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Nevaeh Braucks Honors Portfolio, Nevaeh Braucks

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Nevaeh Braucks' honors portfolio captured in May 2023.

Samantha Sunnarborg Honors Portfolio, Samantha Sunnarborg

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Samantha Sunnarborg's honors portfolio captured in May 2023.

Olivia Johnson Honors Portfolio, Olivia Johnson

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Olivia Johnson's honors portfolio captured in May 2023.

Molly Hill Honors Portfolio, Molly Hill

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Molly Hill's honors portfolio captured in January 2023.

Academic Dishonesty: The Ghost Of Papers Past, Wayne T. Whitmore

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This research project examined student’s acts of academic dishonesty and their beliefs regarding whether acts of academic dishonesty were acceptable through survey research conducted online at a two-year college and a four-year university in the Minnesota State (MinnState) system in southern Minnesota. This research aimed to build on existing research related to academic dishonesty in higher education. The sample included 195 students enrolled at a two-year comprehensive college and a four-year state university. Outcomes indicated a majority of students engaged in acts of academic dishonesty. Second, outcomes indicated men are more likely to engage in academic dishonesty than women. Third, …

Library Study Spaces And Accessibility, Jessica Schomberg, Elizabeth Harsma, Prajita Chauhan, Oscar Gonzalez

Library Services Publications

To understand the library study space needs of students with disabilities by thinking about study spaces through a disability lens and using theory-based interview questions to conduct a qualitative exploration of student needs related to the accessibility of study spaces. Recommendations are provided.

Engineering Students’ Perceptions Of Belongingness In Civil Engineering, Lisa Benson, Candice Bolding, Jennifer Harper Ogle, Catherine Mcgough Spence, Joseph Murphy, Rachel Lanning

Integrated Engineering Department Publications

Prior research shows that engineering students with low feelings of belongingness tend to switch to non-technical majors. With the understanding that aspects of student motivation, identity, and personality, as well as their academic performance, affect their sense of community in engineering, this study seeks to assess these student attributes over time. The context for this study is a single civil engineering program that is undergoing both curricular and cultural changes as part of an NSF-funded project. The data and findings presented here are part of a larger study of how student attitudes and beliefs change during their experiences in a …

Ibelizet Dominguez Honors Portfolio, Ibelizet Dominguez

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Ibelizet Dominguez's honors portfolio captured in May 2019.

Avery Whooley Honors Portfolio, Avery Marie Mercier Whooley

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Avery Whooley's honors portfolio captured in May 2019.

An Examination Of Students Perceptions Of "Learning" In A Study Abroad Experience And Recommendations For Effective Pedagogy, Scott Dickmeyer, Ronda Knox

Speaker & Gavel

Undergraduate study abroad programs are becoming more popular in our increasingly global society. Students consider the opportunity to study abroad to be a personally impacting educational experience. This study provided empirical data demonstrating that study abroad experiences are unique as students learn in ways that differ from the tradition classroom. Additionally, the results indicate that students struggle with the interdependent terms study and abroad. The experience of living abroad is exceptionally educational as well deeply personal and impacting. However, traditional classroom study practices (reading textbooks, taking exams, etc.) impose obstacles for the experiential learning (living in another culture). As such, …

Zachary Petzel Honors Portfolio, Zachary Andrew Petzel

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Zachary Petzel's honors portfolio captured in December 2015.

Mariah Haffield Honors Portfolio, Mariah Jean Haffield

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Mariah Haffield's honors portfolio captured in December 2015.

Rachael (Igo) Bennett Honors Portfolio, Rachael Rose Igo

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Rachael Igo's honors portfolio captured in December 2015.

Making Historians Of Theatre History Students: The First Three Steps, David Wintersteen

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

Without the guidance of a clear hypothesis, student research projects founder. This paper outlines a process by which students undergo the essential first stages that lead to successful research projects in Theatre History. The paper outlines three stages: “Quest for Fire,” in which the student identifies a subject area that interests them; “Fence Me In,” in which the student defines the research area and established distinct parameters; and “The Dreaded Hypothesis,” in which the student articulates a clear, unique and functional hypothesis. By implementing these initial three stages, teachers can create the conditions under which students motivate themselves to complete …

Abrar Zawed Honors Portfolio, Abrar Zawed

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Abrar Zawed's honors portfolio captured in April 2015.

Katie Westermayer Honors Portfolio, Katie Lynn Westermayer

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Katie Westermayer's honors portfolio captured in December 2014.

2014 Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars Posters At St. Paul Abstract Booklet, Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars

Posters at St. Paul

Abstract booklet from the first Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars Posters at St. Paul event.

The multi-disciplinary poster presentation was held at the State Capitol in St. Paul on February 26, 2014 from 11:00-1:00 PM in the Rotunda. Participating campuses included: Anoka-Ramsey Community College; Bemidji State University; Inver Hills Community College; Metropolitan State University; Minneapolis Community and Technical College; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Minnesota State University, Moorhead; North Hennepin Community College; Rochester Community and Technical College; St. Cloud State University; Southwest Minnesota State University and Winona State University.

Ratemyprofessors.Com: Gossip Or Useful Information, Kellian Clink

Library Services Publications

Ratemyprofessors.com (RMP) is a database that allows students to voice and share their opinions about their university and college teachers. The evaluation website allows students to rate their teachers after the student identifies the class, the level of interest the student has in the class, and the date they are posting the evaluation. They can rate the professors on difficulty, helpfulness, and clarity and post general comments. Online since 1999, RateMyProfessors now contains over 4,200,000 ratings for professors from 5242 schools. Students do use this source, but should they? Is it just gossip or does it have useful information for …