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Predicting The Outcome Of Leadership Identification From A College Student's Experiences, Robert G. Wood
Predicting The Outcome Of Leadership Identification From A College Student's Experiences, Robert G. Wood
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No abstract provided.
General Education And Enrollment Trends At Private Baccalaureate Colleges, 1975--2000, Ellen Levy Vinson
General Education And Enrollment Trends At Private Baccalaureate Colleges, 1975--2000, Ellen Levy Vinson
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Promoting Freshman College Student Development Using Cognitive Developmental Theory Presented In A Deliberate Psychological Education-Based Freshman Orientation Program, Cynthia Mansfield Loiacono
Promoting Freshman College Student Development Using Cognitive Developmental Theory Presented In A Deliberate Psychological Education-Based Freshman Orientation Program, Cynthia Mansfield Loiacono
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Faculty Instructional Development And Oral Communication In Freshman Seminars At The College Of William And Mary, Tamara Louise Burk
Faculty Instructional Development And Oral Communication In Freshman Seminars At The College Of William And Mary, Tamara Louise Burk
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No abstract provided.
The Hidden Curriculum Of The Video Teleconference (Vtc) Classroom And Its Implications For The University Of The Twenty-First Century, Mary Webb Stout
The Hidden Curriculum Of The Video Teleconference (Vtc) Classroom And Its Implications For The University Of The Twenty-First Century, Mary Webb Stout
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Old Dominion University's Peninsula Center, in Hampton, Virginia, was the location for an ethnographic case study about the urban "distributed university" centers that provided instruction via video teleconference (VTC). Graduate engineers attended VTC classes at the Peninsula Center originating from five Virginia universities as part of the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program.;The purpose of this study was to describe VTC instruction and identify aspects that impacted on student learning, faculty teaching, and the socio-cultural environment. Fifty-one interviews and two months of observations were conducted during the Spring term, 1993.;Benson Snyder's (1971) ethnographic case study at MIT, described in The Hidden Curriculum, …
A Content Analysis Of The Attention To Microcultural Factors In Selected Multicultural Education College Textbooks Used In The United States, Sandra Farmer Baugh
A Content Analysis Of The Attention To Microcultural Factors In Selected Multicultural Education College Textbooks Used In The United States, Sandra Farmer Baugh
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Problem. The purpose of this study was to conduct a content analysis of the attention to nine microcultural factors (race, ethnicity, language, gender, social class, religion, disability, age, and giftedness) in selected multicultural education college textbooks used in the U.S. to seek an answer to the following question: "Are there significant differences in attention to nine microcultural factors in selected editions of the same textbook?".;Methodology. Two textbooks were examined both qualitatively and quantitatively using topical and analytical categories to develop a display analysis outlining attention scores for microcultural factors in message units. These scores provided raw data for the calculation …
Helping First-Year College Students Climb The Academic Ladder: Report Of A National Survey Of Freshman Seminar Programming In American Higher Education, Betsy Overman Barefoot
Helping First-Year College Students Climb The Academic Ladder: Report Of A National Survey Of Freshman Seminar Programming In American Higher Education, Betsy Overman Barefoot
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The purpose of this study was to investigate a contemporary curricular phenomenon in freshman education: the freshman seminar. By means of a survey instrument mailed to all regionally accredited American colleges and universities enrolling over 100 students, this study investigated the nature and current numbers of freshman seminars with respect to the five most common forms of this course--the extended orientation seminar, the academic seminar with common content across sections, the academic seminar with content that varies by section, the professional seminar, and the basic study skills seminar.;Similarities and differences between seminar types were reported in terms of goals, content, …
The Call Of The Wild: Investigating The Relationship Between Adventure Education, Character Development, And The College Curriculum, Barbara Ann Klingman
The Call Of The Wild: Investigating The Relationship Between Adventure Education, Character Development, And The College Curriculum, Barbara Ann Klingman
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the potential utilization of adventure education programs to provide an effective and innovative alternative for enhancing the college undergraduate experience. Initial research consisted of performing an indepth study of higher education's curriculum reform literature and studies and literature on adventure education programs. Specific components of the curriculum reform literature regarding character development were then correlated with attributes discovered in the adventure education literature. The interrelationship that developed provided a theoretical rationale from which to propose that adventure education programs could indeed address many of the objectives of the recommended curriculum.;The next step …
A Comparison Of The Performance Of Students Prepared For Study At Old Dominion University Through A Developmental Program With Those Accepted Directly From Secondary Schools, Nathaniel Elias Villaire
A Comparison Of The Performance Of Students Prepared For Study At Old Dominion University Through A Developmental Program With Those Accepted Directly From Secondary Schools, Nathaniel Elias Villaire
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of freshmen, as measured by cumulative GPA, who received developmental preparation at the college level with those who were prepared by the secondary school systems. The author's intention was to obtain data for accountability of institutional performance and provide public officials with a program effectiveness base.;Data were obtained from the institutional research office of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia on all entering freshmen students for the years 1988 and 1989. The data base was sanitized for confidentiality and contained information on the sex, age, ethnic background, high school GPA, …
The Influence Of English And Scottish Universities On The Curriculum Of The College Of William And Mary, Barbara Wilbur
The Influence Of English And Scottish Universities On The Curriculum Of The College Of William And Mary, Barbara Wilbur
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No abstract provided.