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Multicultural Education: More Than The Acknowledgement Of Black History Month, Owen Latimore

Perspectives In Learning

I remember clearly as a child, in the early nineteen sixties, the only African American mentioned in my school was Crispus Attucks. For a long time I thought there was only one black man that fought in the entire revolutionary war. From the big old musty textbooks we were given to study it was obvious very few black people had accomplished anything worth writing about. I hated history. I thought its only concern were old dead white men. Understandably, I did not do well in history. Since 2005, enrollment in public schools has increased, but “Black males continue spiraling down …

Cheating With Honor, Christian A. Pfeiffer

Business and Economics Honors Papers

The intent of this paper is to understand what leads a student to cheat within the context of a small (enrollment below 2,000 students) liberal arts college. The development of a model will examine cheating from three categories highlighted in the literature: demographics, college culture, and the perception of cheating. Demographics capture relevant personal attributes of a student such as gender, GPA, and major. Cultural variables include variables for the presence of an honor code and participation in a sport or social organization, which provide that student with a unique cultural experience. Perception variables deal with the perceptions the students …

Building Assignments That Teach, Mary-Ann Winkelmes

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

We have come to take assignments for granted as a necessary part of undergraduate education, largely because they provide the basis for a student's grade. But assignments can accomplish much more. In addition to helping students learn course content, assignments can enable students to practice the most essential skills of a discipline. Further, assignments can offer an opportunity for students to become better evaluators of their own academic work.

Thoughtfully structured assignments offer teachers an opportunity to build students’ mastery of essential disciplinary skills alongside their content knowledge; to improve students’ ability to evaluate their own academic work; and even …

Beyond Writing: Integrative Learning And Teaching In First-Year Seminars, David H. Krause, Robert C. Lageaux

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Campuses across the country continue to establish first-year seminars that promise students integrative and transformative learning experiences necessary for the twenty-first century. This trend inevitably challenges faculty members to teach in ways that transcend or subvert both their disciplinary expertise and their familiar, comfortable ways of teaching. These challenges become especially visible in the design and evaluation of assignments. At Columbia College Chicago, for example, where the majority of students aspire to careers in the arts, media, and communication, teachers have been negotiating the place of writing in a required firstyear seminar in liberal learning. These negotiations play out differently …

Role-Play: An Often Misused Active Learning Strategy, Stephanie Nickerson

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Role-play is a special kind of case study, in which there is an explicit situation established with students playing specific roles, spontaneously saying and doing what they understand their “character” would, in that situation. Role-plays differ from other case studies in the immediacy of the experience. Students find themselves in the role-play. In a case study, they read about situations and characters. One of the reasons role-play can work so well is because of the power of placing oneself in another’s shoes. This provides opportunities for learning in both the affective domain, where emotions and values are involved, as well …

Increasing The Success Of Online Students, Ivan Harrell Ii Phd

Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges

In this article, the author presents ways that colleges can use student readiness, orientation, and support to increase the likelihood for success of their online students.

Teaching, Learning, And Spirituality In The College Classroom, Allison Pingree

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

landscape is provoking a heightened focus on spirituality and religion in the academy. For example, UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), best known as the administrators of the CIRP Freshman Survey for over 40 years, is conducting a major research project, Spirituality in Higher Education (https://www.spirituality.ucla.edu), drawing data from over 112,000 students and 40,000 faculty at over 420 institutions. Defining spirituality in broad strokes (as the “interior” and “subjective” aspects of our lives, that which reflects the “values and ideals that we hold most dear,” gives us “meaning and purpose,” and invokes “inspiration, creativity, the mysterious, the sacred, …

2007-2008 Nsu Sharks Men's And Women's Golf Media Guide, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Sports Programs and Media Guides

No abstract provided.

What Would Freud Say To Voltaire? The Use Of Dialogues In Survey Courses, Linda Simmons

Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges

In this essay, the author argues that assigning dialogues in survey courses is a viable alternative to traditional research-based essays.

Po? Pow? What! A Class Project To Study Linguistic Variation In English, Bruce Sofinski

Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges

This article explains how a final class project in an American Sign Language course teaches teamwork, critical thinking, and research methodology.

Study Of Achievement Gaps In The Seventh Grade Special Education Population On Cats Assessment In All Content Areas, Brandy M. Lain

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

An applied project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Education Specialist at Morehead State University by Brandy M. Lain in 2008.

2008 Ruby Yearbook, Kristen Jennings Hildebrand, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 2008 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

2007-2008 Morehead State University Audit Report, Morehead State University. Accounting And Financial Services Office.

Morehead State University Audit Reports

2007-2008 Audit Report for Morehead State University.

"How Do We Meet Students Where They Are, While Challenging Them Further?" : Teaching Developmentally., Mary E. Hess

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Western Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog 2008-2009, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• General Information
• Colleges
• Course Descriptions (by prefix)

Listening And Learning To Teach In Theological Contexts: An Appreciative Inquiry Model, Mary E. Hess

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

2008 Nsu Athletics Summer Camps, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Sports Programs and Media Guides

No abstract provided.

2008 University Of Northern Iowa Softball Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Program Information
--Media Information
--The University
--The Outlook
--The Coaches
--The Panthers
--The Opponents
--2007 in Review
--History

2008 University Of Northern Iowa Panther Volleyball Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Quick Facts --1
--Panther Volleyball - A Winning Tradition --2-3
--Missouri Valley Conference --4
--Media Information --5
--Head Coach Bobbi Petersen --8-9
--Assistant Coaches --10
--Support Staff --11
--2008 Outlook --14-15
--2008 Roster --16-26
--2007 Season in Review --28-29
--2007 Stats --30
--2007 Results --31
--2007 MVC Stats --32-36
--Career Leaders --38
--Season Leaders --39
--Single-Match Leaders --40
--Yearly Leaders --41
--Team Season/Match Records --42
--Year-by-Year Stats --44
--Records --44
--Memorable Milestones --45
--Award Winners --46
--Year-by-Year Results --47-54
--All-Time Roster --55-56
--Opponents --58-60
--All-Time Opponent Records --61
--Opponent Match-by-Match --62-66
--This is UNI --68
--President Benjamin Allen --69 …

2008 Railsplitter, Lincoln Memorial University

Railsplitter 2000-2014

Table of Contents

Introduction..................................................................4

Class Portraits.............................................................8

Administration............................................................35

Academics.................................................................49

Student Life................................................................56

Sports........................................................................84

Clubs........................................................................202

Beyond The Horizon, Dianne Timm, Junco Reynol

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Student affairs professionals have an obligation and an opportunity to support students moving through the college-years stages of psychosocial development by helping them use technology in approrpriate ways.

Emeriti News, Winter 2008, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

Contents from Volume XIII, Number 1:

• Wednesdays II for Fall 2007 and Winter/ Spring 2008
• August Break-Fest
• Faculty Senate Retirement Dinner
• The Council's New E-Mail List
• The Emeriti Council Website
• Emeriti Textbook Scholarship
• "Sharpening the Edge: WMU's Strategy for the Future"
• Sindecuse Health Center Pharmacy

Factors Affecting College Student Athletes' Academic Success In The Classroom, Alicia Ann Berber

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to examine and critically synthesize the factors affecting the success of student athletes in the classroom. An important part of this project was a critical examination of the support services such as mentoring, tutoring, counseling, and task orientation and other services that still need to be developed and implemented for those student athletes at the college level. A review of literature was used to examine factors affecting the academic success of college student athletes in the classroom.

Obstacles And Aspirations Amongst Hispanics And African Americans In Pursuing A College Education, Monica Avina

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to identify the obstacles faced by African American and Hispanic students as well as the motivations that help them thrive in today's society through a college education. This is important for social workers who work with ethnic minorities because by learning about ways in which these two groups are still being oppressed, they can find ways of empowering them to overcome barriers to accessing higher education. 85 students from Hispanic and African American descent at California State University San Bernardino were surveyed.

Shifting Perceptions Within Online Problem-Based Learning, Roisin Donnelly, Timo Portimojärvi

Books/Book Chapters

This chapter is aimed at supporting academic staff in universities and colleges who have begun or are considering introducing online problem-based learning (OPBL) for students’ learning. OPBL is a promising combination of pedagogical innovations and technological solutions which support and enhance each other. In this chapter we will examine the perceptions present in higher education today, which are connected with the development within the research fields of e-learning and problem-based learning. This chapter is based on the recent and extensive emergence of literature on online learning and the success of problem-based learning (PBL). Traditionally, PBL has usually been conducted in …

Transformative Potential Of Constructivist Blended Problem-Based Learning In Higher Education, Roisin Donnelly

Books/Book Chapters

This chapter critically explores the design and implementation of a blended problem-based learning (PBL) module for academic professional development in higher education. A core aspect of the chapter is the overview of the design framework used for the application and specific use of learning technologies in the PBL module. As it would appear that e-learning courses are often lauded on the basis of their constructivist approach to learning, but in reality sustained interstudent contact and discussion can be difficult, an underlying purpose of the chapter is to show how interactional analysis helps in understanding the potential of transformative pedagogy within …

Rollins Alumni Record, Summer 2008, Rollins College

Rollins Magazine

Issue Title: "Curtain Call"

2008 University Of Northern Iowa Panther Soccer Media Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--Quick Facts --1
--Rosters --2
--Outlook --3
--Head Coach Jen Plante --4
--Associate Head Coach Tar Koleski --5
--Bios --6-16
--2007 Final Stats --16-17
--MVC Recap --18
--Records --19-20
--All-Time Results --21
--Series Results --22
--All-Time Roster --22
--Missouri Valley Conference --23
--Opponents --24-25
--About UNI --26
--Athletic Director Troy Dannen --27
--President Benjamin Allen --27
--Media Information --28

2008-2009 - Undergraduate Catalog, Office Of The Registrar, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

2008 - Etsu Fact Book, Institutional Research, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Fact Books

No abstract provided.