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The Search For Balance: Understanding And Implementing A Peace And Yoga Program, Joy L. Wiggins Apr 2013

The Search For Balance: Understanding And Implementing A Peace And Yoga Program, Joy L. Wiggins

Joy L. Wiggins

No abstract provided.


Undergraduate Research Programs And The Academic Library, Nancy Cunningham, Richard Pollenz Ph.D., Drew Smith, Mark I. Greenberg Ph.D. Apr 2012

Undergraduate Research Programs And The Academic Library, Nancy Cunningham, Richard Pollenz Ph.D., Drew Smith, Mark I. Greenberg Ph.D.

Mark I. Greenberg

Undergraduate research (UR) programs attract highly motivated students who often continue on to graduate/professional schools but may lack necessary information literacy skills. Collaboration with UR programs provides librarians new opportunities to help students develop these skills and work with specialized collections in the context of a research experience. In this webinar, librarians and UR administrators share their experiences in forging collaborations based on UR and library training resources, explain how information literacy skills programming has been embedded into UR, and demonstrate how this partnership has led to greater visibility of library services, collections and UR among all undergraduates.


Beautiful Losers, William Lyne Jan 2008

Beautiful Losers, William Lyne

William Lyne

No abstract provided.


Tune-Up In Math: A Journey To Reduce Test Anxiety, Leza Madsen, Ping-Tung Chang Professor Oct 2007

Tune-Up In Math: A Journey To Reduce Test Anxiety, Leza Madsen, Ping-Tung Chang Professor

Leza Madsen

This paper focuses upon small group learning in mathematics and methods of overcoming classroom challenges like math anxiety and unmotivated learners. Re-testing shifts the emphasis from punitive measurement of points to an indicator of strengths and weaknesses of the students. There is also an emphasis on the practical application of the Zojonc Module dealing with the optimal division of labor and Polya’s problem -solving heuristics. Utilizing small group settings and retesting are two methods of helping learners overcome classroom challenges and their own math anxiety. This paper is intended to present methods to be used with adult learners or continuing …


Demystifying Millennial Students: Fact Or Fiction, Leza Madsen Associate Professor, Hazel Cameron Jan 2007

Demystifying Millennial Students: Fact Or Fiction, Leza Madsen Associate Professor, Hazel Cameron

Leza Madsen

No abstract provided.


University Of South Florida: The First Fifty Years, 1956-2006, Mark I. Greenberg Jan 2006

University Of South Florida: The First Fifty Years, 1956-2006, Mark I. Greenberg

Mark I. Greenberg

No abstract provided.