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Merrill, Martha C.; Kretovics, Mark A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2020
Assessment has become an important aspect of almost every academic or extracurricular program within institutions of higher education in the United States. This article defines internationalization and its related activities while discussing educational outcomes and offering a model for developing assessment strategies for said activities.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Global Approach, Higher Education, Evaluation Methods
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Beronda L. Montgomery; Joi-Lynn Mondisa; Becky Wai-Ling Packard – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2024
Although mentoring interventions have helped to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals within STEM fields, even the most efficacious programs can be undermined without intentional cultivation of the broader mentoring ecosystem. This study examines participants from eight campus teams that engaged in a multi-session process of…
Descriptors: Ecology, Mentors, Sustainability, STEM Education
Caitlin Renea Anderson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The field of biology is becoming increasingly fragmented, and this fragmentation spills over into the ways our students think and learn about biology. Biology education policy documents stress the importance of teaching biology in an integrated manner and call for the biology education research community to establish a unifying paradigm for the…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Undergraduate Students, Biology, Science Education
Marcia Joppert – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The world has experienced rapid changes, leading to pressing issues such as environmental degradation, social inequality, and resource depletion. As a transdisciplinary field, evaluation has emerged as a crucial tool in addressing these challenges and promoting systemic change. However, concerns have been raised regarding the field's capacity to…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Systems Approach, Problem Solving
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Aparicio, Juan; Rodríguez, Dorys Yaneth; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel – Research Evaluation, 2021
This article aims to provide a systemic instrument to evaluate the functioning of higher education systems. Despite systemic instruments have had a strong impact on the management of public policy systems in fields such as health and innovation, higher education has not been widely discussed in applying this type of instrument. Herein lies the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Educational Practices
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Micke Reynders; Lynne A. Pilcher; Marietjie Potgieter – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Powerful arguments have been made recently to advocate for the introduction of systems thinking in chemistry education to equip graduates to address sustainability challenges. This contribution describes systems thinking activities and an assessment tool that enables meaningful learning in first-year organic chemistry as students engage with the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Systems Approach, Sustainability, Molecular Structure
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María-Asunción Lorenzo-Rial; Mercedes Varela-Losada; Uxío Pérez-Rodríguez; Pedro Vega-Marcote – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the presence of systems thinking after an educational proposal on climate sustainability based on reflection and video creation. To evaluate this competency, an evaluation rubric was constructed. Design/methodology/approach: This research is a case study with a mixed approach. It was carried out…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Thinking Skills, Systems Development, Climate
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Howley, Caitlin; Campbell, Johnavae; Cowley, Kimberly; Cook, Kimberly – American Journal of Evaluation, 2022
In this article, we reflect on our experience applying a framework for evaluating systems change to an evaluation of a statewide West Virginia alliance funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve the early persistence of rural, first-generation, and other underrepresented minority science, technology, engineering, and mathematics…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Systems Approach, Educational Change
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Boyle, Fiona; Cook, Elizabeth J. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2023
The evaluation of teaching quality and practice is increasingly important in higher education and usually done via student surveys (quantitative data) alone. Much less attention is given to teachers' self-evaluations of teaching practice (qualitative data). This emphasis on quantitative over qualitative data can result in incomplete and biased…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, College Faculty, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
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Robertson, Royce L.; Larki, Martha J. – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2019
Maturity models fill the need for a measure of overall growth in how outcomes assessment is defined and how feedback informs improvement to meet internal and external expectations at individual institutions of higher education. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted to develop an instrument, the Assessment System Maturity Matrix (ASMM), to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Higher Education, Evaluation Methods, Computer Software
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Novela, Selly; Syarief, Rizal; Fahmi, Idqan; Arkeman, Yandra – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to develop a new entrepreneurial university model that will provide a comprehensive picture and explain how universities can become entrepreneurial by considering several factors, both internal and external. Design/methodology/approach: This research collected data by conducting a survey and elaborates on the judgments of…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Universities, Models, Specialists
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Chaipongpati, Jirawan; Thawesaengskulthai, Natcha; Koiwanit, Jarotwan – Industry and Higher Education, 2022
Universities are centres of innovation and technology transfer, and they play a particularly strong role in the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with developing technology programs. However, there are only a few assessment tools for evaluating a university's innovation ecosystem, and these tools are frequently…
Descriptors: Universities, Innovation, Technology Transfer, Program Development
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O'Neil, Natalie J.; Scott, Star; Relph, Rachael; Ponnusamy, Ettigounder – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
A systems thinking approach to incorporating green chemistry and safety into laboratory culture is vital, as chemists will be at the molecular level of the innovative solutions to our global challenges. Training chemists to have the skills and culture to accomplish this feat in the safest way possible is pivotal to safe working conditions within…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Laboratory Safety
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Noy, Sue; Capetola, Teresa; Patrick, Rebecca – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Education for Sustainability in Higher Education (ESHE) sits within and across disciplinary settings that share the need for a framework that provides a basis for pedagogy, assessment and learning outcomes (Kalsoom, 2019). ESHE strives to create transformative learning spaces that help students gain the knowledge and skills they need to…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Transformative Learning, Sustainability, Undergraduate Students
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Li, Hui; Khattak, Shoukat Iqbal; Jiang, Qingquan – SAGE Open, 2021
Faculty is the key agent for internationalization. This interview-based study explored faculty views about the internationalization understanding, rationales, roles, engagement, and motivation in a research-centric, double-first class university in China. Faculty motivation was analyzed using the lens of the motivation systems theory (MST). The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Systems Approach, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation
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