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Learner Interactions, Student Satisfaction, and Perceived Learning in Online Community College Mathematics Classes
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Mary Catherine Bolton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between the learner interactions of learner-content, learner-instructor, and learner-learner and either course satisfaction or perceived learning in online mathematics courses at the community college level. Additionally, this study investigated whether the learner interactions…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Community Colleges, Community College Students, Student Attitudes
Student Learning Behaviors in a Biology Gateway Course: A Mixed Methods Examination of an Adaptive Courseware Environment
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Ross C. Teller – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore how student behaviors, while using an adaptive courseware system, influenced performance in a gateway biology course. This study used a mixed methods approach. Quantitative data was collected from the course's learning management system (LMS) and the adaptive courseware. This data was analyzed using…
Descriptors: Courseware, Biology, Science Instruction, Correlation
The Perceptions of First-Year General Education Teachers' Preparedness to Teach English Language Learners in Alaska
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Howard, Christina L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative descriptive design research study aimed to understand how first-year teachers perceive their preparedness for addressing the cognitive, emotional, and social/cultural dimensions of learning for content comprehension of English Language Learners in a large school district in the isolated state of Alaska. This qualitative study…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, English Language Learners, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Education
The Green (Chemistry) Environment: Developing and Assessing Green Chemistry Curricula and Student Outcomes in the General Chemistry Laboratory
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Laura B. Armstrong – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Climate change and the resulting and related environmental and humanitarian outcomes are some of the fundamental challenges of the 21st century. Green chemistry, a relatively recent addition to the chemistry family, aims to reframe chemistry so that chemistry ethically and responsibly attends to its own environmental and human health impacts and…
Descriptors: Climate, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Ethics
Investigating Student Learning of Analog Electronics
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Van De Bogart, Kevin L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Instruction in analog electronics is an integral component of many physics and engineering programs, and is typically covered in courses beyond the first year. While extensive research has been conducted on student understanding of introductory electric circuits, to date there has been relatively little research on student learning of analog…
Descriptors: Electronics, Physics, Science Education, Engineering Education
Toward a Student-Centered Understanding of Intensive Writing and Writing-to-Learn in the Spanish Major: An Examination of Advanced L2 Spanish Students' Learning in the Writing-Intensive Spanish Content Course
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Strong, Robert Marvin – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study is to build upon our understanding of the place and value of writing in the advanced foreign language curriculum. Specifically, the study examines how students in writing-intensive Spanish-major courses are affected by the writing-intensive (WI) requirement at the University of Minnesota. Writing-Across-the-Curriculum…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Rhetoric, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning