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Perceptions Of College/University Students On High School Science And Stem Courses, Brian Park Jan 2023

Perceptions Of College/University Students On High School Science And Stem Courses, Brian Park

Theses and Dissertations

Over the years, the evolution of science along with technology, engineering, and mathematics has been noticeably evident while science education, on the other hand, has shown little development. The research study aimed to investigate future change initiative implementation in secondary science curricula. In addition, the purpose of the research was to learn and examine postsecondary students' perceptions of how well secondary science education prepared them for the postsecondary level plus for schools to utilize the feedback received from students to further improve the quality of science education. The data for the study were collected through semi-structured interviews with 10 college/university …


Teacher's Guide To Using Literature To Promote Inclusion Of People With Disabilities, Bruce Menchetti May 2021

Teacher's Guide To Using Literature To Promote Inclusion Of People With Disabilities, Bruce Menchetti

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The Teacher’s Guide to Using Literature to Promote Inclusion of People with Disabilities has been designed to assist teachers who wish to use literature to promote inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of life. The Guide consists of two parts. Part 1 is a rubric for evaluating how short stories, books, poems, TV programs, movies, digital media, and other forms of literature portray characters with disabilities. Part 2 of the Teacher’s Guide to Using Literature to Promote Inclusion of People with Disabilities is a curriculum guide with learning objectives, lesson activities, and strategies for outcome evaluation. The curriculum …


A Quick, Free, Somewhat Easy-To-Read Introduction To Empirical Social Science Research Methods, Christopher S. Horne Apr 2018

A Quick, Free, Somewhat Easy-To-Read Introduction To Empirical Social Science Research Methods, Christopher S. Horne

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A free, brief textbook to introduce students to the core concepts of empirical social science research methods. This textbook has been used as the main textbook in an undergraduate social science research methods course (supplemented by many in-class exercises and research reports) and as the basis of a review in preparation for graduate-level study in research methods and program evaluation. A note to instructors: If you use this text in any way, whether as the primary text, a supplemental text, or a recommended resource, I ask only two small favors: (1) When you make it available to students, please always …


Clark County Population Vs. Unlv Student Enrollment, Gregory Goronson, John Inductivo, Joseph Copanas Jan 2018

Clark County Population Vs. Unlv Student Enrollment, Gregory Goronson, John Inductivo, Joseph Copanas

Math 365 Class Projects

Year after year new high school graduates seek higher education. How does an institution like UNLV prepare for newcomers? More specifically, how will they implement such numbers into resources for incoming and returning students, also taking into account the growing population of Clark County.


Unlv Financial Aid Forecasting, Austin-Ryan Abendanio, Cheyenne D'Cruz, Julie Jeon, Michelle Trinchera Jan 2018

Unlv Financial Aid Forecasting, Austin-Ryan Abendanio, Cheyenne D'Cruz, Julie Jeon, Michelle Trinchera

Math 365 Class Projects

With an increasing population of students enrolling into UNLV each year, it is important to be able to predict the financial aid funding for future years. We were able to predict how many students would apply for aid and whether or not they would receive any, or enough need-based financial aid, from the years 2019-2023.


Faculty Rating Of Administration Committee Report, 2016-2017, Susan M. Thul May 2017

Faculty Rating Of Administration Committee Report, 2016-2017, Susan M. Thul

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Budget And Economic Status Committee Report, 2016-2017, Gavin Townsend Apr 2017

Budget And Economic Status Committee Report, 2016-2017, Gavin Townsend

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Honor Court Committee Report, 2016-2017, Marcia Noe Apr 2017

Honor Court Committee Report, 2016-2017, Marcia Noe

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Curriculum Committee Report, 2016-2017, Charlene Simmons Apr 2017

Curriculum Committee Report, 2016-2017, Charlene Simmons

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Classroom Technology Committee Report, 2016-2017, Karen Adsit Apr 2017

Classroom Technology Committee Report, 2016-2017, Karen Adsit

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Committee Report, 2016-2017, Patrick Sweetman Apr 2017

Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Committee Report, 2016-2017, Patrick Sweetman

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Petitions Committee Report, 2016-2017, Virginia Cairns Apr 2017

Petitions Committee Report, 2016-2017, Virginia Cairns

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Learning Support And Auxiliary Services Committee Report, 2016-2017, Jennifer T. Ellis Apr 2017

Learning Support And Auxiliary Services Committee Report, 2016-2017, Jennifer T. Ellis

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


General Education Committee Report, 2016-2017, Lane Wilkinson Apr 2017

General Education Committee Report, 2016-2017, Lane Wilkinson

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Academic Standards & Scholarship Committee Report, 2016-2017, Manuel F. Santiago Apr 2017

Academic Standards & Scholarship Committee Report, 2016-2017, Manuel F. Santiago

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Athletics Committee Report, 2016-2017, Gretchen E. Potts Apr 2017

Athletics Committee Report, 2016-2017, Gretchen E. Potts

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Student Media Board Committee Report, 2016-2017, David Sachsman Apr 2017

Student Media Board Committee Report, 2016-2017, David Sachsman

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Undergraduate Admissions Committee Report, 2016-2017, Aaron Shaheen Apr 2017

Undergraduate Admissions Committee Report, 2016-2017, Aaron Shaheen

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Faculty Administrative Relations Committee Report, 2016-2017, Parthasarati Dileepan Mar 2017

Faculty Administrative Relations Committee Report, 2016-2017, Parthasarati Dileepan

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Faculty Grants Committee Report, 2016-2017, Sumith Gunasekera Mar 2017

Faculty Grants Committee Report, 2016-2017, Sumith Gunasekera

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Student Rating Of Faculty Instruction Committee Report, 2016-2017, Chantelle Swaren Mar 2017

Student Rating Of Faculty Instruction Committee Report, 2016-2017, Chantelle Swaren

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Petitions Committee Report, 2015-2016, Virginia Cairns Jun 2016

Petitions Committee Report, 2015-2016, Virginia Cairns

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Faculty Administrative Relations Committee Report, 2015-2016, Priscilla Seaman Apr 2016

Faculty Administrative Relations Committee Report, 2015-2016, Priscilla Seaman

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Undergraduate Admissions Committee Report, 2015-2016, Gail Meyer Apr 2016

Undergraduate Admissions Committee Report, 2015-2016, Gail Meyer

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Academic Standards & Scholarship Committee Report, 2015-2016, Manuel F. Santiago Apr 2016

Academic Standards & Scholarship Committee Report, 2015-2016, Manuel F. Santiago

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Student Media Board Committee Report, 2015-2016, Lisa Burke-Smalley Apr 2016

Student Media Board Committee Report, 2015-2016, Lisa Burke-Smalley

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Budget And Economic Status Committee Report, 2015-2016, Michael Bell Apr 2016

Budget And Economic Status Committee Report, 2015-2016, Michael Bell

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


General Education Committee Report, 2015-2016, Lane Wilkinson Apr 2016

General Education Committee Report, 2015-2016, Lane Wilkinson

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Faculty Rating Of Administration Committee Report, 2015-2016, Gary Wilkerson Apr 2016

Faculty Rating Of Administration Committee Report, 2015-2016, Gary Wilkerson

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.


Faculty Grants Committee Report, 2015-2016, Michael Thompson Apr 2016

Faculty Grants Committee Report, 2015-2016, Michael Thompson

Faculty Senate Committee Reports

Annual report for a committee of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Faculty Senate.