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McFadden, Rory R.; Viskupic, Karen; Egger, Anne E. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2021
Quantitative literacy is a foundational component of success in STEM disciplines and in life. Quantitative concepts and data-rich activities in undergraduate geoscience courses can strengthen geoscience majors' understanding of geologic phenomena and prepare them for future careers and graduate school, and provide real-world context to apply…
Descriptors: Earth Science, College Science, College Faculty, Mathematics Skills
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Haywood, M. Elizabeth; Mishra, Anubha – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how brief exercises in introductory and advanced marketing courses can help business students achieve a broader understanding of what Big data and data analytics mean in the workplace. These short analytics problems fit into the culture that we are building at our institution to create analytics…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Marketing, Introductory Courses, Advanced Courses
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Dvorak, Tomas; Halliday, Simon D.; O'Hara, Michael; Swoboda, Aaron – Journal of Economic Education, 2019
The increasing importance of empirical analysis in economics highlights the need for efficient ways to bring these skills to the classroom. R Markdown is a new technology that provides a solution by integrating writing, statistical work and computation into a single document. R Markdown benefits students and instructors by streamlining teaching,…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Technology Uses in Education, Undergraduate Students, College Instruction
Ruediger, Dylan; Cooper, Danielle Miriam – ITHAKA S+R, 2022
Quantitative literacy is an essential twenty-first century skill that universities are heavily invested in teaching to students. The social sciences play an important role in these efforts because they attract students who might otherwise avoid data and mathematically oriented courses and because they ground quantitative reasoning in political and…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Undergraduate Students, Social Sciences, Teaching Methods
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Paulus, Trena M.; Bennett, Ann M. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2017
While research on teaching qualitative methods in education has increased, few studies explore teaching qualitative data analysis software within graduate-level methods courses. During 2013, we required students in several such courses to use ATLAS.ti™ as a project management tool for their assignments. By supporting students' early experiences…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Data Analysis, Computer Software, Graduate Students
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Mills, Robert J.; Chudoba, Katherine M.; Olsen, David H. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2016
The term data scientist has only been in common use since 2008, but in 2016 it is considered one of the top careers in the United States. The purpose of this paper is to explore the growth of data science content areas such as analytics, business intelligence, and big data in AACSB Information Systems (IS) programs between 2011 and 2016. A…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Science Education, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis
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Geri, Nitza; Winer, Amir; Zaks, Beni – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2017
Aim/Purpose: As online video lectures rapidly gain popularity in formal and informal learning environments, one of their main challenges is student retention. This study investigates the influence of adding interactivity to online video lectures on students' attention span. Background: Interactivity is perceived as increasing the attention span of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Data Analysis, Interaction
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2021
Each year, the Rennie Center collects state-level indicators in our Data Dashboard to provide context on the condition of education in the Commonwealth. This data is collected from the MA Department of Early Education and Care; MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; MA Department of Higher Education; U.S Census Bureau; and U.S.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Census Figures, Higher Education
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Schenker, Theresa – CALICO Journal, 2012
This paper presents the findings of a six-week telecollaborative project between sixteen American students enrolled in a second-semester German class at an American university and sixteen German students enrolled in an advanced English course at a high school in Germany. Students discussed various cultural topics with their partner in two e-mails…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, English (Second Language), Intercultural Communication
Ready, Douglas; Hatch, Thomas; Warner, Miya; Chu, Elizabeth – Education Funders Research Initiative, 2013
The shift in education reform to a goal of college and career readiness for all students is a change that has been embraced widely across the country. The challenge of designing new policies and programs that could accomplish the goal that all students should graduate from high school with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college…
Descriptors: Educational Change, College Preparation, Career Readiness, High School Students
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Kirk, Sarah R.; Silverstein, Todd P.; McFarlane Holman, Karen L.; Taylor, Buck L. H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
We have designed a new guided-inquiry laboratory for an advanced biochemistry course. This integrated laboratory focuses on the biomolecule tRNA[superscript Phe] and combines elements of bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry with biochemistry. Throughout the semester students work together to study tRNA[superscript Phe] structure and ligand…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Biochemistry, Advanced Courses, Laboratory Experiments
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Fox, Rebecca; White, Stephen; Kidd, Julie; Ritchie, Gail – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
As part of longitudinal research on the role and scope of portfolios in teacher education programs, this study employs a case study approach to systematically examine the portfolio contents and reflections of three teachers enrolled in an advanced professional development master's degree program in education; the three teachers were purposely…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Portfolio Assessment, Reflective Teaching, Case Studies
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Wilson, T. M.; Macgillivray, H. L. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science & Technology, 2007
This study reports on basic, mostly pre-senior mathematical skills, as measured by a multiple choice questionnaire, of 566 students enrolled in a first year introductory data analysis subject within a science or broadly scientific degree programme. Most students had previously undertaken a senior high-school algebra and calculus based mathematics…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Data Analysis, Self Efficacy, Student Evaluation
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Reiss, Michael J. – Journal of Biological Education, 2005
Of all the sciences, biology has probably made the most rapid progress in recent years and the need for this to be reflected in a new Advanced Level biology course has long been recognised in the UK. After wide-ranging consultation and successful piloting in over 50 schools and colleges in England and Wales, the new Salters-Nuffield Advanced…
Descriptors: Biology, Foreign Countries, Advanced Courses, Data Analysis
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Schneider, Barbara L. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2003
Regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status, most American adolescents today expect to attend college, and a significant proportion of them expect to attend graduate school. Many of these teenagers, however, will not fulfill their expectations, not because they are unwilling to work hard for grades or believe they that school is…
Descriptors: College Admission, High School Graduates, Admission (School), Enrollment