A Study of the Comparative Effectiveness of Zoology Prerequisites at Slippery Rock State College.

Autor/in	Morrison, William Sechler
Titel	A Study of the Comparative Effectiveness of Zoology Prerequisites at Slippery Rock State College.
Quelle	(1972), (77 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh...
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Achievement; Biology; College Science; Curriculum Research; Doctoral Dissertations; Educational Research; Grade Prediction; Instruction; Science Education; Undergraduate Study; Zoology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Performance; Leistung; Biologie; Curriculum; Research; Curriculumreform; Lehrplan; Forschung; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Teaching process; Unterrichtsprozess; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Grundstudium; Zoologie
Abstract	This study compared the effectiveness of three sequences of prerequisite courses required before taking zoology. Sequence 1 prerequisite courses consisted of general biology and human biology; Sequence 2 consisted of general biology; and Sequence 3 required cell biology. Zoology students in the spring of 1972 were pretest and a posttest. The mean difference scores on these tests were compared for all three sequences by using the t-test at the .05 confidence level. Correlation coefficient were determined for SAT scores and zoology final examination percent score, zoology final examination percent score and zoology final grade, final grades in prerequisite courses, and final grade in zoology for all the sequences. Zoology final examination items were categorized, and the bias of the examination was determined. Students were characterized with respect to level and orientation of their subsequent biology courses and their attitudes and reasoning abilities. The study found no significant relationships between performance in zoology and performance in prerequisite courses of the three sequences. (Author/BR)
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Update	2004/1/01