TY - JOUR
T1 - Does knowing a study's outcome further impact it's conclusion
T2 - 124th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
AU - Abel, Kate D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© American Society for Engineering Education, 2017.
PY - 2017/6/24
Y1 - 2017/6/24
N2 - Recently, authors from West Point and MIT wrote about the impact of varied computer usage on student performance in an Economics class1. The study demonstrated that students perform more poorly when allowed to use computers in the classroom. The current article takes this conclusion one step further using an Engineering Economics class. Would students who were not allowed electronics in the classroom and also informed about this West Point/MIT study perform differently than students who were simply not allowed to use computers in the classroom? It is hypothesized that students who are informed about the West Point/MIT study and its' outcome and not allowed to use computers will perform better than those who are simply prohibited from the use of computers in the classroom.
AB - Recently, authors from West Point and MIT wrote about the impact of varied computer usage on student performance in an Economics class1. The study demonstrated that students perform more poorly when allowed to use computers in the classroom. The current article takes this conclusion one step further using an Engineering Economics class. Would students who were not allowed electronics in the classroom and also informed about this West Point/MIT study perform differently than students who were simply not allowed to use computers in the classroom? It is hypothesized that students who are informed about the West Point/MIT study and its' outcome and not allowed to use computers will perform better than those who are simply prohibited from the use of computers in the classroom.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85030543172
VL - 2017-June
JO - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
JF - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
Y2 - 25 June 2017 through 28 June 2017
ER -