Evolving Towards Meaningful Web Assignments

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The Chemical Educator

ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)

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Abstract Volume 3 Issue 6 (1998), S1430-4171(98)06255-0

Evolving Towards Meaningful Web Assignments

Thomas Holme

Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201

Published online: 1 December 1998

Abstract. In this paper we describe a series of web assignments carried out in large lecture, introductory chemistry courses. Our intent is to share the path by which assessment of student attitudes about these assignments has led to a relatively useful assignment after several attempts. At each step in our development we have used student surveys to refine our assignments and show how these refinements lead to positive outcomes in terms of both student attitudes and reported learning.

Key Words: Computers in Chemistry; world wide web; web assignments; large lecture; role of teaching assistants; student attitudes about web assignments; student assessment of web teaching; reliability of information on the www

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: tholme@csd.uwm.edu )

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