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An Examination Of The Perceptions And Motivations Of African American High School Students Regarding Performance Character Qualities For Future Success, Robin W. Stewart Jan 2012

An Examination Of The Perceptions And Motivations Of African American High School Students Regarding Performance Character Qualities For Future Success, Robin W. Stewart

Wayne State University Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to understand student perceptions and motivations regarding performance character qualities (i.e., assertiveness, perseverance, resilience, and self-control) at an urban high school. In examining these relationships, students' perceptions and motivations towards performance character qualities were identified. The study is important because students' poor academic performance, low test scores, low high school graduation rates, and employers reporting that high school graduates do not possess the necessary performance qualities needed to excel on the job indicate that urban high school students may lack the proper orientation toward performance qualities. Research is needed to understand types of skills …


Professional Development For Geographically Dispersed Faculty, Emily Donnelli-Sallee, Amber Dailey-Hebert, B. Jean Mandernach Jan 2012

Professional Development For Geographically Dispersed Faculty, Emily Donnelli-Sallee, Amber Dailey-Hebert, B. Jean Mandernach

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Tough-Love Consulting, Allison P. Boye, Suzanne Tapp Jan 2012

Tough-Love Consulting, Allison P. Boye, Suzanne Tapp

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Collaborating With Faculty To Design Active Learning With Flexible Technology, Beth A. Fisher, Kathryn G. Miller, William E. Buhro, Deborah J. Frank, Regina F. Frey Jan 2012

Collaborating With Faculty To Design Active Learning With Flexible Technology, Beth A. Fisher, Kathryn G. Miller, William E. Buhro, Deborah J. Frank, Regina F. Frey

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


About The Authors, Volume 31 (2012) Jan 2012

About The Authors, Volume 31 (2012)

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

About the editors and authors of volume 31 (2012) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development.


Preface, Volume 31 (2012), James E. Groccia Jan 2012

Preface, Volume 31 (2012), James E. Groccia

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Preface to volume 31 (2012) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by James E. Groccia of Auburn University.


What Educational Developers Need To Know About Faculty-Artists In The Academy, Natasha Haugnes, Hoag Holmgren, Martin Springborg Jan 2012

What Educational Developers Need To Know About Faculty-Artists In The Academy, Natasha Haugnes, Hoag Holmgren, Martin Springborg

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


An Exploration Of The Spiritual Roots Of The Midcareer Faculty Experience, Virginia S. Lee, Dorothe J. Bach, Richard N. Muthiah Jan 2012

An Exploration Of The Spiritual Roots Of The Midcareer Faculty Experience, Virginia S. Lee, Dorothe J. Bach, Richard N. Muthiah

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


The Donors Next Door; Raising Funds From Faculty For Faculty Development Centers, Genevieve G. Shaker, Megan M. Palmer Jan 2012

The Donors Next Door; Raising Funds From Faculty For Faculty Development Centers, Genevieve G. Shaker, Megan M. Palmer

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Researching The Impact Of Educational Development, Nancy Van Note Chism, Matthew Holley, Cameron J. Harris Jan 2012

Researching The Impact Of Educational Development, Nancy Van Note Chism, Matthew Holley, Cameron J. Harris

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Examining Effective Faculty Practice, Allison Brckalorenz, Tony Ribera, Jillian Kinzie, Eddie R. Cole Jan 2012

Examining Effective Faculty Practice, Allison Brckalorenz, Tony Ribera, Jillian Kinzie, Eddie R. Cole

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Faculty And Student Perspectives On Course Evaluation Terminology, Carol Lauer Jan 2012

A Comparison Of Faculty And Student Perspectives On Course Evaluation Terminology, Carol Lauer

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Supporting International Faculty, Cutting Li, Sterling K. Wall, Marty Loy, Kelly Schoonaert Jan 2012

Supporting International Faculty, Cutting Li, Sterling K. Wall, Marty Loy, Kelly Schoonaert

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Please Read While Texting And Driving, C. Edward Watson, Krista P. Terry, Peter E. Doolittle Jan 2012

Please Read While Texting And Driving, C. Edward Watson, Krista P. Terry, Peter E. Doolittle

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Tweeting #Podhbcu, Mary C. Wright, Rachel K. Niemer, Derek Bruff, Katherine Valle Jan 2012

Tweeting #Podhbcu, Mary C. Wright, Rachel K. Niemer, Derek Bruff, Katherine Valle

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Using Small Group Individual Diagnosis To Improve Online Instruction, Jennifer H. Herman, Melissa Langridge Jan 2012

Using Small Group Individual Diagnosis To Improve Online Instruction, Jennifer H. Herman, Melissa Langridge

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Millennial Students, Michele Dipietro Jan 2012

Millennial Students, Michele Dipietro

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Acknowledgments, Volume (20), James E. Groccia Jan 2012

Acknowledgments, Volume (20), James E. Groccia

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Acknowledgments for volume 31 (2012) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by James E. Groccia of Auburn University.


The Impact Of Preparing Agriculture Faculty To Influence Student Critical Thinking Disposition, Mark E. Burbach, Gina S. Matkin, Courtney E. Quinn, Travis P. Searle Jan 2012

The Impact Of Preparing Agriculture Faculty To Influence Student Critical Thinking Disposition, Mark E. Burbach, Gina S. Matkin, Courtney E. Quinn, Travis P. Searle

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

This study examined the effect of agriculture faculty training in and practice of methodologies to explicitly teach critical thinking skills related to course content and subsequent change in student critical thinking disposition. Twelve instructors in 14 agriculture courses underwent a year–long program of instruction in effective critical thinking development. Students completed the University of Florida–Engagement, Maturity, and Innovativeness assessment (UF–EMI) at the beginning and the end of the semester. Pair–wise comparisons showed significant increases in all three critical thinking dispositions (i.e., engagement, cognitive maturity, and innovativeness). In addition, a step–wise regression on the data gathered at the end of the …


Writing Yogis: Breathing Our Way To Mindfulness And Balance In Embodied Writing Pedagogy, Christy I. Wenger Jan 2012

Writing Yogis: Breathing Our Way To Mindfulness And Balance In Embodied Writing Pedagogy, Christy I. Wenger

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Breathing exercises constitute a method for helping students to attain a state of mindfulness in their writing—and their lives.


Connecting, Helen Walker, Carl Vandermeulen, Louise Morgan, Jill Moyer Sunday, Tony Mayo Jan 2012

Connecting, Helen Walker, Carl Vandermeulen, Louise Morgan, Jill Moyer Sunday, Tony Mayo

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Connecting

Helen Walker - Trust, and Gaps

Carl Vandermeulen - Proverbs for Poetry Class

Louise Morgan - TJ, Whom I Like Very Much

Jill Moyer Sunday - History Lesson 101

Tony Mayo - Shawn


Outside The Box And Onto A Dusty Trail, Richard Leo Enos Jan 2012

Outside The Box And Onto A Dusty Trail, Richard Leo Enos

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Archeological exploration has redefined research since this scholar became the Indiana Jones of rhetorical studies.


Book Reviews, Judy Halden-Sullivan, Lauren Dipaula, William Archibald, Noam Scheindlin, Martin Cockroft Jan 2012

Book Reviews, Judy Halden-Sullivan, Lauren Dipaula, William Archibald, Noam Scheindlin, Martin Cockroft

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Book Reviews

Judy Halden-Sullivan - Paradigm Shifts

Lauren DiPaula - Price, Margaret. Mad At School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011.

William Archibald - Thomas, Douglas and John Seely Brown. A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change. Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2011.

Noam Scheindlin - Vandermeulen, Carl. Negotiating the Personal in Creative Writing. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2011.

Martin Cockroft - Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. and Bruce Novak. Teaching Literacy for Love and Wisdom: Being the Book and Being the Change. NY: Teachers College Press, 2011.


Reflections On Accidental Testimonies And Spectacular Witnesses, Lavinia Hirsu Jan 2012

Reflections On Accidental Testimonies And Spectacular Witnesses, Lavinia Hirsu

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

When unplanned-for testimonies occur in class, how do instructors turn a disruptive moment into a teachable one?


Gatekept: Inviting Creative Community Literacy, Shelly Sanders, B. Cole Bennett Jan 2012

Gatekept: Inviting Creative Community Literacy, Shelly Sanders, B. Cole Bennett

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Creative writing becomes a vehicle for community outreach in a Writing Center setting, bringing together town and gown.


The Communally Focused Writing Center, Tom Truesdell Jan 2012

The Communally Focused Writing Center, Tom Truesdell

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Can writing center administrators prepare student tutors to help transform faculty-student relations? Should they?


Renovating My Academic Administration, Elizabeth Vander Lei Jan 2012

Renovating My Academic Administration, Elizabeth Vander Lei

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

A department chair dons a hard hat and begins to see her position through the lens of spiritual rebirth and figured worlds—as a portrait of Calvin looks on.


The Rainbow Connection: Theorizing The Efficacy Of Private Texts, Liz Rohan Jan 2012

The Rainbow Connection: Theorizing The Efficacy Of Private Texts, Liz Rohan

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Texts written privately often find new contexts, new uses, if writers become mindful of Bakhtin’s notion of “great time.”


Jaepl, Vol. 18, Winter 2012-2013, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters Jan 2012

Jaepl, Vol. 18, Winter 2012-2013, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Essays

Douglas Hesse - Writing and Time, Time and the Essay

Liz Rohan - The Rainbow Connection: Theorizing the Efficacy of Private Texts

Christy I. Wenger - Writing Yogis: Breathing Our Way to Mindfulness and Balance in Embodied Writing Pedagogy

Lavinia Hirsu - Reflections on Accidental Testimonies and Spectacular Witnesses

Heather Trahan - Queers, Cupid's Arrow, and Contradictions in the Classroom: An Activity Theory Analysis

Shelly Sanders & B. Cole Bennett - Gatekept: Inviting Creative Community Literacy

Out of the Box

Richard Leo Enos - Outside the Box and onto a Dusty Trail

SPECIAL SECTION: Administration, Ethics, and Spirituality

Paul …


Queers, Cupid’S Arrow, And Contradictions In The Classroom: An Activity Theory Analysis, Heather Trahan Jan 2012

Queers, Cupid’S Arrow, And Contradictions In The Classroom: An Activity Theory Analysis, Heather Trahan

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

“Third generation” activity theory can help instructors support and also deal with gay romance in the classroom.