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An Interesting Interview And Two Nights In Nikko, Leah Sedy

2011-12 Postcards

2012 essay contest winner Leah Sedy's "An Interesting Interview and Two Nights in Nikko"

Sedy traveled abroad in 2010 but participated in the 2012 essay contest.

2010-2011. Catalog., Hope College

Hope College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Status Of Credit For Prior Learning (Cpl) At The University Of Kentucky For 2008 & 2009 Official Cohorts, Randolph Hollingsworth

Undergraduate Education White Papers

This paper explores the college readiness levels of University of Kentucky's incoming first-year students, especially in preparation for success in UK's STEM majors.  Attention is paid to the statewide standards using ACT sub-scores in English, Reading and Mathematics, as well as the students’ scores from nationally recognized assessments (e.g., Advanced Placement scores). Evidence regarding a significant number of our entering cohorts for 2008 and 2009 (first time first-year, full-time, degree-seeking) who bring in credit for prior learning (CPL) is examined, and the paper discusses briefly how CPL affects their placement in their fall semester courses.

Building Better Scientists Through Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration In Synthetic Biology: A Report From The Genome Consortium For Active Teaching Workshop 2010, Michael J. Wolyniak, Consuelo J. Alvarez, Vidya Chandrasekaran, Theresa M. Grana, Andrea Holgado, Christopher J. Jones, Robert W. Morris, Anil L. Pereira, Joyce Stamm, Talitha M. Washington, Yixin Yang

Biological Sciences Research

A common problem faced by primarily undergraduate institutions is the lack of funding and material support needed to adequately expose students to modern biology, including synthetic biology. To help alleviate this problem, the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT) was founded in 2000 by Malcolm Campbell at Davidson College to bring genomics into the undergraduate curriculum. GCAT’s first tangible activity was to serve as a central clearinghouse both for the purchase and reading of DNA microarrays and for information on how to execute genomics experiments at undergraduate institutions. In response to the evolution of molecular biology in the last decade, …

Inquiro 4 (Front Matter), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. -5

Inquiro 4 (Complete Issue), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

No abstract provided.

From Insects’ Behavior To Extremophiles’ Gene Regulation: An Interview With Dr. Asim Bej, Timmy Wang

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 36-37

An Interview With Dr. Alan Eberhardt, Department Of Biomedical Engineering, Jake Fletcher

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 77-78

Simultaneous Mapping Of Membrane Potential, Calcium Transient, And Wall Motion In An Isolated Heart, Russell K. Fung, Jack M. Rogers

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 79-82

The Computer Science Field: An Interview With Dr. Barrett Bryant, Helen Lin

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 86-88

The Development Of Nanotechnology: An Interview With Dr. Andrei Stanishevsky, Kavita Nadendla

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 93-94

2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Recipients, Timothy Fernandez

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

p. 100

The Fruit Of Locke's Experience, Yvette D. Riley

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 19-20

Gulf Oil Spill: Uab Department Of Biology's Approach, Toral Patel

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 9-11

Pacific Review Fall 2009, Alumni Association Of The University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Inquiry-Based Learning On Students’ Science Literacy Skills And Confidence, Cara Gormally, Peggy Brickman, Brittan Hallar, Norris Armstrong

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Calls for reform in university education have prompted a movement from teacher- to student-centered course design, and included developments such as peer-teaching, problem and inquiry-based learning. In the sciences, inquiry-based learning has been widely promoted to increase literacy and skill development, but there has been little comparison to more traditional curricula. In this study, we demonstrated greater improvements in students’ science literacy and research skills using inquiry lab instruction. We also found that inquiry students gained self-confidence in scientific abilities, but traditional students’ gain was greater –likely indicating that the traditional curriculum promoted over-confidence. Inquiry lab students valued more authentic …

Contact Point, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Contact Point

No abstract provided.

Contact Point, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Contact Point

No abstract provided.

Pacific Review Spring 2009, Alumni Association Of The University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

A Successful Interdisciplinary Course On Computational Intelligence, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This article presents experiences from the introduction of a new three hour interdisciplinary course on computational intelligence (CI) taught at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This course is unique in the sense that it covers five main paradigms of CI and their integration to develop hybrid intelligent systems. The paradigms covered are artificial immune systems (AISs), evolutionary computing (EC), fuzzy systems (FSs), neural networks (NNs) and swarm intelligence (SI). While individual CI paradigms have been applied successfully to solve real-world problems, the current trend is to develop hybrids of these paradigms …

Undergraduate Catalog, 2009-2010

UPub - Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

2009-2010. Catalog., Hope College

Hope College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Pacific Review Winter 2009, Alumni Association Of The University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Fall 2009 Course Schedule, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Schedules

No abstract provided.

On The Fence Of Legitimacy : A Framework For Understanding And Assessing The Legitimacy Of New Academic Disciplines In U.S. Higher Education, Karin Diann Bump

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Legitimacy is a concept frequently employed but rarely discussed in more than vague terms (Suchman1995, Hybels 1994). Consequently, this research seeks to develop a clearer understanding of the ways new disciplines become established within a sociological framework of legitimacy. Two theoretical models are used in this study through an approach that melds key aspects of each; the presence of three levels (Suchman 1995) and six sources (Boulding 1971) of legitimacy. Unique to Boulding's model is the purposeful inclusion of internal views of legitimacy as most discussions of legitimacy focus on external views.

Inquiro 3 (Front Matter), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. -3

Inquiro 3 (Complete Issue), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

No abstract provided.

Father Of Green Revolution Dies At 95, Aaron Neal

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

p. 5

Adventures In Deutschland: Laboratory Learning, Elise Ottenfeld

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 21-22

Scientific Research? Child's Play..., Harrison To

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 14-16