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Paula S. Kiser; Christina Larson; Kevin M. O'Sullivan; Anne Peale – College & Research Libraries, 2024
This study draws upon faculty interviews conducted in 2019 and 2021 to document dramatic shifts in primary source instruction of undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Synthesizing these data, it analyzes how faculty cultivated pedagogical practice, developed practical approaches to teaching with primary sources, and adjusted goals…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Faculty, Teaching Methods
John Zubizarreta, Editor; Victoria M. Bryan, Editor – Online Submission, 2025
Joy, freedom, and benefit--the reasons we are at our colleges and universities. The joy of learning, the freedom to grow, and the benefit of education are all basic human rights, or at least they ought to be. We believe that both honors and faculty development affirm, support, and sustain those rights. We married in 2000, at the beginnings of our…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Freedom, Faculty Development, Teacher Workshops
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McMahon, Joan M. – Management Teaching Review, 2018
This article describes an in-class, noncomputerized, bingo game to accompany coverage of the topic of organizational structure. The game allows students to be actively involved in learning, solidify recognition and understanding of organizational structure terminology, apply understanding of organizational structure to an analysis of…
Descriptors: Organizational Theories, Administrative Organization, Educational Games, Communication Skills
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Whitesell, Lee Ann – Gifted Child Today, 2016
Shenandoah Valley Governor's School is an Academic-Year Governor's School sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education. In addition to state funding, three local school districts support the school's STEM and Arts and Humanities programs. Juniors and seniors from seven high schools attend this shared-day, selective regional school. This…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Regional Schools, Institutional Mission, Educational Objectives
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Perren, James; Grove, Nuray; Thornton, Julie – TESOL Journal, 2013
This article describes three service-learning projects implemented in three different ESL programs in the United States. Each description includes typical course goals, service-learning assignments, reflection activities, student learning outcomes, and pedagogical challenges. The first project was developing digital literacy through…
Descriptors: Service Learning, English (Second Language), Curriculum Implementation, Program Descriptions
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Mayhew, Hannah E.; Frano, Kristen A.; Svoboda, Shelley A.; Wustholz, Kristin L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) studies of art represent an attractive way to introduce undergraduate students to concepts in nanoscience, vibrational spectroscopy, and instrumental analysis. Here, we present an undergraduate analytical or physical chemistry laboratory wherein a combination of normal Raman and SERS spectroscopy is used to…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments, Undergraduate Students
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Jones, Brett D.; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Schram, Asta B.; Chittum, Jessica R. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
We investigated students' perceptions related to psychological constructs in their science classes and the influence of these perceptions on their science identification and science career goals. Participants included 575 middle school students from two countries (334 students in the U.S. and 241 students in Iceland). Students completed a…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Murray, Jeffrey W. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
Since its inception in 2009, the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Program (in the Department of Focused Inquiry at Virginia Commonwealth University) has evolved and expanded into an amalgamation of three distinct but overlapping elements: (i) teaching practicum, (ii) leadership seminar, and (iii) service learning experience. But only recently have…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Student Leadership, Seminars
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Firdyiwek, Yitna; Scida, Emily E. – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2014
This study reports on a sequence of iterative redesigns of a graduate-level foreign language teacher education course. The study describes the interplay between technology and pedagogy that resulted in important curricular changes, from a focus on individual to social and then holistic reflection. Using a team-based design model, instructional…
Descriptors: Reflection, Teaching Methods, Graduate Students, Language Teachers
Principal Leadership, 2012
This article features Woodbridge Middle School, a middle school in Woodbridge, Virginia, which has always celebrated a tradition of excellence. Today's Woodbridge Middle School in no way resembles the school that existed in 2005. Then, the students were mostly White and few qualified for the free and reduced-price meals program; today, there is no…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Needs, Teaching Methods, Student Diversity
Kirk, Kathryn Gordy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The mixed methods case study described and analyzed the 2004-2006 district-based principal preparation programs in Virginia. This dissertation explored goals stated in proposals for funding as well as program director and program completer perceptions of goals, content, processes, and outcomes for the 10 principal preparation programs that stemmed…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, School Law, Data Collection, Instructional Leadership
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Foreign Language Service. – 1977
This publication is one of a series designed to inform and assist those responsible for foreign language instruction, including teachers, administrators, supervisors, and those engaged in teacher education. The complete series serves as a curriculum guide. The format of the series is such that it can be revised so as to keep materials current.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Objectives, Credits, Curriculum Guides
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Tighe, Wendy L. – Inquiry, 2006
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is increasingly offering more Web-based, online orientation courses to students. Since the fall semester of 1999, the community college campuses throughout the VCCS have offered over 100 sections of online orientation courses. However, no assessment data or research for these courses or students exists.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Online Courses, School Orientation, First Year Seminars
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Foreign Language Service. – 1977
This publication is one of a series designed to inform and assist those responsible for foreign language instruction, including teachers, administrators, supervisors, and those engaged in teacher education. The complete series serves as a curriculum guide. The format of the series is such that it can be revised so as to keep materials current.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives
Shell, Walter L. – 1977
Written as a reference for teachers of shorthand and transcription, this instructional guide is organized into three sections. The first section discusses the administration of the stenographic program and focuses on the needs, objectives, and organization of the program. Characteristics of occupational preparation programs are also noted. Section…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Instruction
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