Title :
Class scheduling and size as correlates of learning
Author :
Venable, Wallace
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA
Abstract :
West Virginia University has been giving departmental final examinations in three engineering mechanics courses for almost thirty years. This paper reviews results of 118 class sections since 1989. Two significant findings were made: (1) Classes meeting three times a week outperform those meeting twice a week. (2) There are significant long-term differences between instructors
Keywords :
educational administrative data processing; engineering education; class scheduling; engineering mechanics courses; instructors; learning; Aerodynamics; Aerospace engineering; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Equations; Linear regression; Mineral resources; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3348-9
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1996.569943
