perceived MasteringChemistry® as one of the best factors that had the greatest impact on their success in the course.

Keywords

biomedical education; computer aided instruction; educational courses; interactive programming; student experiments; College of Health Sciences; MasteringChemistry; biochemistry course; nursing students; online assessment system; online homework system; online tutorial system; science courses; students learning; Biochemistry; Educational institutions; Medical services; Monitoring; Tutorials; MasteringChemistry®; improve grades; online resources; tutorial system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-Learning "Best Practices in Management, Design and Development of e-Courses: Standards of Excellence and Creativity" , 2013 Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Manama

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECONF.2013.48

Filename

6745525