Students concurrently enrolled in the IL and introductory biology courses outperformed biology-only students, with a mean final grade of 83% versus 70%¶

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q2 i? IL-plus-biology students earned a mean final course grade of 83% compared with 70% for biology-only students, and a larger share earned grades of A. → Arendale 2014

Evidence¶

Arendale 2014¶

David R. Arendale. (2014). Understanding the Integrated Learning Course Model: Academic Transition to Tertiary Education. International Journal of Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v3n4p1

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Correlational 2002 and 2003 study comparing TRIO SSS students enrolled in an IL course plus introductory biology with biology-only students in the same course and term. The article states statistical analysis was not applied to the grade distribution data, so these are descriptive comparisons.

"Students concurrently enrolled in the IL and biology courses outperformed their counterparts enrolled only in biology. The mean grade in the biology class for the IL group was 83% as compared with 70% for the biology-only group."

Discussion¶

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