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Enhancing Content Knowledge Of In-Service Science Teachers Through Model And Modeling, Naheed Perveen, Sadia Muzzafar Bhutta

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

The guiding question for this paper is; how does model and modeling enable student-teachers to develop a conceptual understanding of the cell as a structural and functional unit of living things? A teaching unit ‘The Cell’ was designed in view that models are a major teaching and learning tool for developing scientific thinking, whereas modeling means a process of forming representation. The teaching and learning strategies reported here encapsulated four modeling phases. Firstly, student-teachers modeled historical development of cell through a time line and role play and discussed the evolutionary and tentative nature of science. Secondly, the candy factory analogy …

Faculty In Print-- Balance Wheels: College Presidents In The Crucible Of The 1960s And The Contests Of Today, Stephen J. Nelson

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Through The Eyes Of Higher Education Attorneys: How Department Chairs Are Navigating The Waters Of Legal Issues And Risk Management, Carol L.J. Hustoles

Dissertations

Legal and risk management issues substantially impact the operations of colleges and universities, which face escalating compliance requirements in an increasingly litigious environment. Failing to assess legal liability issues and to constructively address them with risk management processes create vulnerability to claims and litigation, stretching limited institutional resources. Yet research studies are scarce on this topic.

This study used an online survey to obtain input from higher education attorneys across the U.S. regarding their perceptions of frequency and time spent on legal assistance for department chairpersons, chairs’ level of difficulty handling legal and risk management issues, matters having highest adverse …

Nontraditional Approaches With Nontraditional Students: Experiences Of Learning, Service And Identity Development, Suzanne Marie Buglione

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

Nontraditional students are a growing population in higher education, yet our understanding of the unique factors that predict their success have not increased. Economic challenges, changing work demands, and the desire for personal and professional advancement fuel the nontraditional student's return to school (Kelly & Strawn, 2011). Their isolation and lack of social networks lead to poor academic outcomes as defined by retention, graduation and degree attainment. The classroom offers a beacon of hope for the engagement of nontraditional students, an opportunity to strengthen student identity and draw connections across the multiple worlds where these students reside. This phenomenological inquiry …

Exploring How White And Asian American Students Experience Cross-Racial Interactions: A Phenomenological Study, Thomas E. Robinson

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

Interracial interactions between college students are responsible for important learning outcomes, however many colleges and universities have failed to purposefully encourage students to interact across racial backgrounds. As a result of a lack purposefully facilitated cross-racial interactions (CRIs), fewer interracial interactions occur on U.S. campuses and this has diminished the important learning outcomes that those interactions accrue. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore how 25 White and Asian American students, within two divergent campus settings, experienced interracial interactions. Findings demonstrated that environmental and individual characteristics shaped how students experienced CRIs. Environmental factors that influenced CRIs included the …

When Syracuse University Established A Presence Abroad (1950-1980): The Evolution And Application Of Policies And Procedures That Provided An Institutional Framework For Syracuse University Programs Designed For Undergraduate, Graduate, And Adult Students To Study Abroad [Aiea#11], Harold Vaughn

Images and other materials from University Archives

No abstract provided.

Lifetime Recollections [Aiea#18], Alexander N. Charters

Images and other materials from University Archives

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding I-9 forms, faculty workload, action plan, promotion, tenure and WKU Alumni Association.

Transfer Students And The University Of Kentucky, Michael Mullen

Undergraduate Education Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

A Resolution About President Michael Adams' Retirement Package, Clara Krug, Senate Executive Committee

Faculty Senate: Index

No abstract provided.

Motion On Moratorium (Executive/Administrative/Managerial Increases), Michael Moore, Maria Adamos, Robert K. Batchelor, Yasar Bodur, John Brown, Kathleen M. Comerford, Robert Costomiris, Marc D. Cyr, Richard Flynn, Julia Griffin, Michelle Haberland, Alina Iacob, Stephen Jenkins, Rebecca Kennerly, Gautam Kundu, Maggie Lamontagne, Goran Lesaja, Johanne Lewis, James M. Lobue, Trent W. Maurer, Bruce Mclean, Frédéric D. Mynard, Eric Nelson, Sze-Man Ngai, Sandra Peacock, Joe Pellegrino, Rob Pirro, Dan Rea, Michelle Reidel, James S. Reichard, Fredrick Rich, Paul Rodell, Candy Schille, Katy Smith, John Steinberg, Jeff Tysinger, Wei Tu, Mary Villeponteaux, Janice Walker, Mark Welford, Jamie Woods, Robert Yarbrough

Faculty Senate: Index

No abstract provided.

Reconsider Resolution (Faculty Representation On The President's Cabinet), Michael Moore, Maria Adamos, Tony Barilla, Robert K. Batchelor, Yasar Bodur, John Brown, Kathleen M. Comerford, Robert Costomiris, Marc D. Cyr, Richard Flynn, Julia Griffin, Michelle Haberland, Alina Iacob, Stephen Jenkins, Rebecca Kennerly, Gautam Kundu, Maggie Lamontagne, Goran Lesaja, Johanne Lewis, James M. Lobue, Trent Maurer, Bruce Mclean, Frédéric D. Mynard, Patrick Novotny, Eric Nelson, Sze-Man Ngai, Sandy Peacock, Joe Pellegrino, Rob Pirro, Dan Rea, Michelle Reidel, Jim Reichard, Fred Rich, Paul Rodell, Candy Schille, Anastatia Sims, Katy Smith, John Steinberg, Jeffrey A. Tysinger, Wei Tu, Mary Villeponteaux, Janice Walker, Mark Welford, Theresa Welford, Jamie Woods, Robert Yarbrough

Faculty Senate: Index

No abstract provided.

Supporting Students In Higher Education Through Relational Augmentation, Tyrone Taylor

Theses and Dissertations

The present research was done to study the results of interactions among students at Rowan University and Rowan University's police and security personnel. This study demonstrates how students experiencing difficulty with their educational endeavors can enhance their educational status by establishing relationships with members of the Rowan University Department of Public Safety. For this purpose, seven students and seven police and security officers were selected to participate in the study. Information gathering techniques included a focus group, a two phase individual interview process, a two phase individual survey completion process, document reviews, and individual observations. During Cycle 3 as part …

Perceptions Of College Readiness And Social Capital Of Ged Completers In Entry-Level College Courses, Donalyn L. Lott

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

Examining the efficacy of literacy improvement, general education development (GED) completion, and GED completers’ perceptions of college readiness and social capital was the purpose of this study. The participant sample (n=321), derived from the target population (N=1050), consisted of former participants of Adult Literacy Education (ALE)/GED programs in the Greater New Orleans area (GNO), who have earned the GED credential, and, are currently enrolled in entry-level courses at two community colleges in Southeast Louisiana; specifically, in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes. The study was framed by the social capital theoretical perspective.

The study used quantitative methodology, with …

Developmental Education Repeaters: Stories About Repetition, Jade J. O'Dell

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Developmental education students make up almost half of the community college population in the United States (Bettinger & Long, 2005). Approximately 42% of first-time freshmen at community colleges must enroll in at least one developmental education course in English, reading and/or math (NCES, 2010). Many developmental education students are unsuccessful in passing a developmental education course in their first and second attempts and retake the course sometimes five times before passing. There is substantial research on persistence among college students, but the research fails to link persistence to developmental education repeaters. My study sought to explore community college developmental education …

A Case Study To Examine Student Retention At A Less Selective University With A High Rate Of Retention, Victoria M. Palmisano

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This case study sheds light on successful matriculation practices which emerge from the combination of institutional efforts and student needs. In order to discern successful matriculation data was collected in the form of interviews, observations, and documents at a less selective college with a high rate of retention. Mortimer Adler College possesses unique qualities with respect to curriculum, student population, teaching styles, and student life which affect retention in both positive and negative ways. The institution utilizes a highly structured Great Books curriculum and does not utilize traditional grading and assessment methods. The methods of student socialization are also explored …

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding budget, salaries, action plans, Colonnade Plan, course equivalency and strategic plan.

Ua42/4/1 Commencement Program, Wku Elizabethtown-Ft. Knox

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates as well as biographical sketches of commencement officials, and list of WKU Elizabethtown-Ft. Knox faculty.

May Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes.