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Sonya Arreola; Mark Padilla; Emily A. Arnold; Dale Danley; Marguerita Lightfoot; William J. Woods; Torsten B. Neilands – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Background: To build research capacity for early-career faculty conducting HIV/STI research with minoritized communities and to enhance diversity in the scientific workforce, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Center for AIDS Prevention (CAPS) conducts a training program for visiting professors (VPs), begun in 1996. VPs are in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Scientific Research
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Greene, Carolyn A.; Ford, Julian D.; Ward-Zimmerman, Barbara; Honigfeld, Lisa; Pidano, Anne E. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2016
Background: Collaborative pediatric mental health and primary care is increasingly recognized as optimal for meeting the needs of children with mental health problems. This paper describes the challenges faced by freestanding specialty mental health clinics and pediatric health practices to provide such coordinated mind-and-body treatment. It…
Descriptors: Child Health, Pediatrics, Mental Disorders, Clinics
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Adams, Lyndall; Kueh, Christopher; Newman-Storen, Renee; Ryan, John – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2015
This is Not a Seminar (TINAS) is a multidisciplinary forum established in 2012 at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia to support practice-led and practice-based Higher Degree by Research students. The Faculty of Education and Arts at ECU includes cohorts of postgraduate research students in, for example, performance, design, writing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creative Activities, Student Research, Graduate Students
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Longtin, Susan – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2014
This Practice Brief describes a grant-funded pilot program at an urban four-year public college, developed to address the needs of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). This Interdisciplinary Collaborative Support Services program provided (1) more clinical assistance for students with ASD to promote their academic and social success; (2)…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Pilot Projects
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Springer, Matthew G.; Pane, John F.; Le, Vi-Nhuan; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Burns, Susan Freeman; Hamilton, Laura S.; Stecher, Brian – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2012
Education policymakers have shown increased interest in incentive programs for teachers based on the outcomes of their students. This article examines a program in which bonuses were awarded to teams of middle school teachers based on their collective contribution to student test score gains. The study employs a randomized controlled trial to…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Educational Experiments, Merit Pay, Rewards
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Costantino, Tracie; Kellam, Nadia; Cramond, Bonnie; Crowder, Isabelle – Art Education, 2010
Creativity often has been associated with the arts, although creativity also is essential for innovative discoveries and applications in science and engineering. In this article, a pilot study is presented about an investigation concerning how creativity is fostered in an art education course in conjunction with an undergraduate engineering…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Art Education, Engineering Education, Educational Cooperation
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Davidova, Evguenia – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2011
This article analyzes the findings of a pilot project conducted in 2008-2009 as a partnership between University Studies, Portland State University's interdisciplinary general education program, and the University's Russian Flagship Language Partner Program. The project proposes a new approach of integrating non-English speakers' language skills,…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Class Activities, General Education, Learning Activities
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Waltermaurer, Eve; Obach, Brian – Teaching Sociology, 2007
In this article, the authors describe a cross course collaborative research project designed to provide students with an opportunity to integrate aspects of sociological study that are typically addressed in a compartmentalized course by course manner. They used this approach on two separate occasions. The first involved collaboration between a…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Cooperation, Sociology, Statistics
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Mason, Christine Y.; Steedly, Kathlyn M.; Thormann, Mary S. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2008
The relationship between substantive arts involvement and social, cognitive, and artistic development is positive. Little is known about arts integrated within special education services to improve academic, cognitive, and social skills. We examined arts-based work and its impact on education of students with disabilities. During Study I, we…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Focus Groups, Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
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Lincoln, Robert D. – ERS Spectrum, 2000
A Connecticut principal describes how his middle school explored benefits of looping for seventh and eighth graders. Results of a study evaluating the effects of a pilot project on student discipline, attitudes, and achievement were positive enough to justify expanding looping to all seventh- and eighth-grade classes. (Contains 19 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discipline, Educational Benefits, Grade 7
Fling, Sheila; And Others – 1982
Twelve community residents (10 women, 2 men; average age = 67) registered for a continuing education class in "creative living for elders." In 10 weekly, 2-hour sessions, a clinical psychologist and two artists led the group in exercise, muscle relaxation, regulated breathing, guided imagery, affirmations, and sensory awareness integrated with art…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creativity, Exercise, Gerontology
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Burns, Rebecca C. – 1994
This report documents a 2-year research and development project aimed at determining the effects of interdisciplinary teamed instruction (ITI) on teaching and learning. The study also sought to validate the effectiveness of a professional development model that would facilitate development, implementation, and evaluation of ITI. Through summer…
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Development, Educational Benefits, Educational Change