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Paloian, Sierra; Doehler, Kirsten; Lahetta, Alexandra – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2022
A Statistics Practicum course is offered as another option besides an internship or research experience for students to fulfill a required statistics major capstone experience. This article discusses the first and fourth offering of this practicum course, which provides a unique perspective on the initial implementation of the course and its…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Statistics Education, Capstone Experiences, Practicums
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Julie Fox-Horton; Lindsey Campbell – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2023
As a concept for preparing and promoting adult student success in an undergraduate, Interdisciplinary Studies degree program with an online senior capstone, this article analyzes how the senior capstone serves as the penultimate component in the students' degree completion. To capitalize on student success, academic advisors and faculty members…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Learning Experience, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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Autumn Pham; Eva Thanheiser; Kathryn E. Roman; Molly L. Robinson – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
We investigated the development of students' sociopolitical consciousness via engagement in a mathematical activity purposefully designed around understanding the unemployment rate in the US. Qualitative data was collected from 12 university seniors participating in an online capstone class. Results showed that students: (1) further developed…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Mathematics Instruction, Capstone Experiences, Authentic Learning
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Meg Landfried; Lindsay Bau Savelli; Brittany Nicole Price; Liz Chen; Dane Emmerling – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Training the next generation of public health practitioners to promote health equity requires public health graduate programs to cultivate students' skills in community partnership. The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) requires Master of Public Health (MPH) students to produce a high-quality written product as part of their…
Descriptors: Public Health, Health Personnel, Access to Health Care, Graduate Study
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Colin D. McClure; Matthew Hudson; Kieran Higgins – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
Capstone projects provide key learning opportunities for STEM undergraduates to consolidate knowledge gained over the life of their degree. These projects typically reflect lab- or fieldwork-based research, which can exclude students who do not wish to pursue these career avenues. Here we deployed school engagement projects (SEPs) as an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Authentic Learning, Learner Engagement
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Knezek, Claudia; Morreale, Patricia; Gannon, Susan; Chang, George; Toney, Jeffrey H. – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2022
Student participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate research experiences has received national emphasis. The undergraduate research model used at a comprehensive public university supported faculty-mentored student projects across STEM and all disciplines. Between 2016 and 2019, 356 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Student Research, Research Training, STEM Education, Undergraduate Students