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Duke, Lynda M., Ed.; Asher, Andrew D., Ed. – ALA Editions, 2012
How do college students "really" conduct research for classroom assignments? In 2008, five large Illinois universities were awarded a Library Services and Technology Act Grant to try to answer that question. The resulting ongoing study has already yielded some eye-opening results. The findings suggest changes ranging from simple…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Student Research, Use Studies
Durlach, Paula J., Ed; Lesgold, Alan M., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2012
This edited volume provides an overview of the latest advancements in adaptive training technology. Intelligent tutoring has been deployed for well-defined and relatively static educational domains such as algebra and geometry. However, this adaptive approach to computer-based training has yet to come into wider usage for domains that are less…
Descriptors: Expertise, Educational Strategies, Semantics, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Hawley, Peggy – 1993
This book offers suggestions to doctoral students, primarily in the social and behavioral sciences, the humanities, and such professional fields as education, counseling, and social work, to help them succeed in earning a doctoral degree. It is based on the observation that successful students not only have knowledge obtained from the books they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations