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The Impact Of An Experiential Instructional Design On College Student Development, James Sottile, George Watson Jul 2015

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 …


The Importance Of Connected Communities To Flood Resilience, Neil Dufty Jan 2013

The Importance Of Connected Communities To Flood Resilience, Neil Dufty

Neil Dufty

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