Action Research Project / Student Learning Objectives - Animal Terms and Group Testing
Utilization of Group Testing for Animal Terms on Student Success and Retention of Information Background: Teaching Introduction to Agricultural Science students the 50 different terms we use to describe animals can be a challenge to best help them learn the materials. Students will see these terms and use them again and again in other agricultural classes so the retention of these terms are even more important. At Cumberland Valley the Math Department utilizes a method of “group testing.” Group testing puts students into groups of three or four to solve a series of problems as a group. The success of learning materials in a group for a subject such as math was explored in answering two questions: Does the utilization of group testing improve the scores of students and does the impact of group testing lead to retention of the terms explored. Research Question: Does the utilization of group testing improve the scores of s...