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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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Using Quality Circles to Enhance Student Involvement and Course Quality in a Large Undergraduate Food Science and Human Nutrition Course
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Schmidt, S. J.; Parmer, M. S.; Bohn, D. M. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2005
Large undergraduate classes are a challenge to manage, to engage, and to assess, yet such formidable classes can flourish when student participation is facilitated. One method of generating authentic student involvement is implementation of quality circles by means of a Student Feedback Committee (SFC), which is a volunteer problem-solving and…
Descriptors: Foods Instruction, Nutrition Instruction, College Science, Quality Circles
Identifying the Learning Styles and Instructional Tool Preferences of Beginning Food Science and Human Nutrition Majors
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Bohn, D. M.; Rasmussen, C. N.; Schmidt, S. J. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2004
Learning styles vary among individuals, and understanding which instructional tools certain learning styles prefer can be utilized to enhance student learning. Students in the introductory Food Science and Human Nutrition course (FSHN 101), taught at the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, were asked to complete Gregorc's Learning Style…
Descriptors: Foods Instruction, Majors (Students), Cognitive Style, Nutrition