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Cho, Hyun Jin; Wang, Cong; Bonem, Emily M.; Levesque-Bristol, Chantal – Innovative Higher Education, 2022
The aims of this paper are to examine the breadth of scholarship that emerged from a large-scale university-wide course transformation program between 2011 and 2021, to investigate how the course transformation program influenced students' perceptions of their learning environment and learning achievement, and to discuss future directions for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
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Trahar, Sheila – European Education, 2017
Experiences as a Work Package leader on a European Union project on internationalization of higher education in Israel motivated the author to use her research on internationalization and university teaching experiences in various countries to facilitate the Israeli partners to interrogate their pedagogical practices. Supported to engage in a…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Social Justice, Teaching Experience
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Ordaz-Villegas, Gabriela; Acle-Tomasini, Guadalupe – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2012
Introduction: The current models in the study of giftedness such as the Triadic Interdependence define it as a favorable outcome of the interaction between intrinsic (intellectual capacity, creativity and motivation) and extrinsic (family, peers, and school) factors. Based on this, the purpose of this study was to identify and establish a profile…
Descriptors: Gifted, Profiles, Adolescents, Intelligence
Koch, Anne S. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In the past twenty years, substantial investments have been made in educational technology at the K-12 level. While increased integration of technology in K-12 teaching is more likely to occur when prospective teachers are exposed to a variety of computer uses in the majority of their undergraduate courses prior to their teaching in schools, due…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Program Design, Teacher Education Programs
Daher, Douglas M.; And Others – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1977
The Resident Environment Adaptation Program (REAP) is a five-stage service designed to enable students to heighten the match between their needs and their residence hall environment. In addition to a description of the program, the article includes pilot project conclusions and further recommendations for development. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Dormitories, Educational Environment
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Nuhfer, Edward B. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1999
In contrast with most academic departments, interdisciplinary programs lack automatic identity, clear space, or curricular territory, and motivation is closely linked to program success. This includes motivation of students in class and outside of class, of contributing faculty, of administrators, and of societal peer groups, such as professional…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Departments, Educational Environment
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McDaniel, Elizabeth A.; Moreland, Tamara – Innovative Higher Education, 1994
This article describes a University of Hartford (Connecticut) program in which largely minority-group Hartford city high school graduates are enrolled at reduced tuition. Unique situations for learning are highlighted, including those encountered in residence halls, on campus, in class, in faculty and administrative offices, and in program…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
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Heuer, Bronwen; And Others – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1997
To facilitate the integration of technology into the learning environment, the Office of Instructional Computing at the State University of New York at Stony Brook engages students as peer mentors and as technology mentors to faculty. Examines the two mentoring relationships, the design of the programs, and the pros and cons of such programs. (PEN)
Descriptors: Consultants, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Higher Education
Pierce, Virginia L.; And Others – 1991
This paper summarizes the current contexts of education and teacher education, describes the Austin Teacher Program's (Austin College, Texas) response to these contexts, and outlines salient features of the Austin Teacher Program redesign. Four common themes emerge from commentary during recent years on the status of American education: increasing…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
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Laguillo, Edgardo – Journal of Medical Education, 1988
A national survey of family medicine programs and residency training in geriatrics found almost half using home care services as teaching sites. In the program design preferred by residents, the resident followed the patient long-term and discussed management with a multidisciplinary team. An alternative combined rotation is discussed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning, Family Practice (Medicine)
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Musoba, Glenda Droogsma – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2006
Evaluation can provide the assessment information for considering program change as well as be integral to the program design and pilot test of any new institutional intervention. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Program Design, Program Evaluation, Inquiry, Program Development
Harding, Frances M. – 1993
This manual offers information on developing, implementing, and maintaining college alcohol and other drug programs at New York institutions of higher education. The document notes that alcohol is the drug of choice for college students and that therefore alcohol-related issues and programs are the primary focus of the manual. Part 1 of the manual…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, College Students
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Center for the Study of the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
This volume contains abstracts of the presentations on the freshman and entering student programs at over 100 colleges, community colleges, and universities in the United States and Canada. Each abstract describes institutional programs and provides a name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for additional information. Among…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Diversity (Institutional)
Frankel, Alan D. – 1982
An interdisciplinary, team approach involving a variety of support services and a joint effort on the part of faculty, admissions personnel, peers, and tutors can be an effective tool for use in reducing the anxiety of adults who are returning to education. Whether they are organized to publicize departmental offerings or to explain the function…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Adult Education, Adult Students, Adults
Oblinger, Diana G., Ed.; Rush, Sean C., Ed. – 1998
This collection of 16 monographs centers around the theme the "future compatible campus," which is based on the premise that higher education will become a "connected campus" in a technology-enabled environment consisting of three components: connected learning, connected service to the community; and connected management. In…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Services, Computer Assisted Instruction