In order to ascertain student attitudes towards evolution we administered the Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution (MATE) instrument (Rutledge and Warden 1999).
The purpose of the research project discussed here was to determine how a cooperative class assignment could be used to ascertain student progress toward both SLOs and SDOs.
Although the study did not ascertain student approaches to learning (which would be a valuable follow-up), the favourable response of students to the incentive, their encouraging comments which suggest a positive attitude to learning and the knowledge that our assessment measures the expected outcomes of the course, provides indirect evidence of its beneficial effects on student learning.
An extensive evaluation of the CD ROM was conducted, involving both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, to ascertain students' perceived value of the CD ROM in assisting their learning.
The aims of this study were to test the suitability of an amended TeamSTEPPS teamwork perceptions questionnaire (T-TPQ) for measuring the impact of the intervention on students' perceptions of team working, and to ascertain students' views about the experience.
Stress, problem-solving and handling emotions will be interpreted at the single item level in order to ascertain students' strategies to handle situations and to cluster specific types.
Outside biomedical research, Madden utilized GAs in the analysis of questionnaire data to ascertain students' attitudes toward their schoolwork, showing that GAs may be used to generate logical rules, which predict one variable in relation to others.
Examples of quiz and exam questions can be seen in Supplemental Material A. To ascertain students' motivation, interest, and approaches to studying and learning genetics, we administered three online surveys at the beginning (beginning-survey), middle (midsurvey), and end (end-survey) of the semester.
A follow-up study of this cohort, to examine alterations in career aspirations, is planned to ascertain if student perceptions of radiology as a career change over time and to assess the impact, if any, that the 1st-year module had on these decisions.
The data collected from the cameras will be used to ascertain each student's level of concentration, as well as assess the teacher's performance.
In this pilot study we employed a cross-sectional study methodology, using a convenience sample of undergraduate paramedic students available in semester one of 2007 to ascertain the students' views on their reception by on-road paramedics and their overall experience on emergency ambulance clinical placements.
