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Full-Text Articles in Higher Education
A Comparison Of Student Success By Faculty Qualifications, Kristine A. Garner
A Comparison Of Student Success By Faculty Qualifications, Kristine A. Garner
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Providing the best qualified faculty to ensure the most successful student outcomes is a priority in higher education. The use of adjunct faculty in colleges and universities is continually increasing, especially for lower level courses. Previous research has come to conflicting conclusions regarding the quality of adjunct faculty. Indicators of student success were compared between part-time instructors with professional doctoral degrees and full-time instructors with academic doctoral degrees. Results of statistical analyses of both a comparison of final grade distributions and knowledge of course content determined that there were no significant differences between two comparable groups of students in a …
Perceptions Of Skill Development In A Living-Learning First-Year Experience Program, Kerri Anna Smith
Perceptions Of Skill Development In A Living-Learning First-Year Experience Program, Kerri Anna Smith
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of students and faculty involved in a living-learning first-year experience program at a small, liberal arts institution about developing skills for life-long learning including critical thinking, written communication, and reflection and engagement across disciplines. The researcher conducted a qualitative case study including focus groups with students and interviews with faculty involved with the first-year experience program. Three focus groups with a total of 19 student participants and individual interviews with 11 faculty participants were conducted. Interviews and focus groups were digitally recorded and then the researcher listened to each session …
Using Web-Based Key Character And Classification Instruction For Teaching Undergraduate Students Insect Identification, Douglas A. Golick, Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, Allen L. Steckelberg, David W. Brooks, Leon G. Higley, David Fowler
Using Web-Based Key Character And Classification Instruction For Teaching Undergraduate Students Insect Identification, Douglas A. Golick, Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, Allen L. Steckelberg, David W. Brooks, Leon G. Higley, David Fowler
Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications
The purpose of the study was to determine whether undergraduate students receiving web-based instruction based on traditional, key character, or classification instruction differed in their performance of insect identification tasks. All groups showed a significant improvement in insect identifications on pre- and post-two-dimensional picture specimen quizzes. The study also determined student performance on insect identification tasks was not as good as for family-level identification as compared to broader insect orders and arthropod classification identification tasks. Finally, students erred significantly more by misidentification than misspelling specimen names on prepared specimen quizzes. Results of this study support that short web-based insect identification …
Can They Work Well On A Team? Assessing Students' Collaborative Skills, Sophie M. Sparrow
Can They Work Well On A Team? Assessing Students' Collaborative Skills, Sophie M. Sparrow
Law Faculty Scholarship
[Excerpt] "Among the many critiques of legal education are criticisms that law students do not graduate with effective emotional intelligence skills-in particular, they have not learned to work well with others. Working with others is an important legal skill; and as law practice increasingly relies on collaboration among lawyers, legal staff, clients, and other individuals, so have legal employers raised the demand for effective collaborative skills among law students and recent graduates.
This essay will focus on ways to engage students in collaborating and assessing that collaboration effectively. Students' interpersonal collaborative skills can be effectively taught and assessed in large …
Time To Raise Questions About Student Ratings, Linda B. Nilson
Time To Raise Questions About Student Ratings, Linda B. Nilson
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
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The Donors Next Door; Raising Funds From Faculty For Faculty Development Centers, Genevieve G. Shaker, Megan M. Palmer
The Donors Next Door; Raising Funds From Faculty For Faculty Development Centers, Genevieve G. Shaker, Megan M. Palmer
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
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An Exploration Of The Spiritual Roots Of The Midcareer Faculty Experience, Virginia S. Lee, Dorothe J. Bach, Richard N. Muthiah
An Exploration Of The Spiritual Roots Of The Midcareer Faculty Experience, Virginia S. Lee, Dorothe J. Bach, Richard N. Muthiah
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
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Contemplative Pedagogy, Daniel Barbezat, Allison Pingree
Contemplative Pedagogy, Daniel Barbezat, Allison Pingree
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
No abstract provided.