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Gillian-Daniel, Anne Lynn; Taylor, Benjamin L.; Gillian-Daniel, Donald L. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2020
Effective communication by science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals is crucial to building an informed and scientifically literate public (Holt, 2019). While universities do an excellent job of training scientists in the practices of their discipline, they often fail to produce scientists equally effective at communicating…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Self Efficacy, Communication Skills, STEM Education
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Engler, Karen S.; MacGregor, Cynthia J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2018
At a time when deaf education teacher preparation programs are declining in number, little is known about their actual effectiveness. A phenomenological case study of a graduate-level comprehensive deaf education teacher preparation program at a midwestern university explored empowered and enabled learning of teacher candidates using the Missouri…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Blake, Aaron J.; Huang, Hong – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Graphene has opened up new opportunities for scientific and technological innovations because of its astonishing electrical, mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties. For instance, graphene-based nanocomposites have found extensive applications in Li-ion batteries (LIBs) as scientists and engineers seek to achieve superior electrochemical…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Graduate Study
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Liebling-Boccio, Dana E.; Jennings, Heather R. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
Directors and coordinators (n = 75) of graduate programs in school psychology approved by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) were surveyed regarding their training practices in suicide risk assessment. Respondents viewed the assessment of suicide risk as an important part of graduate instruction, and most believed that…
Descriptors: Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Suicide, School Psychology
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Brown, Paula M.; Quenin, Cathy – Volta Review, 2010
The specialty preparation program within the speech-language pathology master's degree program at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, was designed to train speech-language pathologists to work with children who are deaf and hard of hearing, ages 0 to 21. The program is offered in collaboration with the Rochester Institute of Technology,…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Early Intervention, Distance Education, Oral Language
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Paterson, Marietta M.; Cole, Elizabeth – Volta Review, 2010
This profile describes the University of Hartford's new Master of Education degree program in Aural Habilitation and Education of Hearing-Impaired Children. The Aural Habilitation and Education graduate program was conceptualized as a model partnership between Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) Soundbridge, the largest public provider of…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Oral Language, Partial Hearing, Deafness
Gill, Wanda E. – Online Submission, 2011
The report, "The Ready to Teach Program: A Federal Initiative in Support of Online Courses for Teachers", describes the history of the Ready to Teach Program and its role as one of the solutions to the national need to increase the performance of teachers through professional development. The report describes selected findings from the Eisenhower…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Online Courses, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness
Adelman, Howard S. – J Learning Disabilities, 1970
Reviews basic issues confronting current training programs and offers an analysis of their strengths, weaknesses, and limitations. (JM)
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Learning Disabilities, Practicums, Professional Education
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Fernald, Peter S. – American Psychologist, 1995
Presents two interrelated stories: one concerning the author's struggles to become an effective teacher of psychology, and the second about the University of New Hampshire's graduate program in psychology and its emphasis on research and teaching. The program's two-semester Seminar and Practicum in the Teaching of Psychology is detailed, and data…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Practicums, Professional Development, Program Design
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Frey, Timothy – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2008
This study investigated the impact of a project-based graduate practicum experience that was facilitated online. The study investigated the effects of the online practicum experience by: (a) using quantitative data to assess the learning and professional growth of the practicum participants in comparison to a group of teachers that did not…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Practicums, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Skills
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Leverett-Main, Sarah – Counselor Education and Supervision, 2004
The purpose of the current research was to ascertain program directors' perceptions of the effectiveness of applicant screening measures currently used in counselor education programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs and their perceptions of the effectiveness of measures of graduate student…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Counseling, Practicums, Graduate Students
Greene, Gary; Albright, Leonard – 1993
In 1987, a graduate-level program to train transition service specialists was instituted at California State University at Long Beach. The program, known as the Collaborative Transition Services Training Program (CTSTP), is an 18-semester unit program organized into three phases: a 3-unit course on transition programming for youth and adults with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Patton, Linda W. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1988
Saint Louis University has achieved a no-cost expansion of its staff and services by implementing a graduate-level Research Administration Practicum. The practicum has a dual focus: to enhance the graduate experience by integrating research skills and theory with practice; and to provide more staff at minimal expense. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, Experiential Learning, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Thompson, Richard A. – 1987
Many teacher educators have concluded that the format of graduate reading practicum reports (which have been patterned after medical or psychological reports), needs to be reexamined or refined. In the University of Central Florida's reading practicum classes, practicum reports are becoming more simplified, with pedagogical and psychological…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
MacMinn, Paul; Ross, Roland G. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
In September 1947, the National Vocational Guidance Association, through its Division of Professional Training and Certification, appointed a planning committee to work out a manual on the preparation of counselors. Interest in this project spread until seven additional organizations expressed a willingness to cooperate. The results of the study…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, School Guidance, Guidance Programs