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Establishing Enhanced Learning Outcomes In Science For First Generational Undergraduate College Students, Marianna Burks
Establishing Enhanced Learning Outcomes In Science For First Generational Undergraduate College Students, Marianna Burks
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
First-generation students represent an increasing percentage of the demographic for college and university enrollment at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Since 2001, results from the National Center for Education Statistics Longitudinal Study, indicates ‘higher percentages of first-generations college students attended public postsecondary institutions-76 vs. 72%’ (Redford & Hoyer, 2017). There is insufficient research, however, concerning how first-generation students’ needs are different, even unique, from those students who are second- generation and beyond attending college (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2017). Since this increase of students enrolling in post-secondary education, ‘understanding the needs of first-generation students is imperative more now …
Student Perceptions Of Reasons For Lecture And Active Learning, Calan Koch
Student Perceptions Of Reasons For Lecture And Active Learning, Calan Koch
Honors Theses
With perceived student resistance to active learning in the classroom, instructors are hesitant to implement such methods into their classroom structure despite how effective they may be. This research seeks to understand student perceptions related to the transition to higher prevalence of active learning techniques. We aimed to find answers to how students perceive the ideal classroom to be structured, what reasons they perceive for lecture and active learning components, and possible explanations to concerns of groupwork during class time. We analyzed 64 interviews with undergraduate biology students at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, developed coding rubrics from commonly found …