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Ellis, Keyana Chamere – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Virginia Tech Summer Academy (VTSA) Program, developed by through a collaborative partnership between faculty, administrators and staff concerned by attrition among first year students, was introduced in summer 2012 as a campus initiative to assist first-year college students transition and acclimate to the academic and social systems of the…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Kinderman, Kathy T. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Nursing education is a knowledge domain that requires higher order thinking (critical thinking) for making decisions that impact outcomes of human health. The goal of nursing education is to develop novice experts in nursing knowledge and clinical practice. In order to achieve this goal, nursing education must employ instructional approaches that…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Critical Thinking, Expertise, Sequential Approach
Harris, Daniel Wyatt – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Research examining animation use for student learning has been conducted in the last two decades across a multitude of instructional environments and content areas. The extensive construction and implementation of animations in learning resulted from the availability of powerful computing systems and the perceived advantages the novel medium…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Animation, Earth Science, Scientific Concepts