T:d nw logy adynnc·t·s drastically changed the Vh>' U1e W(ldd \'~Hlll11 Lll1.i t" ated, functioned and pcr;uc-d, rc,·olutiooi.z.illg the way students did their homework and the way teachers graded it. Burt Hollandsworth, professor of general and inorganic chemistry, said online homework submission websites had affected the way he assigned homework and helped students. He said they also helped cut down on academic integrity violations. "Typically, when I set up an assignment, I'll select a pool of questions and the program randomly picks from that pool what each student gets," Hollandsworth said. "If they work together, that's great because they'll actually be exposed to more questions that way, but still each student has their own problem set that they're responsible for." Besides saving both teachers and students time, Hollandsworth thought turning in homework online actually increased students' learning experiences. "Depending on the settings, I can give them more than one submission per question," Hollandsworth said. "That way if they get it wrong, they can go back and try again until they get it right. The point of the Looking on, freshman TylerJohnson watches as senior Chris Loftis helps him with an organic chemistry lab on Sept. 15. "In chemistry, we learn so many new things about the world around us," Johnson said. "My favorite part of lab is when two or three weeks of work come together and I can understand the big picture." Grant Schol f82 Biology, Chemistry & Math homework set is to learn how to work the problems." Sophomore Victoria Tyer said although there were advantages to online homework submission, she felt her learning actually suffered from it. "I feel like I learn better on paper," Tyer said. "For me, writing it out helps. Even when I do the online homework, I have to sit there and write it out on paper because when you're drawing chemical compounds and their structures, you can't necessarily do that in your head." Senior Shannon Overcash, however, said that online homework was not so much of an issue of learning for her as much as it was an issue of preference. She preferred the personal aspect of turning homework in directly to the teacher. "For me, it's just what I'm used to," Overcash said. Despite differing sentiments toward the new technology, the majority of students and teachers this year had been able to reach compromises. Hollandsworth and many other teachers looked forward to more improvements and advancements in the education method and technology over time. Zachery L. Decker Freslunan Sara Wideman prepares to cut open a fish in ProfessorJoseph Goy's zoology lab on Nov. 27. Zoology students studied a variety of different classifications of animals throughout the semester. Kristi Soto
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