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Identifying Opportunities and Gaps in Current Evaluation Frameworks -- The Knowns and Unknowns in Determining Effective Student Engagement Activity
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Wilson, Caroline; Sims, Stuart; Dyer, Jen; Handley, Fiona – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2022
The higher education sector is under increasing pressure to deliver more and to evidence the fruits of its contribution to society. There is a particular focus on the enhanced engagement of students in order to maximise success, and for this engagement to be achieved equitably across the student body, regardless of demographic backgrounds. This…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Learner Engagement, Outcomes of Education
Innovative Approaches for Teaching Generation Z
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Wright, Meghan C.; Nichols, Thomas – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2021
The authors describe the traits, typologies, and behaviors of Generation Z (those born after 1997) to set the stage for the changes needed to engage this generation of students in the classroom. Using this knowledge about Generation Z as a foundation, the authors call for innovative approaches to teaching that engage students actively in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Generational Differences, Student Motivation, Educational Innovation
A New Framework for the Design and Evaluation of a Learning Institution's Student Engagement Activities
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Wilson, Caroline; Broughan, Christine; Marselle, Melissa – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
In this article we explore the potential for attempts to encourage student engagement to be conceptualised as behaviour change activity, and specifically whether a new framework to guide such activity has potential value for the Higher Education (HE) sector. The Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) (Michie, Susan, Maartje M van Stralen, and Robert West.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Behavior, Behavior Change, Intervention
Leveraging the Power of Course Redesign for Student Success
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Campbell, Rebecca; Blankenship, Benjamin B. – To Improve the Academy, 2020
Colleges and universities have a commitment to improve the student experience, increase persistence, and provide paths to degree completion. Course redesign, focused on student success, is a promising strategy for realizing that commitment. This article examines some of the particulars when course redesign is explicitly linked to student success.…
Descriptors: Courses, Higher Education, Academic Persistence, Learner Engagement
An Occupation and Participation Approach to Reading Intervention (OPARI) Part I: Defining Reading as an Occupation
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Grajo, Lenin C.; Candler, Catherine – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2016
This is the first of two papers that explore a role that occupational therapy can play in supporting children with reading challenges. Part I presents the grounding framework for an occupation and participation approach to reading intervention (OPARI) and serves to introduce the clinical application of the approach presented in Part II. In this…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Intervention, Occupational Therapy, Definitions
Educating for Democracy by Walking the Talk in Experiential Learning
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Clayton, Patti H.; Hess, George; Hartman, Eric; Edwards, Kathleen E.; Shackford-Bradley, Julie; Harrison, Barbara; McLaughlin, Kelly – Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 2014
Engaging students as actors in rather than audience of their education. This is both the primary feature of experiential education as John Dewey envisioned it and its underlying link to education for democracy: the flourishing of democracy requires citizens who are empowered actors, and such citizens cannot be produced through educational…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Educational Practices