Can a College Level Biology Course for Majors be Educationally Accountable?.

Allamong, Betty D.; Hendrix, Jon R.

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ERIC Number: ED128164

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1975-Oct

Pages: 16

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Can a College Level Biology Course for Majors be Educationally Accountable?

Allamong, Betty D.; Hendrix, Jon R.

Discussed are the objectives of two introductory college biology courses for majors and how well these objectives were fulfilled. Examples of instructional objectives are given, along with sample test items. A description is given of the item analysis applied to the test items, followed by a discussion of how the test items measured whether or not the course objectives were met. (MH)

Descriptors: Accountability, Biology, College Science, Educational Objectives, Evaluation, Higher Education, Instruction, Item Analysis, Science Education, Testing

Publication Type: Reports - Research

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Note: This article has been accepted for publication in the Iowa Science Teachers Journal; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, Central Area (Indianapolis, Indiana, October 1975)