Teaching College Literacy: A Case Study in the Benefits and Costs of Daedalus Courseware at Baruch College - DETA Center | National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA)

Title:

Teaching College Literacy: A Case Study in the Benefits and Costs of Daedalus Courseware at Baruch College

Author/s:

Baruch College

Year:

1998

Excerpt:

Seventy-five percent of the 16 students in the Dadaelus section of ENG 0160 passed the CUNY Writing Assessment Test. This compares to a 53 percent pass rate for the 12 students in the control section …The difference in the passing rate was not statistically significant … the computer-enhanced instruction did not have a significant effect on improving retention …The observed difference between the passing rates for the two courses in not statistically significant at either the one or five percent level.