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ERIC Number: EJ187581
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Individualization and Student Freedom to Choose
Coombs, Robert E.
American Biology Teacher, 40, 6, 365-8, Sep 78
This pilot study done with non-majors in a botany class indicate that: (1) Students with prescribed activities may achieve more cognitive knowledge during the course; (2) Students with a choice of activities may increase their long-term retention and enhance their affective areas of learning. (MA)
Descriptors: Biology, Botany, Decision Making Skills, Educational Research, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Nonmajors, Science Education, Student Interests, Student Motivation
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Language: English
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