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The Impact Of An Experiential Instructional Design On College Student Development, James Sottile, George Watson
The Impact Of An Experiential Instructional Design On College Student Development, James Sottile, George Watson
George R Watson
Although there is a lack of research regarding the impact of ropes courses on student development, this paper states that there is significant information on this experiential learning experience contributing to student retention. It describes research designed to study how an experiential ropes course can impact undergraduate male and female (18 to 26 years old) student development among students attending a university in a rural area of a Mideastern state. Along with survey data, observations, and journal writings, the students completed open-ended questions about their experiences on the final paper and were interviewed. When the data was analyzed from a …
Cheating In The Digital Age: Do Students Cheat More In Online Courses?, George R. Watson, James Sottile
Cheating In The Digital Age: Do Students Cheat More In Online Courses?, George R. Watson, James Sottile
George R Watson
With the assistance of the Internet and related technologies, students today have many more ways to be academically dishonest than students a generation ago. With more and more Internet based course offerings, the concern is whether cheating will increase as students work and take tests away from the eyes of instructors. While the research on academic dishonesty in general is quite extensive, there is very limited research on student cheating in online courses. This study of 635 undergraduate and graduate students at a medium sized university focused on student cheating behaviors in both types of classes (on-line and face to …