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Faculty Integration Of Technology In Undergraduate Courses At Private Colleges And Universities, Evelyn G. Smith
Faculty Integration Of Technology In Undergraduate Courses At Private Colleges And Universities, Evelyn G. Smith
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this quantitative research study was to investigate the integration of technology in undergraduate courses by faculty at private colleges and universities. Integration of technology is using technology as an instructional tool to improve teaching and learning (Clayton-Pedersen & O’Neill, 2005; Wilson & Hayes, 2000; Woodbridge, 2004). Chickering and Gamson’s (1987) 7 principles for good practice in undergraduate education provided the theoretical framework for this research. The researcher conducted a survey of full-time faculty at 21 private colleges and universities in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The results of the study indicated that faculty use …
Teaching Seventh Grade Statistics And Probability: An Inference Based Approach, Tammy Veenstra
Teaching Seventh Grade Statistics And Probability: An Inference Based Approach, Tammy Veenstra
Master of Education Program Theses
The Common Core State Standards have provided schools with a new set of required objectives. Specifically in the area of statistics and probability, seventh grade math teachers have new objectives they are required to teach, but they do not necessarily have the required knowledge or curriculum to meet the standards. The Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Report and the college introductory level statistics curriculum Introduction to Statistical Investigations were used as resources and revised for the seventh grade level to teach the standards for seventh grade statistics during a three-week statistics and probability unit. Results of …
Blended Learning : A Program Evaluation In A Central Virginia K-12 School District, Edward A. Hoisington
Blended Learning : A Program Evaluation In A Central Virginia K-12 School District, Edward A. Hoisington
Graduate Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a general education course offered in a blended learning environment in a Central Virginia public school district. Three research questions were addressed in this study: How satisfied are students with a blended learning environment in a general education Economics and Personal Finance course? Is a student’s course grade affected by the following: Technology, self-efficacy, course organization, quality of instruction, and student satisfaction in a blended learning course? Is a student’s grade on a credential test affected by the following: Technology, self-efficacy, course organization, quality of instruction, and student satisfaction in a blended …
Formación Ciudadana: Descripciones Desde La Cotidianidad De Las Dos Escuelas Normales Privadas De Bogotá D.C, Francisco Andrés Cristancho Rojas, Andrea Sandoval Báez
Formación Ciudadana: Descripciones Desde La Cotidianidad De Las Dos Escuelas Normales Privadas De Bogotá D.C, Francisco Andrés Cristancho Rojas, Andrea Sandoval Báez
Maestría en Docencia
El presente trabajo de investigación pretende describir algunas de las características de la Formación Ciudadana en las dos Escuelas Normales Superiores del sector privado que existen actualmente en la ciudad de Bogotá, a partir de la relevancia de este tipo de formación en el convulsión escenario colombiano. Aspira también a proporcionar un estado de la Formación Ciudadana como temática de incidencia transversal y su puesta en escena dentro de las Escuelas Normales privadas de la ciudad. La investigación se realizó mediante la metodología cualitativa - descriptiva, donde se analizaron sus planos de estudio, se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas a directivos, docentes …