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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Using the Retrospective Pretest to Get Usable, Indirect Evidence of Student Learning
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Coulter, Shannon E. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
Minimal evidence exists regarding the retrospective pretest's effectiveness as a tool to obtain usable, indirect evidence of student learning in open admissions institutions. The researcher conducted this study to determine if a retrospective pretest more accurately detected a change in students' knowledge compared to a conventional…
Descriptors: Evidence, Research Needs, Course Objectives, Pretests Posttests
The Use of Self, Peer and Teacher Assessment as a Feedback System in a Learning Environment Aimed at Fostering Skills of Cooperation in an Entrepreneurial Context
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Schelfhout, Wouter; Dochy, Filip; Janssens, Steven – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
Education is criticized for producing inert knowledge and for paying too little attention to skills such as cooperating and problem solving. Powerful learning environments have the potential to overcome these educational shortcomings. The goal of this research was to find out ways in which a "learning enterprise" can best be supported (coached) in…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Educational Environment, Business Education
The Relationship between Perceptions of Premenstrual Syndrome and Degree Performance
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Earl-Novell, Sarah L.; Jessop, Donna C. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
This paper explores whether female undergraduates self-reported experiences of pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) were associated with degree performance, operationalized as degree class outcome, in a sample of 'high achieving' students (N = 55). Students reported that PMS was disruptive to academic work (comprising lectures, seminars, writing essays,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Physical Health, Academic Achievement