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A Profile From A Secondary Analysis Of Alcohol Consumption Among Undergraduate College Students, April Conley Tallant
A Profile From A Secondary Analysis Of Alcohol Consumption Among Undergraduate College Students, April Conley Tallant
Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to create a profile of four types of undergraduate alcohol drinkers enrolled in post-secondary institutions in the Southern United States. The study focused on non-frequent, frequent, non-binge and binge drinkers. The study also identified alcohol-related personal protective behaviors and analyzed the difference in alcohol-related health consequences reported by non-frequent, frequent, non-binge and binge drinkers who were undergraduate college students enrolled in higher education institutions in the Southern United States. The research study was a secondary analysis of data using responses to the Spring 2006 National College Health Assessment. Select data were analyzed using chi-square …
Student Engagement In English 101 At The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, Laura Mcintosh Orr
Student Engagement In English 101 At The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, Laura Mcintosh Orr
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between student engagement and teaching techniques in English 101 courses at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Specifically, the main goals of this study were to determine which techniques are most related to engagement, and whether students and instructors consider the same techniques to be beneficial. Student and instructor surveys were collected from approximately 215 students and nine teachers. Student responses to multiple choice questions have revealed that student engagement is most closely associated with variables related to course organization, feedback and assessment, active learning techniques, and institutional involvement. Additionally, …
Reaching The Net Gen., Carol Tenopir
Reaching The Net Gen., Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Socioeconomic skewing Opening keynote speaker John Palfrey (faculty codirector, Berkman Institute for Internet and Society; professor, Harvard Law School; and coauthor of Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives ) warned that "one [wrong] perception...is that all young people use technology in the same way and that adults don't use technology." The information tap Within the young, tech-aware group, Palfrey pointed out certain concrete and distinct patterns of information-seeking behavior that signal real change. Because members of this group see their digital identity as merged with their total identity in a "converged environment," they can toggle easily between …