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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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Monroe, Martha C.; Plate, Richard R.; Colley, Lara – Natural Sciences Education, 2015
This research study investigated the learning outcomes of a brief systems thinking intervention at the undergraduate level. A pre/post experimental design (n = 50) was used to address two primary questions: (1) Can a brief introduction to systems thinking improve students' understanding of systems thinking? and (2) Which teaching method (of…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Thinking Skills, Intervention, Undergraduate Students
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Greenway, Gina A.; Makus, Larry D. – Natural Sciences Education, 2014
Online course offerings have been growing at a rapid pace in post-secondary education. An ordered probit model is estimated to analyze the effects of online vs. face-to-face course format in achieving specific letter grades. An upper-division agricultural economics course taught over 9 years using both formats is used for the analysis. For a…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Economics Education, Online Courses, Conventional Instruction
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Taxis, Tasia M.; Lannin, Amy A.; Selting, Bonita R.; Lamberson, William R. – Natural Sciences Education, 2014
Writing-to-learn assignments engage students with a problem while they develop writing skills. It is difficult in large classes to provide training in proofreading and editing techniques. The purpose of this project was to determine if a term paper was improved after making an audio recording of a draft of the paper. Data from 2 years of papers…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Writing Assignments, Audio Equipment, Science Education