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Implementing The Flipped Classroom In An Undergraduate Corporate Finance Course, Jayendra S. Gokhale
Implementing The Flipped Classroom In An Undergraduate Corporate Finance Course, Jayendra S. Gokhale
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This study analyzes flipped mode of instruction in Corporate Finance. In the current environment, with many students in quarantine and greater emphasis on self-study, it is even more relevant to understand how students understand and retain concepts derived from online environment. In this study, performance of students in flipped mode is compared with the performance in traditional lecture-style. In flipped class, students watched a brief video-lecture, took an online assessment quiz prior to attending an interactive discussion-based class session, unlike the traditional lecture style. The results of this study suggest that with flipped mode, most students take greater responsibility of …
Toward Developing An Academic Discipline, Tim Brady, Alan J. Stolzer
Toward Developing An Academic Discipline, Tim Brady, Alan J. Stolzer
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It is not often in the life of an academic or of an academic institution that circumstances coalesce to bring about a new academic discipline. But it happened recently, thus a review of the circumstances may be of interest and potentially instructive. Disciplines are typically characterized as a field of study at institutions of higher learning; they have a definable body of knowledge, scholars who contribute to that body of knowledge, teachers who teach in the field, a community of people who identify with the field, a refereed journal, are often associated with a professional practice and, in many cases, …
Experiential Education As A Framework For Student Affairs' Educator Role, Aaron D. Clevenger
Experiential Education As A Framework For Student Affairs' Educator Role, Aaron D. Clevenger
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"The purpose of this article is to provide student affairs practitioner-scholars with an applied framework/action plan for incorporating experiential education techniques into their daily practice of hosting and/or advising events, and other planned experiences. Utilizing the National Society of Experiential Education’s eight principles of good practice as a praxis, student affairs educators may achieve many of the following benefits: 1) a consistent language and definitions, which will promote a common understanding and common values; 2) a learning community helping to develop skills, known to be effective in ensuring learning and creating an engaged environment; 3) a plethora of research and …
Counting Quality, John Strassburger
Counting Quality, John Strassburger
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This is the fifth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Transforming Experiences: The Benefits Of Intellectual Risk, John Strassburger
Transforming Experiences: The Benefits Of Intellectual Risk, John Strassburger
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This is the fourth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Tales Out Of School: Six Secrets From Successful Teachers, John Strassburger
Tales Out Of School: Six Secrets From Successful Teachers, John Strassburger
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This is the third in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Writing For Their Lives, John Strassburger
Writing For Their Lives, John Strassburger
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This is the second in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Education For Self-Reliance, Responsibility And Hope, John Strassburger
Education For Self-Reliance, Responsibility And Hope, John Strassburger
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This is the first in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Star: A Computerized Tutorial In General Psychology, Barbara S. Chaparro, Charles G. Halcomb
Star: A Computerized Tutorial In General Psychology, Barbara S. Chaparro, Charles G. Halcomb
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This study investigated the use of a computerized tutorial--Self-Test and Review (STAR)--in a computer-managed general psychology course. STAR consists of four major modules which provide the student with a variety of learning exercises, including practice quizzes, practice final exams, performance reviews, and structured study questions. The purpose of the study was to determine whether students would choose STAR as a study tool, the effect of lecture versus self-paced settings on the use of STAR, whether students who used STAR would perform better than those who did not, and the effect of the timing of feedback in STAR on performance. Students …