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Strietzel, Jeff; Kaul, Corina R.; Sriram, Rishi – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2020
The purpose of this study was to explore how a semester-long scholar practitioner workshop influenced student affairs professionals' quantitative research and statistics competency. Participants' professional engagement and perceptions of barriers and motivation to develop as scholar practitioners were also examined. Although barriers to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Workshops, Scholarship, Student Personnel Workers
Brennan, Marie; Chapman, Amy; Zipin, Lew; Rudolph, Sophie; Barron, Rosie; Rogers, Bev; Woods, Annette – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2020
The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), as the peak professional body for education researchers in Australia, has strong interest in supporting high quality research and research capacity in the field of education in the Australian higher education sector. In this report, the 'Protecting and extending research in education in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Professional Associations, Educational Researchers
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Iqbal, Fatima; Gaffar, Fatema; Singh, Harprit – Journal of Biological Education, 2022
This study investigates the impact near-peer tutors (NPTs) have on the learning experience of students enrolled on the biomedical and medical science programmes at De Montfort University, UK. Using a questionnaire, tutees were able to comment on their confidence level on certain academic taught topics in human physiology before and after attending…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Physiology, Science Instruction, Higher Education
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Osmani, Mohamad; Hindi, Nitham M.; Weerakkody, Vishanth – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2018
It is widely acknowledged that traditional teaching methods such as lectures, textbooks and case study techniques on their own are not adequate to improving the most in-demand employability skills for graduates. The aim of this article is to explore the potential impact that novel learning and teaching methods can have on improving the…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Job Skills, Employment Potential, Management Information Systems
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White, Peter J. T.; Syncox, David; Heppleston, Audrey; Isaac, Siara; Alters, Brian – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2012
Teaching competence is an important skill for graduate students to acquire and is often considered a precursor to an academic career. In this study, we evaluated the effects of a multi-day teaching workshop on graduate teaching philosophies by surveying 200 graduate students, 79 of whom had taken the workshops and 121 who had not. We found no…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Theory Practice Relationship, Workshops, Educational Philosophy
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for private four-year colleges that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Private Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument. (Contains 15…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students