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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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Knapp, F. Andrew; Desrochers, Marcie N. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2009
Student response systems (SRSs) are increasingly being used in the classroom. However, there have been few well-controlled experimental evaluations to determine whether students benefit academically from these instructional tools. Additionally, comparisons of SRS with other interactive methods have not often been conducted. We compared SRS,…
Descriptors: Student Reaction, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Desrochers, Marcie N.; Fink, Herbert C.; Thomas, Andrea; Kimmerling, Joe; Tung, Wendy – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2007
Alternatives to a solitary testing format can involve students working in teams to arrive at the correct answer. We compared two group assessment methods, cooperative and competitive, to a solitary testing approach. In most comparisons examining the undergraduate respondents' (N = 77) performance, the two group-testing methods were equivalent.…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Alternative Assessment, Group Testing