All participants had the option to choose between acquiring participation points required for the first year of study or a financial reward.
Total points for the semester, as used in the analysis, were made up of the best two of three midterm exams (each worth 100 points), the final exam (100 points), class participation points (25 points), points for passing the readiness test (25 points), and extra credit points (16 points).
I ache with anticipation for the moment you first ridicule me on set, online and on E!. (Note: I will rarely give you notes, but this note is to explain that the "E!" in the previous sentence referred to the entertainment news program and not the recreational drug I hope your participation points will pay for).
Participation points were awarded for these types of questions because the instructor wanted to emphasize discussion, scientific argument, and articulation of thought over just getting the right answer.
Bringing in an article would count for participation points, which represented a major contributor to each student's grade in the discussion section.
The discussion board responses from the students were monitored for participation points by the instructor.
If these quick writes are graded, it can be only for participation points or more elaborately to provide conceptual feedback (Schinske, 2011).
However, due to time constraints and instructor preference, the questions were answered online in a timed format for participation points at the start of the course and then again before the final exam.
These students showed a significantly higher mean learning gain (one-way ANOVA, Tukey's post hoc test, p < 0.05) than students who took the pre- and posttests online (at a different university) for participation points only.
