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Adam I. Silver; Rob Marshall; Dave Huston; Greg Gentry – Journal of Experiential Education, 2024
Background: The United States Air Force Academy's Center for Character and Leadership Development developed the 'Adventure and Experiential Based Learning' (AEBL) course--a new experiential education summer course intended to develop interpersonal leadership skills in 1,100 sophomore cadets. Purpose: Improving cadet emotional intelligence (EI) is…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Adventure Education, Outdoor Education, Experiential Learning
Medjy Pierre-Louis – ProQuest LLC, 2024
School systems across the United States increasingly use performance-based assessments (PBAs) as alternatives to traditional standardized tests, like the SAT, to make post-secondary and workforce readiness (PWR) determinations. However, very little research has been conducted to validate such alternative assessments as valid indicators of a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Rural Schools, Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation
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Hicks, Alison; Howkins, Adrian – History Teacher, 2015
Recognizing the limitations of traditional research assignments, the two authors of this article--one a librarian and one a historian--set out to redesign a history capstone seminar to focus on the research process as much as on the research product: tipping the iceberg to look at what is underneath. The article begins with a brief overview of the…
Descriptors: Research Skills, Capstone Experiences, Information Literacy, Critical Literacy