Repository logo

College of Agricultural Sciences

Permanent URI for this community

https://hdl.handle.net/10217/195502
Together, through transformative educational experiences, innovative research and meaningful partnerships, the College of Agricultural Sciences meets global challenges in food safety, food security, wellness and economic prosperity through the sustainable use of natural resources. These digital collections include faculty and student publications, theses, and dissertations.

Browse

Browsing College of Agricultural Sciences by Subject "cognitive development"

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    The effects of active learning, class size, and incentives on student performance in lecture and laboratory for an introduction to animal sciences
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2019) Wesolowski, Danielle K., author; Martin, Michael J., advisor; Enns, Kellie, committee member; Clark, Nathan, committee member; Cunningham, Sam, committee member
    In the past few years there has been a notable increase in the use and interest in educational programs centered around using an instructional method known as active learning. The purpose of this study is to determine under what conditions students best perform within laboratory and lecture, while identifying learning gaps that offer potential settings to incorporate active learning. Findings showed that by placing a higher weight on attendance and participation, increases the overall student performance. Class size had little to no effect on student performance, which opens an opportunity to incorporate active learning techniques, leveraging the learning in a classroom, so that educators can spend larger amounts of time interacting with students.