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Brinley Poulsen Stringer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Many interventions are being studied to help combat barriers into STEM fields that contribute to high attrition and low persistence rates (Chen, 2013; Ejiwale, 2013; Ellis et al., 2016). One such intervention is near-peer mentor (NPM) programs, which utilize undergraduate students as academic supports to fellow undergraduate students. Studies have…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mathematics Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Mentors
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Sara Davidson Squibb; Elizabeth Salmon; Yueqi Yan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
Grant programs that foster the use of open educational resources (OER) significantly reduce undergraduate student spending on textbooks per semester. The Zero-Cost Course Materials (ZCCM) grant program at the University of California, Merced (UC Merced), eliminated text costs and ensured access to course materials by replacing required commercial…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Student Costs, Textbooks, Grants
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Yagmur Tuc; Nejdet Karadag – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2023
In this study, it is aimed to evaluate Anadolu University Open Education Faculty Call Center Services Associate Degree Program, which is carried out through open and distance education, according to learner views within the framework of Stufflebeam's Context, Input, Process, Product (CIPP) Evaluation Model and to make suggestions for the…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation
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Emily A. Sewell; J. Shane Robinson; Jon W. Ramsey; Robert Terry Jr.; Ki L. Cole – Career and Technical Education Research, 2024
This exploratory evaluation of Oklahoma SBAE students' perceived knowledge, experience, interest to learn more, and motivation to pursue a career in the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) Career Pathway (The National Council for Agricultural Education, 2015) areas while engaging the Agricultural Career Experience (AgCE) curricular…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Agricultural Education, Foods Instruction, Natural Resources
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Leanne Fried; Christine Lovering; Sarah Falconer; Jacinta Francis; Robyn Johnston; Karen Lombardi; Kevin Runions; Karen Forde; Naomi Crosby; Lilly Blue – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2023
Background: Mental health concerns prevent positive well-being and are key challenges for Australian children and young people. Arts organisations play a role in enhancing the positive mental health of children and young people. This paper describes the involvement of young people and their parents in the development of a resource for arts…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Resources, Well Being, Mental Health
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ElKaleh, Eman – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate leadership curricula in UAE business and education management programmes and examine the extent to which they are derived from and linked to students' cultural and Islamic values using Habermas' critical theory. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs a mixed methods approach that takes…
Descriptors: Management Development, Leadership Training, Business Schools, Discourse Analysis
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Fernandes, Kathy; Christie, Brett; Bayard, Jean-Pierre; Kennedy, Leslie – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2019
In 2013, with a 30% state budget cut after the Great Recession, many of the 450,000 California State University (CSU) students across the 23-campus system were unable to enroll in courses they needed to move closer to graduation; there was a lack of available course sections. In addition to a reduced number of seats available for students, 30% to…
Descriptors: State Universities, Educational Innovation, College Faculty, Instructional Design
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Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2020
These proceedings contain the papers of the 14th International Conference on e-Learning (EL 2020), which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, July 21-23, 2020. This conference is part of the 14th Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2020, July 21-25, which had a total of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Open Educational Resources
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Ekuri, Emmanuel Etta – Research in Education, 2012
The Cross River State Science and Technical Education Project was introduced in 1992 by edict number 9 of 20 December 1991, "Cross River State Science and Technical Education Board Edit, 20 December, 1991", with the aim of improving the quality of science teaching and learning in the state. As the success of the project depends…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biology, Chemistry, Physics
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Levy, Roger; Dickerson, Claire; Teague, Joanna – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2011
This article focuses on a blended learning curriculum development project, in which a student was "prospectively" engaged with teacher educators in developing resources designed to increase support for academic reading. Curriculum development took place at the University of Hertfordshire School of Education through the Change Academy for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Reading Materials, Teacher Educators, Blended Learning
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Henderson, Fiona; Whitelaw, Paul A. – Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 2013
Academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, is a chronic problem. This paper reports the results of a project undertaken at a public funded university in Melbourne, Australia, in partnership with colleagues from a public funded university in Beijing, China, to combat this and other problems associated with academic literacy. The prime focus of the…
Descriptors: Cheating, Plagiarism, Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education
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Jarvis, Claire; Dickie, Jennifer – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2010
The paper introduces a library of video podcasts (vodcasts) used to support the learning and teaching of geographical methods and techniques relating to physical geography and GIScience in particular. While the notion of video learning is not new, the accessibility of the multimedia snippets via lightweight mp4 players in a field context allows a…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Physical Geography, Diaries, Multimedia Instruction
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Zhao, Xin – English Language Teaching, 2009
If the purpose of language learning is communication, then improving students' reading comprehension competence becomes an overall goal in language teaching. This paper examines the online resources of reading comprehension tests with non-English major college students, and tackles the problem with the teaching method of integrating web-based…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Howell-Carter, Marya, Ed.; Gonder, Jennifer, Ed. – Online Submission, 2011
Conference proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations, sponsored by the Psychology Department of the State University of New York at Farmingdale. The conference theme for 2011 was: The Future of the Undergraduate Psychology Major: New Directions in an Evolving Educational Climate. The Conference…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Psychology, Undergraduate Study, Majors (Students)
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Marsiglia, Flavio Francisco; Holleran, Lori; Jackson, Kristina M. – Social Work in Education, 2000
Fifty-five schools implemented substance abuse prevention programs, some received additional support from an outside innovator. Findings are interpreted from an ecological systems approach and in relationship to development and environment factors. Theoretical and programmatic implications are discussed, and recommendations for school social…
Descriptors: Ecology, Educational Resources, Prevention, Program Evaluation
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