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Delivering on the Promise of High-Impact Practices: Research and Models for Achieving Equity, Fidelity, Impact, and Scale
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Zilvinskis, John, Ed.; Kinzie, Jillian, Ed.; Daday, Jerry, Ed.; O'Donnell, Ken, Ed.; Zande, Carleen Vande, Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2022
Research shows that enriching learning experiences such as learning communities, service-learning, undergraduate research, internships, and senior culminating experiences -- collectively known as High-Impact Practices (HIPs) -- are positively associated with student engagement; deep, and integrated learning; and personal and educational gains for…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Equal Education, Fidelity
Applying Organizational Leadership Theory to Evaluate a Community College Orientation and Preparation Program with Predominantly Latino/a Students: Qualitative Interviews in a Service-Learning Project. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Luis M. Andrade; Angela Hoppe Nagao; Esmeralda Medrano; Josephine Macharia Lowe; Ding-Jo Currie – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2015
In this case study, a team of doctoral students--Luis M. Andrade, Angela Hoppe Nagao, Esmeralda Medrano, and Josephine Macharia Lowe--in a community college leadership program participated in a service-learning field project as part of an organizational theory course to analyze comparative outcomes of a college orientation and preparation program…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Community Colleges, School Orientation, Interviews
Handbook of Research on Positive Scholarship for Global K-20 Education. Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education (AECKE) Book Series
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Wang, Victor X., Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
In the twenty-first century, learning and the definition of education is changing. New digital, online, and social tools have the ability to transform the classroom and engage learners like never before. In the midst of this technological revolution, it is crucial for educators and administrators to be able to gauge the impact of digital tools on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Educational Research, Andragogy
Effective Second Language Writing. TESOL Classroom Practice Series
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Kasten, Susan, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2010
The classroom practices discussed in "Effective Second Language Writing" reflect various trends and methodologies; however, the underlying theme in this volume of the Classroom Practice Series is the need for clear and meaningful communication between ESL writers and their readers. While approaches differ, two core beliefs are constant: ESL…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Linguistics
Successful Service-Learning Programs. New Models of Excellence in Higher Education.
Zlotkowski, Edward, Ed. – 1998
The 11 chapters in this book describe successful innovative programs of service learning at the undergraduate level. Emphasis is on how different kinds of institutions, facing different internal and external circumstances, have made service-learning an institutional asset. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction: A New Model of Excellence" (Edward…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Diversity (Institutional)
A Practical Guide for Integrating Civic Responsibility into the Curriculum.
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Gottlieb, Karla, Ed.; Robinson, Gail, Ed. – 2002
This curriculum guide discusses civic responsibility, how it is tied to service learning, how faculty can integrate concepts and exercises in a practical way, and how faculty can assess the development of civic responsibility in their students. Civic responsibility is defined here as active participation in the public life of a community, in an…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Citizenship Responsibility, College Curriculum, Community Colleges
Acting Locally: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Environmental Studies. AAHE's Series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines.
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Ward, Harold, Ed. – 1999
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. The essays in this volume focus on service-learning in a wide range of environmental studies. The Introduction, "Why is Service-Learning So Pervasive in Environmental Studies Programs?" was written by Harold Ward. The chapters in Part 1…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Children, College Faculty