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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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Jones, Harriet; Hoppitt, Laura; James, Helen; Prendergast, John; Rutherford, Stephen; Yeoman, Kay; Young, Mark – Bioscience Education, 2012
Understanding students' reactions to their feedback to coursework is crucial in being able to deliver feedback which motivates them and helps them to do better. This study focused on undergraduate bioscience students on a variety of degree programmes, at three UK universities, across all years. A questionnaire was completed by students when first…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response)
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Badge, Joanne L.; Cann, Alan J.; Scott, Jon – Bioscience Education e-Journal, 2005
Most Virtual Learning Environments are designed to be simple to use by staff and students alike. We report a case study where this feature has led academic staff to reject formal centralised training and teach themselves how to use the system. What has resulted is widespread use of the system but with poor pedagogic development, leading primarily…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Internet, Foreign Countries, Biological Sciences
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Downie, J. R. – Bioscience Education e-Journal, 2004
Recent work has emphasised the relevance of evolutionary processes to medical thinking and practice. However, medical curricular revisions, in reducing basic science content, have often excluded evolution. This study establishes the extent of inclusion of evolution in UK medical courses, reports on the level of medical student rejection of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Education, Medical Students, Medical Schools