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Preface, Volume 31 (2012), James E. Groccia Jan 2012

Preface, Volume 31 (2012), James E. Groccia

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Preface to volume 31 (2012) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by James E. Groccia of Auburn University.


Faculty Engagement In Program-Level Outcomes Assessment, Elizabeth L. Evans Jan 2012

Faculty Engagement In Program-Level Outcomes Assessment, Elizabeth L. Evans

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Millennial Students, Michele Dipietro Jan 2012

Millennial Students, Michele Dipietro

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Contemplative Pedagogy, Daniel Barbezat, Allison Pingree Jan 2012

Contemplative Pedagogy, Daniel Barbezat, Allison Pingree

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

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What A Long Strange Trip It’S Been: A Comparison Of Authors, Abstracts, And References In The 1991 And 2010 Icls Proceedings, Victor R. Lee, Lei Ye, Mimi Recker Jan 2012

What A Long Strange Trip It’S Been: A Comparison Of Authors, Abstracts, And References In The 1991 And 2010 Icls Proceedings, Victor R. Lee, Lei Ye, Mimi Recker

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

We examine differences in authorship, word usage, and references in full papers from the 1991 and 2010 ICLS proceedings. Through a series of analyses, we observe that, while authors largely hail from the US, national and regional participation in the LS community has broadened. Word usage suggests a shift in emphasis from cognitive issues to ones that are both cognitive and cultural. Reference analysis indicates a shift in core literatures and influential authors.


Criteria For Evaluating Journals In The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning In Agriculture, Natural Resources, And The Life Sciences, Marianne S. Bracke, Sharon A. Weiner, Judith M. Nixon, Scott Deatherage Jan 2012

Criteria For Evaluating Journals In The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning In Agriculture, Natural Resources, And The Life Sciences, Marianne S. Bracke, Sharon A. Weiner, Judith M. Nixon, Scott Deatherage

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

The purpose of this paper was to identify existing criteria that may be considered in evaluating journals in the scholarship of teaching and learning in agriculture, natural resources, and the life sciences. This can assist faculty authors and evaluators of promotion and tenure cases to explain indicators of the quality of the publications. The commonly accepted criteria are: peer review; acceptance rate; longevity; open access availability; inclusion in indexing/abstracting services; citation analysis; and expert opinion. These data were collected for a representative set of journals which indicated that: acceptance rates for the journals varied widely; most of the journals existed …