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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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Piloting a Blended Approach to Teaching Statistics in a College of Education: Lessons Learned
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Xu, Yonghong Jade; Meyer, Katrina A.; Morgan, Dianne – Journal of Educators Online, 2008
This study investigated the performance of graduate students enrolled in introductory statistics courses. The course in Fall 2005 was delivered in a traditional face-to-face manner and the same course in Fall 2006 was blended by using an online commercial tutoring system (ALEKS) and making attendance of several face-to-face classes optional. There…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Statistics
Does Feedback Influence Student Postings to Online Discussions?
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Meyer, Katrina A. – Journal of Educators Online, 2007
Feedback theory proposes that feedback influences the behavior of a system and its parts and that is governed by rules. This exploratory study attempts to test this theory in a graduate-level class on leadership theory. Twelve students were asked to participate in five online discussions, each lasting one week. The questions for each discussion…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Graduate Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique)