Improving Student Learning through Classroom Engagement

Eddie Davis
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings   unpublished
Criminal Justice Database Operations is offered each semester during the year as part of the BS in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Technology curriculum in the Security Systems and Law Enforcement Technology Department. The course introduces students to Database Operations which is often taught in Computer Science curriculums. Due to the technical nature of the course material, some students can be overwhelmed. Based on the results from Student Evaluations of the course in the Fall
more » ... 2017, 81% of students who responded strongly agreed that the Instructor encouraged student participation. In the Fall Semester of 2016, 78% of students in one section strongly agreed and, in another section, 84% strongly agreed. While these results are favorable, it was evident that some students were reluctant to respond to questions asked in class and it is hard to tell whether it was due to fear of failure or some other force.
doi:10.18260/1-2--34798 fatcat:6bgchpmbxjhdncdio3csy4fevi