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Instructors Learn From Homework, Too: Streamlining Data Collection To Facilitate Reteaching Before The Test, Erica J. Marti 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Instructors Learn From Homework, Too: Streamlining Data Collection To Facilitate Reteaching Before The Test, Erica J. Marti

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Whether it’s for accreditation or simply as a good teaching practice to inform future instruction, gathering and analyzing data can be time consuming. This is especially true for large classes. How can you streamline the process for quick evaluation?


Are Dogs Better Than Cats?: Teaching Oral & Written Persuasion Skills, Sara Mathis 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Are Dogs Better Than Cats?: Teaching Oral & Written Persuasion Skills, Sara Mathis

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First generation students often come into UNLV underprepared for the rigors of speaking and writing. Student’s success in their courses and future careers depend on their abilities to persuade through oral and written skills.


Tea-Searching With Undergrad & Grad Students: Moving Beyond The Stem Fields, Kim Nehls 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Tea-Searching With Undergrad & Grad Students: Moving Beyond The Stem Fields, Kim Nehls

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Tea-searching is a blend of teaching and research in the college classroom. It is learning by doing with in-class exercises and assignments designed to study complex problems, collect and analyze data, and discuss findings – all to varying levels at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. In the past decade, research on these student experiences has revealed the extensive array of professional and personal benefits.


Internships For Accounting Students, Daniel R. Siciliano 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Internships For Accounting Students, Daniel R. Siciliano

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ACC 400 is the first upper division class for accounting majors and students are introduced to the importance of internships.


Dialectical Teaching Strategies For First And Second-Year Students, Nathan M. Slife 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Dialectical Teaching Strategies For First And Second-Year Students, Nathan M. Slife

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An oppositional or bi-polar understanding of meaning (Rychlak, 1976). This ancient understanding of meaning has many applications for instructors.


Web Based Classroom Management Enhanced By Personalized And Experiential Learning, Cecilia Turman 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Web Based Classroom Management Enhanced By Personalized And Experiential Learning, Cecilia Turman

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The purpose of this practice is to promote experiential and personalized learning in online instruction.


Voluntary Web-Based Self-Assessment Quiz Use Improves Exam Performance, Especially For Learners With Low Prior Knowledge, Jenifer C. Utz, Matthew L. Bernacki 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Voluntary Web-Based Self-Assessment Quiz Use Improves Exam Performance, Especially For Learners With Low Prior Knowledge, Jenifer C. Utz, Matthew L. Bernacki

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We examined students’ voluntary use of digital self-assessment quizzes as a resource for learning in a large anatomy and physiology lecture course. Students (N = 238) could use 16 chapter quizzes and four analogous unit quizzes to rehearse and self-assess knowledge. Repeated use was uncommon (12%), as was lack of use (13%). Most students (75%) engaged in occasional use of self-assessment quiz items. Exam performance differed between repeated use (84%), occasional use (76%), and no use (72%) groups. Differences were greater among students who lacked prior knowledge of course topics. Quiz use improved performance more for low prior knowledge students, …


Volunteering In The Community: Combining Service And Learning, Elena Gandia Garcia 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Volunteering In The Community: Combining Service And Learning, Elena Gandia Garcia

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Most of the patients who use the services offered by the Lied Pediatric Clinic are minorities (70%), and half of those patients are Hispanic. The clinic lacks of professional interpreters to help monolingual doctors and residents to communicate with their patients.


A Teaching Method That Boosts Unlv Student Retention, Celeste Calkins, Mary-Ann Winkelmes 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

A Teaching Method That Boosts Unlv Student Retention, Celeste Calkins, Mary-Ann Winkelmes

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Nationally, underserved students are half as likely to graduate in 4 years as their white and Asian peers (US DoE 2014, Tough 2014, Ishitani 2006). UNLV proudly claims the most diverse undergraduate university population in the nation (US News 2017), including many first generation and low-income students. The majority of UNLV students fall into this underserved category, and our retention rates (re-enrollment rates after the 1st year) indicate that roughly ¼ of our 1st-year students do not re-enroll the subsequent year.


Instructional Methods That Improve Outcomes For Unlv Students In The Virtual Classroom, Tiffiany Howard 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Instructional Methods That Improve Outcomes For Unlv Students In The Virtual Classroom, Tiffiany Howard

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The demand for online education programs has resulted in the expansion of course and degree offerings, and a steady increase in online student enrollment nationwide (U.S. News, 2016). While the goal of online education is to improve access to higher education, historically underrepresented groups experience lower course completion rates and poorer grade performance in online classes, when compared to underrepresented students enrolled in hybrid and in person courses.


Developing A Teaching Philosophy Statement, Steve Hayden 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Developing A Teaching Philosophy Statement, Steve Hayden

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In the college of education it is common practice for students to write multiple versions of a concise and direct teaching philosophy statement (1,000-1,500 words).


Add Interactive Elements To Videos Using H5p, Benjamin Root 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Add Interactive Elements To Videos Using H5p, Benjamin Root

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To increase student engagement, video materials can include interactive components.


Using A Breakout Box To Encourage The 4cs In The Classroom, Erica S. Tietjen 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Using A Breakout Box To Encourage The 4cs In The Classroom, Erica S. Tietjen

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Small groups can benefit from practicing the “4Cs” skills that will continue to be important in the 21st century (NEA, 2017): Critical thinking Communication Collaboration Creativity


Photo Assignments: An Exploration Of Student Retention Rate, Lawrence Mullen 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Photo Assignments: An Exploration Of Student Retention Rate, Lawrence Mullen

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In an attempt to increase student retention and graduation rates, many colleges and universities have some sort of freshman course, or first-year seminar that serves to introduce students to college life. The course also helps students transition from high school.


Enhancing Students' Learning With Word-Games: A Case Of Hospitality Ob Class, Cass Shum 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Enhancing Students' Learning With Word-Games: A Case Of Hospitality Ob Class, Cass Shum

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Learning a new subject involves learning and memorizing a new set of vocabulary (Parry, 1995), a challenge for an increasingly international student population (e.g., Barron & Arcodia, 2002; McDowell, 1998; Zimmermann, 2009).


Facebook Group In Acc 202, Daniel R. Siciliano 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Facebook Group In Acc 202, Daniel R. Siciliano

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ACC 202 has three sections of 100-120 students in each section each semester.


Creative Student Engagement, Robyn Raschke 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Creative Student Engagement, Robyn Raschke

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Many students do not feel comfortable asking questions in front of the whole class and stay quiet during class.


To Hy Or Not To Hy: Benefits Of Hybrid (Hy) Courses For Students & Faculty, Heather Whitesides, Yeonsoo Kim 2018 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

To Hy Or Not To Hy: Benefits Of Hybrid (Hy) Courses For Students & Faculty, Heather Whitesides, Yeonsoo Kim

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The Hybrid (HY) model is being introduced to support our University’s student success equation. Defined as meeting half face to face and half online, the HY model opens space for more courses to be offered.


Teaching To Learn: Learning Outcomes Following A Student Directed Vocal Health Education Program, Hannah Sons 2018 Illinois State University

Teaching To Learn: Learning Outcomes Following A Student Directed Vocal Health Education Program, Hannah Sons

Graduate Independent Studies - Communication Sciences and Disorders

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January 2018, Yolanda Carr, C.J. Smith 2018 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

January 2018, Yolanda Carr, C.J. Smith

The Source

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