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How Do Learning Communities Affect First-Year Latino Students?
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Huerta, Juan Carlos; Bray, Jennifer J. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
Do learning communities with pedagogies of active learning, collaborative learning, and integration of course material affect the learning, achievement, and persistence of first-year Latino university students? The data for this project was obtained from a survey of 1,330 first-year students in the First-Year Learning Community Program at Texas…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Freshmen, Hispanic American Students, Active Learning
Creating Conditions for Professional Practice in Non-School Settings.
Burch, Barbara G. – 1981
Colleges and departments of education need to expand their programs to meet the needs of students who will work in human services areas or in other nonschool settings. These students will become Educational Services Professionals (ESPs) and will focus on the educational aspects of human services and human resources development in such functions as…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Core Curriculum, Faculty Development, Higher Education
When Dreams and Heroes Died. A Portrait of Today's College Student. Prepared for the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education.
Levine, Arthur – 1980
Stereotypes of the overall character of the college student population are seen to have persisted, inaccurately, for several decades. The dangers of such stereotypes are pointed out and educators are warned against policies and practices based on misconceptions about today's students. Information from national surveys of over 95,000 undergraduates…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Students
Abstracts of Human Services Education Program Descriptions.
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American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Human services programs offered at 30 schools, colleges, and departments of education are described. All of the colleges and universities offering the programs are members of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. The programs are described through abstracts, written by the institutions, and contain the following information:…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Counselor Training, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Middle Level Curriculum in Action.
Messick, Rosemary G.; Reynolds, Karen E. – 1992
This textbook explores ways in which to teach young adolescents successfully and is based on the premise that curriculum and teaching methods should be designed to create a challenging environment. A developmental view of the young adolescent is presented and is connected to middle level curriculum development; information on content rationales is…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
General Learning at a Women's College.
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Ratcliff, James L.; Jones, Elizabeth A. – 1990
A study was conducted at a women's college to compare contrasting ideas of general education curriculum requirements: the prescribed core curriculum in which all students take the same courses versus the distributive model in which students are required to choose a minimum number of courses within specified academic areas. Graduating seniors were…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cluster Analysis