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The Role Of Emotional Intelligence In College Students' Success, Joyce G. Walsh-Portillo
The Role Of Emotional Intelligence In College Students' Success, Joyce G. Walsh-Portillo
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to determine if higher academic performance was positively correlated to higher emotional intelligence among traditional age male and female college students enrolled in an Introduction to Business course at a large multi-campus state college in Florida. The Bar-On 2004 (Emotional Quotient Inventory) EQ-i 133-item inventory was used to assess students’ emotional intelligence. Within the scope of this ex-post facto study, a quasi-experimental design was included to further determine if emotional intelligence could be increased through the inclusion of a curricular component on emotional intelligence. Four groups of students (N=111) participated in the …
Moving Toward Change: Institutionalizing Reform Through Implementation Of The Learning Assistant Model And Open Source Tutorials, Renee Michelle Goertzen, Eric Brewe, Laird H. Kramer, Leanne Wells, David Jones
Moving Toward Change: Institutionalizing Reform Through Implementation Of The Learning Assistant Model And Open Source Tutorials, Renee Michelle Goertzen, Eric Brewe, Laird H. Kramer, Leanne Wells, David Jones
Department of Teaching and Learning
Florida International University has undergone a reform in the introductory physics classes by focusing on the laboratory component of these classes. We present results from the secondary implementation of two research-based instructional strategies: the implementation of the Learning Assistant model as developed by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Open Source Tutorial curriculum developed at the University of Maryland, College Park. We examine the results of the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) for introductory students over five years (n=872) and find that the mean raw gain of students in transformed lab sections was 0.243, while the mean raw gain …
Transactional Distance Theory: Should It Be Revised To Exclude Student-Student Interactions?, Mandayam Thirunarayanan, Elizabeth C. Ferris, Stanley P. Pressey, Wellington Andrees
Transactional Distance Theory: Should It Be Revised To Exclude Student-Student Interactions?, Mandayam Thirunarayanan, Elizabeth C. Ferris, Stanley P. Pressey, Wellington Andrees
Department of Teaching and Learning
A survey was conducted to determine university students' opinions about the three kinds of interactions, student-course instructor, student-course content, and student-student, which are considered to be important and even essential according to transactional distance theory. The survey also included an item about the fourth kind of interaction mentioned in the literature, which is learner-interface interaction. One hundred and seventy students who were enrolled in different sections of online courses participated in the study and completed a survey during the second half of the semester, after they have had opportunities to interact with the instructor, course website and with other students …
“Digital Nerds” And “Digital Normals”: Not “Digital Natives” And “Digital Immigrants”, Mandayam Thirunarayanan, Herminia Lezcano, Myra Mckee, Gus Roque
“Digital Nerds” And “Digital Normals”: Not “Digital Natives” And “Digital Immigrants”, Mandayam Thirunarayanan, Herminia Lezcano, Myra Mckee, Gus Roque
Department of Teaching and Learning
The designations “digital immigrants” and “digital natives” have become quite popular among educators in the United States and perhaps other countries. However, the two designations are not based on research. A survey of 359 college students who were born in the digital age showed that participants exhibited both “native” as well as “immigrant” behaviors. The authors discuss the findings of the study and propose the two alternative designations “digital nerds” and “digital normals.”
Cheating In Online Courses: A Qualitative Study, Manuel Vilchez, Mandayam Thirunarayanan
Cheating In Online Courses: A Qualitative Study, Manuel Vilchez, Mandayam Thirunarayanan
Department of Teaching and Learning
The purpose of this study was to explore the ways students have cheated in online courses. Ten students who had either cheated in online courses or knew of others who had cheated in online courses were interviewed for the study. The participants’ responses to the interview questions were analyzed using qualitative methods of data analysis. The results show that the majority of the participants had cheated or knew of someone who had cheated in online courses. Working together with other students, referring to class notes, textbooks, and other useful course materials while taking online tests and quizzes, and using Internet …