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Learning Styles &
Student Use ofOn-line lessons
D. Lee, C. Speth, P. Hain
UNL, Agronomy & Horticulture
“The text book was not worth the money”
Confession: I do not follow texts
- Information density
“It was difficult to use the text book”
Patty Hain
Distance Education Grants
Segregation
Independent Assortment
Quantitative traits
Mitosis & Meiosis
Gene mapping(2 pt & 3 pt)
Gene ExpressionGene CloningPCRGenetic Engineering
PlasmidBacteria
cell
Bacteriacolonies
Petri dish
How did you use the animations?
05
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1520
2530
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4045
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1234
• 1 = To help understand the concepts.
• 2 = Instead of reading the text.
• 3 = As needed or if I had time.
• 4 = Didn’t view the animations. It would have taken too much time.
Dr. Carol Speth
Approach to Studying
University of Edinburgh
Approaches and Study SkillsInventory for Students
“Assist”
18 Question Instrument
MotivationIntention to Process
Study Method
Deep
• 2. When I’m reading an article or book, I try to find out for myself exactly what the author means.
• 6. Regularly I find myself thinking about ideas from lectures when I’m doing other things.
• 10. When I’m working on a new topic, I try to see in my own mind how all the ideas fit together.
Strategic
• 3. I organize my study time carefully to make the best use of it.
• 5. I look carefully at instructors’ comments to see how to get higher grades next time.
• 7. I’m pretty good at getting down to school work whenever I need to.
Surface
• 1. Often I find myself wondering if the work I am doing here is really worthwhile.
• 4. I concentrate on learning just those bits of information I have to know to pass.
• 8. Much of what I’m studying makes little sense: it’s like unrelated bits and pieces.
Dr. Carol Speth
Two Step Evaluation
-ASSIST (early in semester)
-On-line lesson evaluation (end of semester)
Alpha .35 Deep=30 (20 m, 10 F)
Alpha .71 Strategic=32 (18 m, 14 f)
Alpha .68 Surface=54 (31 m, 23 f)
Results: ASSISTSpring 2002- Spring 2004
Five Semesters
Low Cronbach’s alpha
6. Regularly I find myself thinking about ideas from lectures when I’m doing other things.
Agree Disagree 5 4 3 2 1
5. I look carefully at instructors’ comments to see how to get higher grades next time.
Agree Disagree 5 4 3 2 1
Mean Z Scores by Group
Zdeep Zstrat Zsurf
Deep 0.91 -0.14 -0.57
Strategic -0.25 1.0 -0.38
Surface -0.56 -0.53 0.81
Animations
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DE ST SU
1234
• 1 = To help understand the concepts.
• 2 = Instead of reading the text.
• 3 = As needed or if I had time.
• 4 = Didn’t view the animations. It would have taken too much time.
All groups similar
Quiz
Quiz
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DE ST SU
1234
• 1 = Tried to understand and pass on first try.
• 2 = Took quiz, then went back and learned what I didn’t know.
• 3 = Tried to learn just enough to pass.
• 4 = Took the quiz over and over until I passed, not reading the material.
How much did you learn from…?
Pct
lecture
Pct
lab
Pct internet
Pct other
Deep 37 38 15 10
Strategic 47 37 14 4
Surface 42 32 18 6
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