Pre-test data were collected on the first day of courses, while post-test and social desirability scores were assessed at the end of courses.
To measure learning gains during the semester, the GCA (Smith et al., 2008) was administered on the first day of class in both courses, for participation credit, and was then administered again at the end of the courses as part of the final exam.
Most of them agreed that in the beginning of each course they do some orientation for the students regarding the schedule and the timetable of the course: "In the first day of the course, we give instructions and information about the schedule and the timetable of the course".
Whilst 74 students were allocated a buddy on the first day of the course, only 63 completed the course and were available to participate in the evaluation.
Students received a course booklet on the first day of the course after registration.
We intercalate this activity into experimental work on the first day of our course (see time table in the course manual; File S1), so that students get a realistic impression of flies and genetic markers before they engage with the next modules of the training.
Being explicit with students about your pedagogical choices may be useful on the first day of a course, as well as throughout the duration of the course term.
The baseline assessment took place on the first day of the course; the follow-up assessment 12 months later, halfway through the two-year PCPT course.
What an instructor chooses to do on the first day of a course likely sends a strong message to students about the goals of the course, the role of the instructor, and the role of the students.
"In the first day of the course, we give instructions and information about the schedule and the timetable of the course".
On the first day of the course, the tutor stood up and asked the class, "What hurt you into poetry?" There's a man with no joy in his wardrobe.
