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Ozen, Hamit – Online Submission, 2016
Experiencing social phobia is an important factor which can hinder academic success during university years. In this study, research of social phobia with several variables is conducted among university students. The research group of the study consists of total 736 students studying at various departments at universities in Turkey. Students are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Anxiety Disorders, Social Environment
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Firmin, Michael; Proemmel, Elizabeth – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
In this conceptual paper, based on teaching and TA experience, seven suggestions are made for improving the statistics experience of students in social science courses. These include hiring non-mathematicians to teach the course; emphasize conceptual statistics rather than computational approaches; recognize that many, or ever most, social science…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Sciences, Statistics, Higher Education
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Miranda, Michael V. – Community College Enterprise, 2007
The academically underprepared community college student may also be psychosocially underprepared for college, a condition contributing to the development of classroom-specific social phobia and to the high attrition rate at community colleges. The "Find Your Voice Program" uses individual and group cognitive-behavioral techniques to develop…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Active Learning