Efficacy of Student-Selected Curricula [microform] / Dan G. Holt and Colleen Willard-Holt
- Bib ID:
- 5585092
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Holt, Dan G
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED385198
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995
- 20 p.
- Summary:
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This paper examines the feasibility of delivering graduate level education courses using student-designed curricula. A total of 56 students in three different graduate education courses were given the option of following the instructor's syllabus or creating their own course. Students in the "History, Foundations, and Philosophy of Education" course unanimously decided to design their own course, while students in the "Interpreting Educational Research" course, with hesitation on the part of a few students, also sought to determine their own direction. Students in the "Contemporary Issues in Education" course, however, were deeply divided over how to design the course on their own and ultimately decided to follow the instructor's syllabus without change. The results of pre- and post-course assessments of course content mastery, student evaluations, and audiotapes of course sessions indicated that students in the student-designed courses tended to exert more ownership over the course, demonstrate more involvement in the course, and feel a greater sense of accomplishment than students in the instructor-designed course. Student achievement in all three courses was comparable. Two appendixes indicate the number and gender of course participants, pre- and post-course assessment results, and a pre-instruction self-rating form. (MDM)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, CA, April 18-22, 1995).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willard-Holt, Colleen, author
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- ERIC
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