http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 01:48:59 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 01:48:59 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79148 Online statistics open textbook and additional resources to assist students in understanding of statistics. Topics covered include Analysis of Variance, Boxplot, Confidence interval, Contrast among means, Correlated t-test, Correlation, Histogram, Independent groups t-test, Regression, Repeated measures ANOVA, and t-test. The applets in the simulations, demonstrations, an d caste studiesare in the public domain and can therefore be used without restriction. Simulations and demonstrations and source code are available for download. To view a video of the award winning author, go to View Rice Virtual Lab - Statistics Award Winner 2007 video http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89485 Visual ANOVA is an interactive Flash program which demonstrates visually how variability between and within experimental groups contributes to the F ratio in the Analysis of Variance. It is not a numerical calculator; rather it visually and holistically demonstrates the relations among important concepts. Visual ANOVA is supported by online instructions and by an extensive online lecture explaining the theory behind the Analysis of Variance. The online lecture is supported by two types of assignments: 1) Online computer-graded homework, and 2) A pdf file that gives students the opportunity to do handwritten homework problems with answer keys. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89957 This document is the product of the University of Illinois Teaching at an Internet Distance Seminar. The group met throughout 1998-99 to study the pedagogy of online learning, to examine what made teaching to be good teaching, whether in the classroom or online, and to suggest how online teaching and learning can be done with high quality at the University of Illinois. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90821 This site provides a simplified description of the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of research methods. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80489 For those wanting to properly cite journals, books, web pages, or interviews in MLA or APA format, check the Citation Machine, from the Landmark Project. This is an automated tool for proper APA or MLA citation format for books, web pages, magazines, interviews, encyclopedias, journals, newspapers and more. The tool asks for the relevant information and then generates the citation in a format that can be copied and pasted into research papers. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90171 This book presents a contemporary account of the principles of learning. It provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of the research literature on issues in teaching and learning. The National Academy Press is neither a government publication center nor a federal office of any kind. Rather, this is the publication arm of the National Academies, and their mission is to make public the fruits of research performed by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council. The Open Book page image presentation framework is not designed to replace printed books, nor emulate HTML. Rather, it is a free, browsable, nonproprietary, fully and deeply searchable version of the publication which we can inexpensively and quickly produce to make the material available worldwide. The goals include the following:- full-text searching, - easy, predictable, direct links to any page, - a consistent site-wide interface structure, - rapid page access (even for those with 28.8 modems). The 150 dpi PDF linked to it is printable on your local printer. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87717 This is a public educational resource. This excellent web site provides various guides for college students. Topics include studying, reading, classroom participation, writing, math and science skills. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83837 The site guides a student through an introduction to conceptual frameworks, help in forming a research question, the process, steps and examples of creating and refining an appropriate conceptual research framework for a study. The text and related resources provide an overview, but the site is brought to life by the videoclips of a student describing, in detail, her struggles and success at creating a conceptual framework for her education thesis. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79450 This self-paced tutorial developed with funding from the Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) provides information on program evaluation. The resources developed by the American Physiological Society (APS) are the result of a four-year effort, Promoting Effective Program Evaluation (RU13 GM56019). According to the web site, more than 350 MARC, MBRS, and Bridges directors and staff participated in the projects? short courses and workshops. Short-term workshop impacts were evaluated by pre and post surveys of short course participants. Long-term impacts were assessed by success rates of workshop participants in obtaining funding for MORE proposals developed subsequent to the workshop. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89373 The Utah online Virtual Lab is a JAVA program run dynamically off a database. Instructors author a statistical virtual reality simulating theories and data in a specific research focus area by defining independent, predictor, and dependent variables and the relations among them. Students work in an online virtual environment to discover the principles of this simulated reality: they go to a library, read theoretical overviews and scientific puzzles, and then go to a lab, design a study, collect and analyze data, and write a report. A student's design and data analysis decisions are computer-graded and recorded in a database; the written research report can be read by the instructor or by other students in peer groups simulating scientific conventions.