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The Pan American (2011-11-17), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Nov 2011

The Pan American (2011-11-17), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 11


The Pan American (2011-11-10), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Nov 2011

The Pan American (2011-11-10), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 10


The Pan American (2011-11-03), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Nov 2011

The Pan American (2011-11-03), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 9


The Pan American (2011-10-20), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Oct 2011

The Pan American (2011-10-20), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 8


The Pan American (2011-10-13), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Oct 2011

The Pan American (2011-10-13), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 7


The Pan American (2011-10-06), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Oct 2011

The Pan American (2011-10-06), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 6


The Pan American (2011-09-29), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Sep 2011

The Pan American (2011-09-29), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 5


The Pan American (2011-09-29), Sandra Gonzalez Sep 2011

The Pan American (2011-09-29), Sandra Gonzalez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 5


The Pan American (2011-09-22), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Sep 2011

The Pan American (2011-09-22), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 4


The Pan American (2011-09-15), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Sep 2011

The Pan American (2011-09-15), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 3


The Pan American (2011-09-08), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Sep 2011

The Pan American (2011-09-08), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 2


Students Perceptions Of Cheating In Online Business Courses, Michael P. Watters, Paul J. Robertson, Renae K. Clark Sep 2011

Students Perceptions Of Cheating In Online Business Courses, Michael P. Watters, Paul J. Robertson, Renae K. Clark

School of Accountancy Faculty Publications

Accounting majors enrolled in business courses at two different universities were asked to complete a survey questionnaire pertaining to cheating in online business courses. Specifically, students majoring in Accounting were asked about their awareness online business courses as well as their opinions regarding the credibility of online courses and the effectiveness of different techniques that may be used to prevent cheating. Forty-six percent of students indicated that they had knowledge of students receiving help with an online exam/quiz. Overall, 75 percent of respondents indicated that the most effective technique to prevent cheating on online exams/quizzes is the use of random …


The Pan American (2011-08-29), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Aug 2011

The Pan American (2011-08-29), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 68, No. 1


The Pan American (2011-08-04), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Aug 2011

The Pan American (2011-08-04), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 31


Development And Implementation Of Challenge-Based Instruction In Engineering Graphics, Gregory A. Potter Aug 2011

Development And Implementation Of Challenge-Based Instruction In Engineering Graphics, Gregory A. Potter

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This thesis discusses the challenge-based instructional (CBI) lessons currently being developed for the Engineering Graphics course at UTPA. This endeavor concentrates on student retention, as well as the students’ ability to practically apply their new skills. Minority science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students have been found, in recent studies, to depart from STEM undergraduate fields to some extent because of the lack of real world connections to the subject matter. Also, the traditional way of teaching theory first and then assigning a task may actually stifle creative thought and innovation required in later STEM courses. Our use of CBI …


Chemical Education Experiences From The English Language Learner Perspective, Annette Flores Aug 2011

Chemical Education Experiences From The English Language Learner Perspective, Annette Flores

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The Rio Grande Valley (RGV) is a region populated by Spanish-speaking immigrants and their descendants producing a large English Language Learner (ELL) student population. ELLs have historically had low literacy rates and achievement levels when compared to their counterparts. In order to address this achievement gap, previous research efforts and curriculum interventions have focused on language acquisition as being the determining factor in ELL education, with little attention given to academic content acquisition. More current research efforts have transitioned into English language acquisition through academic content instruction; this present research study specifically focuses on ELL experiences in chemistry. Participants were …


The Pan American (2011-07-14), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Jul 2011

The Pan American (2011-07-14), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 30


The Pan American (2011-06-23), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Jun 2011

The Pan American (2011-06-23), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 29


The Pan American (2011-06-02), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia Jun 2011

The Pan American (2011-06-02), Alma E. Hernandez, Roxann Garcia

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 28


The Pan American (2011-05-05), Kristen Cabrera May 2011

The Pan American (2011-05-05), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 27


The Pan American (2011-04-28), Kristen Cabrera Apr 2011

The Pan American (2011-04-28), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 26


The Pan American (2011-04-21), Kristen Cabrera Apr 2011

The Pan American (2011-04-21), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 25


The Pan American (2011-04-14), Kristen Cabrera Apr 2011

The Pan American (2011-04-14), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 24


The Pan American (2011-04-07), Kristen Cabrera Apr 2011

The Pan American (2011-04-07), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 23


The Pan American (2011-03-24), Kristen Cabrera Mar 2011

The Pan American (2011-03-24), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 22


The Pan American (2011-03-10), Kristen Cabrera Mar 2011

The Pan American (2011-03-10), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 21


The Pan American (2011-03-03), Kristen Cabrera Mar 2011

The Pan American (2011-03-03), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 20


The Pan American (2011-02-24), Kristen Cabrera Feb 2011

The Pan American (2011-02-24), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 19


The Pan American (2011-02-17), Kristen Cabrera Feb 2011

The Pan American (2011-02-17), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 18


The Pan American (2011-02-10), Kristen Cabrera Feb 2011

The Pan American (2011-02-10), Kristen Cabrera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 67, No. 17