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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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A Guided Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Approach: Impact on Critical Thinking
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Nargundkar, Satish; Samaddar, Subhashish; Mukhopadhyay, Somnath – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2014
The impact of the Guided Problem Based Learning (Guided PBL) approach on Critical Thinking (CT) skills in a core business analysis course was examined. The implementation of this approach included using a textbook created for this purpose, which presents problems first, with blank spaces for students to work them out. Discussion of the concepts…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Business Administration Education
Norming of Student Evaluations of Instruction: Impact of Noninstructional Factors
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Nargundkar, Satish; Shrikhande, Milind – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2014
Student Evaluations of Instruction (SEIs) from about 6,000 sections over 4 years representing over 100,000 students at the college of business at a large public university are analyzed, to study the impact of noninstructional factors on student ratings. Administrative factors like semester, time of day, location, and instructor attributes like…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Business Education Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Academic Rank (Professional)