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Leak, Anne E.; Rothwell, Susan L.; Olivera, Javier; Zwickl, Benjamin; Vosburg, Jarrett; Martin, Kelly Norris – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
Problem-solving strategies learned by physics undergraduates should prepare them for real-world contexts as they transition from students to professionals. Yet, graduate students in physics-intensive research face problems that go beyond problem sets they experienced as undergraduates and are solved by different strategies than are typically…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Physics, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
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Stewart, Bonnie – Learning, Media and Technology, 2015
Within the academy, signals of a scholar's academic influence are made manifest in indices like the "h"-index, which rank output. In open scholarly networks, however, signals of influence are less codified, and the ways in which they are enacted and understood have yet to be articulated. Yet the influence scholars cultivate in open…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Ethnography
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Shavers, Marjorie C.; Moore, James L., III – Journal of College Student Development, 2014
Drawing on a larger study, this qualitative investigation uses Black feminist thought as the interpretive lens to investigate perceptions and experiences of African American female doctoral students at predominately White institutions (PWIs). Semistructured interviews were used to gain an understanding of their experiences and how these…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, African Americans, Feminism, Whites
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Sampson, Kaylene; Comer, Keith – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
This study explores learner experiences regarding skills acquisition of a cohort of engineering doctoral students enrolled in a New Zealand university. Employing a qualitative methodology, we interviewed 28 PhD students about the range of experiences and exchanges that comprised their pathways to skill acquisition. Students reported that research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students