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Implementing an Audience-Specific Small-Group Gatekeeper Training Program to Respond to Suicide Risk among College Students: A Case Study
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Cimini, M. Dolores; Rivero, Estela M.; Bernier, Joseph E.; Stanley, Judith A.; Murray, Andrea D.; Anderson, Drew A.; Wright, Heidi R.; Bapat, Mona – Journal of American College Health, 2014
Objective: This case study evaluated the effectiveness of an audience-specific, single-session, small-group interactive gatekeeper training program conducted at a large northeastern public university. Participants: Participants were 335 faculty, staff, and students completing gatekeeper training programs tailored to their group needs. Methods:…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Suicide, Pretests Posttests
Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) Courses for Creating New Chemistry and Physics Teachers: Do They Work?
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Tynan, Richard; Mallaburn, Andrea; Jones, Robert Bryn; Clays, Ken – School Science Review, 2014
During extended subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses, graduates without chemistry or physics bachelor degrees prepared to enter a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) programme to become chemistry or physics teachers. Data were gathered from the exit survey returned by Liverpool John Moores University SKE students about to start…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Teacher Certification, Science Teachers
Towards a Better Investment of University Students in Light of the Twentieth Century Challenges
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Al-Nabrawi, Ismael; Jdaitawi, Malek; Talafha, Feras – International Education Studies, 2015
Present study has been conducted with the purpose of impact of university skills training on students psycho-social and cognitive skills of males' students in preparatory year deanship in university of Dammam in 2014/2015. The present study is quasi-experimental pre-post-test design was used with control group. The study sample was 150 subjects…
Descriptors: Investment, College Students, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests
Community Engaged Service-Learning: The Effect on University Students and Community Partners
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Steele, Susan C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The notion that an ethic of service can be fostered through participation in an academic community engaged service-learning program was the underlying premise for this program evaluation study. The purpose of this program evaluation study, using both quantitative and qualitative measures in a thoughtfully organized setting of university and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Participation, College Students, School Community Programs
Realizing Enhanced Student Interprofessional Education through Clinical Teamwork (RESPECT): An Interprofessional Education Project
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Infante, Taline Dadian – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Health professions students have limited exposure to each other during their education and training, yet there are many expectations for their interaction in the workplace as part of functioning health-care teams. Interprofessional education is a mechanism to facilitate teamwork and relationships between health-care professionals by encouraging…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Learning Activities, Teamwork, Dental Schools
The Effect of Studying Tech Prep in High School and College Academic Performance
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Ray, Larry A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined the academic performance of Tech Prep students (referred to as participants) in comparison to non-Tech Prep students (referred to as non-participants) entering a two-year community college from sixteen different high schools in Stark County, Ohio. This study provided a quantitative analysis of students' academic experiences to…
Descriptors: Test Results, Grade Point Average, College Preparation, Academic Achievement