Research and Teaching: Online Homework and Student Achievement in a Large Enrollment Introductory Science Course

by: Ramesh D. Arasasingham, Ingrid Martorell, and Theresa M. McIntire

This article discusses a six-year study that involved an evaluation of whether student-learning gains for an online homework system could be sustained when scaled up to multiple sections and multiple instructors over several years. Results showed that the online homework led to higher achievement scores on final exams.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2011Stock # jcst11_040_06_70Volume 040Issue 06

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