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Aasu's Chris Wolfe Finishes 3-0, Helps Usa Defeat Japan, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Men's Golf News (Archived)

AASU's Chris Wolfe Finishes 3-0, Helps USA Defeat Japan. Armstrong Atlantic State junior men's golfer Chris Wolfe defeated Daisuke Okabe, 72-73, on Friday in the final day of the 2008 Fuji Xerox USA vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship on Thursday, helping USA capture the title. Wolfe was one of only two golfers on the US squad to finish the event undefeated, going 3-0 in his matches.

July 8, 2008 Aasu Staff Advisory Council Minutes, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Staff Council: Staff Advisory Council Minutes (Archived)

July 8, 2008 AASU Staff Advisory Council Minutes

A Game Approach To Teach Environmentally Benign Manufacturing In The Supply Chain, Donna M. Qualters, Jacqueline A. Isaacs, Thomas P. Cullinane, Jay Laird, Ann Mcdonald

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Multidisciplinary models of education are needed to prepare students for their role in a global work environment. Combined with this need is the reality of the new Millennial Generation entering the educational system with a different approach to learning. This paper introduces an interactive, educational engineering game designed to appeal to the Millennial Generation’s learning preferences. Shortfall is a prototype board game with a team approach and a trial and error methodology to introduce students to environmentally benign manufacturing in the supply chain using the automobile industry as a model. After playing the game, quantitative analysis showed that on average, …

Performance Evaluations - 2540

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To establish a system for assessing and improving the work performance of employees and to provide guidelines for the administration of this system.

Power And Expertise: Student-Faculty Collaboration In Course Design And The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning, Richard J. Mihans Ii, Deborah T. Long, Peter Felten

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This essay describes the process of using a team of faculty and undergraduate students to redesign a university course, and outlines the research we conducted on student and faculty learning from the redesign process. We focus particular attention on power relations and issues of expertise, raising questions with implications for faculty who wish to engage students in similar course design projects, regardless of academic discipline, and who partner with undergraduates in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research.

Navigating The Sotl Landscape: A Compass, Map And Some Tools For Getting Started, Mia O’Brien

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Since the scholarship of teaching and learning entails the design of, and evidence-based inquiry into, teaching, learning and pedagogical practice – faculty new to this field face the challenging task of mastering perspectives, processes and practices that can be disparate to their disciplinary foundations. This paper offers an introductory overview of some essential ideas that help shape the design and intention of SoTL activities, and provides guidelines for undertaking SoTL projects.

Personal Reflection: A Reflection On The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning As Democratic Practice, David M. Dees

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This personal reflection describes how the scholarship of teaching and learning models democratic practice. Motivated by a forced curricular change, this piece outlines the reflection and growth of a college professor as he realized that democratic awareness is developed more fully through action than through readings and/or class discussions. In the end, a scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) project served to re-frame my perspective towards teaching, learning, and democratic practice in a college classroom.

Book Review: Conquering The Content: A Step-By-Step Guide To Online Course Design By Robin Smith (Jossey-Bass, 2008), Donna Vinton

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Excerpt: Had Robin Smith’s book been available a decade ago, I could have avoided countless hours spent since then in updating, revising, and re-envisioning the web pages supporting my courses. Even with years of experience creating web sites for my courses, I found ideas and insights that will help me continue to improve the ongoing processes of course development and maintenance.

Computer Facilitated Reflective Practice In A Postgraduate Supervisor’S Feedback To Students, Kathy Ahern, Fiona Hawthorne

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Reflective practice has been adopted by many teachers, including dissertation advisors who provide 1:1 teaching of research students. This paper discusses issues arising from our use of qualitative data analysis software (QDAS) for reflective practice and provides an analysis of the thematic coding and word/pattern searches of feedback given to postgraduate research students. We subjected written feedback provided by one dissertation advisor to three different analyses: thematic, text-string and text-pattern search. We found that use of QDAS in a thematic analysis of feedback provides new insights by indicating areas of strength and areas for improvement. Text and pattern searches are …

Overtime And Compensatory Time - 2210

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To establish a policy for overtime and compensatory time for classified, non-exempt employees.

The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning: What Is It? A Personal View, Michael Prosser

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

The scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education is an idea and a practice that is relatively new and still in its early stages of development. What it means, how to engage in it, what are its expected outcomes, etc. are still issues of debate. In this short essay, I argue that the scholarship of teaching and learning should be about individual and groups of academic staff within disciplines engaged collegially in working to improve student learning within the disciplines. It is not research in the traditional sense, its focus should be on better understanding our student learning experiences …

Using Scholarly Research In Course Redesign: Teaching To Engage Students With Authentic Disciplinary Practices, Rachel G. Ragland

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This action research study describes a course redesign using scholarly research in two ways. Traditional disciplinary research was used to inform the design of the curriculum, and SoTL was used to measure the success of the course design in achieving its objectives for student learning. The objective of the course redesign was to better engage students in applying the authentic disciplinary practices of the field. Research was then conducted on the pedagogical process to determine the success of the new course design in achieving its objectives. The research project documented: how the authentic disciplinary practices were taught to students; student …

The Impact Of Grading On The Curve: A Simulation Analysis, George Kulick, Ronald Wright

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Grading on the curve is a common practice in higher education. While there are many critics of the practice it still finds wide spread acceptance particularly in science classes. Advocates believe that in large classes student ability is likely to be normally distributed. If test scores are also normally distributed instructors and students tend to believe that the test reasonably measures learning and that the grades are assigned fairly. Beyond an intuitive reaction, is there evidence that normally distributed test scores appropriately distinguish among student performance? Can we be sure that there is a significant correlation between test scores and …

The Bridge Course Design: Formative Assessment And Student-Centered Learning In Cross-Course Classrooms, John Davies, Casey Welch, Jace Hargis

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This paper reports on the effectiveness of an innovative course design that bridges classes from two different disciplines. The Bridge design creates assignments in two classes: a summary class and a panel class. The design encourages students to engage in teaching and interacting with their peers within and across disciplines, and provides instructors with unique opportunities for formative assessment. Relative to control groups, students in the summary class perceived greater opportunities to teach peers, participate in class discussions, think critically, and engage in collaborative learning. Students in the panel class showed gains in critical thinking. Both classes afforded multiple opportunities …

Superhero As Metaphor: Using Creative Pedagogies To Engage, Christie H. Burton

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Video case studies of realistic scenarios have long been used to illustrate course concepts and provide variety in the classroom. The growing popularity of superheroes in film suggests an openness to experience beyond the traditional fare. This qualitative study uses content analysis to explore how students’ understanding of ethics concepts changed over time after viewing a superhero film and writing with metaphor. A pre-test post-test design was used, where students in an undergraduate management course completed a writing assignment before and after experiencing the film. Results suggest that after students were exposed to the treatment, they had a deeper understanding …

Student Perceptions Of The Purpose And Function Of The Laboratory In Science: A Grounded Theory Study, Cianán Brooks Russell, Gabriela Weaver

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

The laboratory has long been an important part of the undergraduate science experience. This paper reports on a qualitative, grounded theory study on students’ perceptions of the purpose of the laboratory. Thirteen undergraduate chemistry students were interviewed about their experiences in the science laboratory to provide data on students’ understanding of the purpose of the laboratory in science education. Results reveal that students had views that were polar opposites regarding the correlation between laboratory and lecture content material and the effectiveness of the laboratory at enhancing their learning in science. This paper also reveals the need for explicit instruction regarding …

Using Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning (Sotl) To Inquire Into Pre-Service Teachers’ Science Lesson Planning Considerations, Geeta Verma

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This paper shares my experiences with the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) framework in my university science methods course. Incorporating SoTL not only enabled me to inquire into my own teaching as a scholarly activity but also engaged my students in critical reflections. I used the principles and characteristics of SoTL to design this inquiry by; a) creating a new instructional framework for lesson planning; b) facilitating students’ reflections on their experiences with the new framework; and c) documenting and presenting this inquiry as a scholarly activity. Forty-eight pre service teachers (N = 48), 43 women and 5 men …

Adult Teaching Methods In China And Bloom’S Taxonomy, Victor Wang, Lesley Farmer

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Drawing from Bloom’s 1956 Taxonomy and Western theories on adult learning, the authors argue that adult teaching methods in China feature a teacher-centered, information-based and test-driven instructional format. An author-designed survey instrument called Lower-Order Thinking Skills and Higher-Order Thinking Skills (LOTSHOTS) was used to determine whether knowledge, comprehension and application drove adult teaching methods or analysis, synthesis and evaluation drove adult teaching methods in China. The results of the study showed that Chinese instructors of adults were used to teaching lower thinking skills associated with the first three levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy, namely, knowledge, comprehension and application. The study proposes …

Book Review: Non-Western Perspectives On Learning And Knowing By Sharon Merriam & Associates (Krieger, 2007), Joellen Coryell, Jeannine Palow, Ngang Che, Tim Senesi, Greg Longoria

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Excerpt: Education, as we know it in America, is steeped in Western values and culture. However, other cultural and value systems influence ways of learning and knowing differently across the globe. Non-western Perspectives on Learning and Knowing is a collection of insights...

Provisional Period - 2110

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Return To Work Policy And Forms - 2450

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Georgia Southern University (University) encourages employees to return to work following a work‐related injury or illness. If an employee is able to work, but is unable to return to regularly assigned duties, this program is designed to transition an employee to work in a modified or alternative assignment.

High School Students' Perceptions Of Their High School Experience, Lillie R. Lowery

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Perception data are invaluable to school improvement plans. Student perception data, in particular, is useful when determining indicators related to student success or failure. The purpose of this study was to understand high school students' perceptions of their high school experience. Data for this quantitative study was collected using a survey instrument. The 1,120 participants, who were ninth through twelfth grade students attending an urban, diverse public high school in Georgia, responded to questions related to belongingness, peer relationships, student relationships with teachers and other staff members and teacher qualities and instructional strategies. Demographic data relating to grade level, race, …

Examining Roberts County Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs Regarding The Nature Of Mathematics And Their Classroom Learning Environment, Elizabeth P. Brechin-Harrison

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of mathematics teachers beliefs regarding the nature of mathematics and their classroom learning environment in Roberts County (fictional). The study investigated 165 kindergarten through twelfth grade mathematics teachers that taught at least one segment of mathematics a day. The researcher administered three surveys: the Teacher Beliefs Survey (developed by Beswick, 2005), the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (developed by Taylor, Fraser, and Fisher, 1997) and a demographics survey to mathematics teachers at 35 schools. Data analysis included calculating the sub-scale means of each survey, a Pearson correlation, and Analysis of Variance …

Across Imagined Boundaries: Understanding Mexican Migration To Georgia In A Transnational And Historical Context, Michael Kirkland Bess

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The Mexican immigrant community in Georgia grew at a dramatic rate between 1970 and 2000 as individuals entered the area to participate in the states burgeoning economy. Social networks played an integral role in this process, transferring information about Georgia through family and friendship bonds that stretched between sending and receiving communities across the United States and Mexico. This thesis examines the transnational characteristics of social networks as they influenced Mexican migration trends, responded to economic opportunity and crisis across North America, and challenged government attempts to restrict and regulate the movement of people across international boundaries. Conditions in Mexico …

Effect Of Matriarchs On Group Interactions, Kinship Fitness, And Differences In Chemosensory Behavior Of African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana), Rhea Marie Esposito

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Female African elephants exhibit multiple levels of social organization with the family as the functional social unit. Families consist of related females and the oldest female is the matriarch. Related family groups that frequently fuse are termed kinship groups, led by the grand matriarch. I examined matriarch communication behavior across social context and their role in interactions between families at waterholes in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. I analyzed three hypotheses for matriarchal effects on group fitness: a) older matriarchs provide greater access to resources, b) older matriarchs lead more social groups, or c) there is no behavior-fitness relationship …

Best Practices Of High School Principals For Improving Student Achievement In Urban Schools, Anthony Wayne Smith

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the best practices of high school principals for improving student achievement in eight urban high schools in the Metro Atlanta area. Specifically, the best practices of urban Georgia high school principals in the areas of vision, risk-taking, human development, belief in others and integrity were explored through an interview process. Each participant was asked five open-ended questions since these allow for participants to answer questions in a more complete manner. The qualitative, phenomenological research design was employed. Qualitative analysis was used to determine recurring themes related to the research questions. The recurring …

Summer 2008 Aasu Data Digest, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Office of Institutional Research: Armstrong Data Digests (Archived)

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