ERIC EJ906036: Effects of Various Methods of pdf

ERIC EJ906036: Effects of Various Methods of

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Different approaches to creating out-of-class reading assignments for university general education courses might affect the amount of time students actually spend reading. Five instructors of a required religion/philosophy class used different approaches to assign out-of-class reading. Subsequently, their students (n = 504) were surveyed about their reading completion, their motivation to read, and ways that out-of-class readings affected their learning and personal study habits. Results showed that students who were assigned to read for a specific number of minutes outside of class completed the task more consistently than those who received other forms of reading assignments. Results also indicated that students who were graded on their outside reading completed it more frequently than those who were not graded. (Contains 7 tables

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 2010
• Year: 2010
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Reading Assignments, Homework, Study Habits, Time on Task, Reading Motivation, Undergraduate Students, Grades (Scholastic), Learning, Hilton, John L., III, Wilcox, Brad, Morrison, Timothy G., Wiley, David A

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