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A Survey of Exam Methods in College A&P Courses
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Benjamin L. Wiggins; Gregory J. Crowther – HAPS Educator, 2024
Exams are a form of assessment that is ubiquitous in college STEM classrooms yet is infrequently studied from the experiential perspectives of instructors or students. To better understand the forms, methods, and experiences of college STEM exams, we conducted survey-based research with instructors in anatomy and physiology courses, a well-defined…
Descriptors: Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, STEM Education, Student Evaluation
Critical Thinking Skills in the International Baccalaureate's "Theory of Knowledge" Subject: Findings from an Australian Study
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Cole, David R.; Ullman, Jacqueline; Gannon, Susanne; Rooney, Paul – Australian Journal of Education, 2015
There is considerable debate both in Australia and internationally about the best way for schools to deliver the thinking skills required for university study and professional work life -- skills that are often referred to by the term "critical thinking". This article reviews the literature on the effective teaching of critical thinking…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Advanced Placement Programs, Foreign Countries
Four Years Later: A Longitudinal Study of Advanced Placement Students in College. College Board Report No. 86-2.
Willingham, Warren W.; Morris, Margaret – 1986
The college careers of students who had participated in the Advanced Placement Program (AP) in secondary school were studied, based on extensive information on 4,814 students who participated in the Personal Qualities Project, a longitudinal study in nine colleges and universities. The project included information on 1,115 AP and 3,699 non-AP…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Advanced Placement Programs, College Bound Students