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A Comparison Of Teacher-Directed Versus Self-Directed Learning Preferences Of Students At Five Selected Community Colleges: Exploring The Relationships Among Age, Gender, And Academic Majors, Huiming Wang
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One of the major priorities for community colleges is to focus on the pedagogical tools that will allow students to achieve excellence and quality in curriculum and instruction to meet the changing societal needs (Shearon & Tollefson, 1989). Rapid demographic, social, and technological changes demand that community colleges produce self-directed lifelong learners (Closson, 1996). The study of student learning preferences for more teacher-directed or more self-directed learning is one of the concepts that is important in enhancing teaching and learning practices. The purpose of this study was to examine students' teacher-directed versus self-directed learning preferences in specific courses. The possible …
A Study To Determine The Attitudes Of A Coast Guard Unit Towards Gender-Integrated Training In The United State Coast Guard, Elaine Anne Hughes
A Study To Determine The Attitudes Of A Coast Guard Unit Towards Gender-Integrated Training In The United State Coast Guard, Elaine Anne Hughes
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The objectives of this study were to explore the following questions: 1. How was gender-integrated basic and advanced training perceived by officers and enlisted members of the unit? 2. Was gender-integrated basic and advanced training perceived differently by male and female members of the unit? 3. What percentage of the unit favored a change to how gender-integrated basic training is structured?