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Scholars in teaching and learning value student research and program assessment as strategies to promote excellence in undergraduate
education. Yet, in practice, each can be complex and difficult to sustain. This case study demonstrates how undergraduate
research, mentoring of junior faculty, and assessment can be integrated in ways that enrich the educational experiences of
students and the professional development of faculty and improve research on teaching and learning. The authors describe a
lively undergraduate research project that became tied to the mentoring of assistant professors and then to program assessment.
We conclude with recommendations for implementing such a project in other academic settings.
Elizabeth Thomas is Assistant Professor in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. She received her
Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and teaches courses on inquiry in the social sciences,
community psychology, and psychology and the arts. Her research examines sociocultural contexts for learning and development
with a particular focus on the role of the arts and the potential of participatory action research strategies.
Diane Gillespie is Professor and Associate Director of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (IAS) at The University of Washington, Bothell,
received her Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln in Cultural and Psychological Studies in Education. She teaches multicultural
social science courses and qualitative research. Her recent publications explore the importance of narrative for reflective
teaching and learning, learning in small groups, and the role of human rights in nonformal education. 相似文献
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Engaging Undergraduate Students in Research Activities: Are Research Universities Doing a Better Job? 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Engaging undergraduate students in research activities has been advocated as an innovative strategy to improve American higher
education (Boyer Commission, Reinventing undergraduate education: A blueprint for America’s research universities. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stony Brook, NY, 1998). This study compared the frequency of undergraduate
student research experiences at different types of colleges and universities from the early 1990s through 2004. The results
indicate that the frequency of student research experiences increased since 1998 at all types of institutions and that students
at research universities were not more likely than their counterparts elsewhere to have such experiences. The findings were
consistent across major fields. To live up to their claims, research universities must find additional ways to involve undergraduates
in research with faculty members.
Shouping Hu is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University. He received his M.S. degree in Economics and Ph.D.
in Higher Education from Indiana University. His research and scholarship focuses on postsecondary access and persistence,
college student experience, and higher education finance.
George D. Kuh is Chancellor’s Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University
Bloomington. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Iowa. His research focuses on the quality of undergraduate
education.
Joy Gaston Gayles is Associate Professor in Adult and Higher Education at North Carolina State University. She received her Bachelor’s degree
from Shaw University, Master’s degree from Auburn University, and Ph.D. in Higher Education from The Ohio State University.
Her research focuses on college student learning and development. 相似文献
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Using data from the College Student Experience Questionnaire research program between 1998 and 2004, this study examined the effects of student engagement in inquiry-oriented activities
on a range of self-reported college outcomes. The results indicate that (1) engaging in inquiry-oriented activities has significant
and positive effects on a global measure of gains; (2) engagement has positive effects on some college outcomes but negative
effects on others; (3) the effects of inquiry-oriented activities are conditional, with some students benefiting more than
others. This study reveals the complexity of the influences of inquiry-oriented activities on college students and points
to implications for institutional policies and programs that may be effective in fostering desired college outcomes.
Shouping Hu is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University. He received his M.S. degree in Economics and Ph.D.
in Higher Education from Indiana University. His research and scholarship focuses on college access and success, student engagement,
and higher education finance. His contact information is 113 Stone Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306.
George D. Kuh is Chancellor’s Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University
Bloomington. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Iowa. His research focuses on the quality of undergraduate
education.
Shaoqing Li is a senior research analyst in the Office of Institutional Research at Florida A&M University. She received her M.S. degree
in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University. Her expertise includes information
technologies, learning theories, and institutional research. 相似文献
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In light of the widespread recognition of the enduring challenge of enhancing the learning of all students—including a growing
number of students representing diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds—there has been an explosion of literature
on teaching, learning, and assessment in higher education. Notwithstanding scores of promising new ideas, individual faculty
in higher education need a dynamic and inclusive model to help them engage in a systematic and continuous process of exploring
and testing various teaching and assessment practices to ensure the learning of their students. This paper introduces a model—Teaching-for-Learning
(TFL)—developed to meet this need.
Clifton F. Conrad received his bachelor’s degree in History and his master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Kansas and his
Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. He is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison;
and his research focus is on college and university curricula with particular emphases on program quality, liberal education,
and teaching and learning.
Jason Johnson received his bachelor’s degree in Comparative History of Ideas and his master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies at the University of Washington. He is nearing completion of his Ph.D. and working as a Teaching Assistant in Higher
Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his research focuses on rhetoric in higher education.
Divya Malik Gupta received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Human Development and Family Studies from Maharaja Sayajirao University in
Gujarat, India. She is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 相似文献
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J. Patrick Biddix Patricia A. Somers Joseph L. Polman 《Innovative Higher Education》2009,34(3):133-147
Using a case study approach, the authors examine the democratic and civic engagement learning outcomes of a campus protest.
The conceptual framework is built on the ideas outlined in Learning Reconsidered (Keeling 2004) and modeled in its pragmatic follow-up, Learning Reconsidered 2 (Keeling 2006). Results suggest student and campus administrator actions during a campus protest support democratic aims, student development,
and digital age democracy. Recommendations for campus educators are included. This study extends previous discussion on activism’s
journey from detrimental to developmental (Astin 1999; Chambers & Phelps 1993; Hamrick 1998; Hunter 1988) by mapping the learning environment through the interaction of protestor and university and by incorporating new forms of
activism.
J. Patrick Biddix received his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies with specialization in Higher Education from the University
of Missouri–St. Louis. He is currently Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Research Methodology in the Department
of Curriculum, Leadership, and Technology at Valdosta State University. His primary research interests include college student
uses of technology outside the classroom, career pathways in student affairs, and research methodology.
Patricia A. Somers received her Ph.D. in Educational Administration with specialization in Higher Education from the University of New Orleans.
She is currently an Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary research interests
include college access, student persistence, student development theory, and two-year colleges.
Joseph L. Polman received his Ph.D. in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Educational
Technology in the Division of Teaching and Learning at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. His primary research interests
include inquiry-based learning involving computers and the Internet as tools, viewed from a sociocultural perspective. 相似文献
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The Influences of Faculty on Undergraduate Student Participation in Research and Creative Activities
Using data collected from surveys of college juniors and seniors and faculty members in related academic departments, this
study examined whether faculty teaching and research orientations, as well as faculty external funding, had any impact on
undergraduate student participation in research and creative activities. The results of the study indicated that faculty research
orientation and external funding were indeed positively related to student participation in research activities. However,
faculty members’ teaching orientation was not significant. Further analyses indicated that faculty teaching and research orientations
had different impacts on a range of research and creative activities by undergraduate students. The findings from this study
provide insight on ways of improving college teaching and learning as well as informing the development of institutional academic
policies related to faculty and undergraduate education.
Shouping Hu is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University. He received his M.S. degree in Economics and Ph.D.
in Higher Education from Indiana University. His research and scholarship focus on college access and success, student engagement,
and higher education policy.
Kathyrine Scheuch is the Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation in the Division of Community Colleges, Florida Department of Education.
She received her Ed.D. in Higher Education from Florida State University. Her research interests include undergraduate research
activities and minority student issues.
Joy Gaston Gayles is Associate Professor of Higher Education at North Carolina State University. She received her Ph.D. in Higher Education
from Ohio State University. Her research interests include the college student experience and its impact on student development
and learning. 相似文献
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Keith Turvey 《Education and Information Technologies》2008,13(4):317-327
This paper argues that student teachers’ developing pedagogical approaches achieve expression within the virtual classroom
in much the same way as they would in the ‘real’ classroom; that is to say through language as the primary tool of mediation.
Whilst the advent of new communications technologies affords new arenas in which learning can take place—Virtual Learning
Environments (VLEs), online communities, Managed Learning Environments—the importance of human agency and the significance
of language remains pivotal to the effective use of such technologies. As such it is argued that student teachers need opportunities
to engage in authentic online dialogue with children as they endeavour to find their online pedagogical voice. The key findings
emerge from a case study carried out with a group of Year 3 ICT specialists on an undergraduate initial teacher education
(ITE) degree course in the UK, leading to qualified teacher status (QTS) in the primary and lower secondary phases of education.
Funding from the University of Brighton, Community University Partnership Programme (CUPP), was used to design and resource
a module, which facilitated opportunities for student teachers to engage in online learning dialogues with children from a
local primary school, having initially met with the children face-to-face. Fourteen student teachers participated in the study.
Interviews were carried out and their online dialogues with the children were analysed to establish both the issues and potential
advantages of such a situated approach to learning about the educational use of new communications technologies with children. 相似文献
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Susan A. Santo Mary E. Engstrom Linda Reetz William E. Schweinle Kristine Reed 《Innovative Higher Education》2009,34(2):117-129
All programs in a midwestern university recently embarked on a path to help increase the scholarly productivity of faculty.
The effort to develop a research emphasis within the School of Education required determining the needs of tenure-track faculty
regarding meeting the new requirements. The purposes of our study were to investigate these needs and identify the individual,
environmental, and leadership factors that affect faculty productivity. Findings revealed a need to transform the School’s
service and teaching culture to a culture of research and scholarship. Recommendations for helping other schools of education
to become more research-oriented are provided. While the study focuses on data from a particular School of Education, the
implications may generalize to faculty productivity within other institutions, particularly within professional schools.
Susan A. Santo received a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from the University of Virginia and is currently an Associate Professor of Adult
and Higher Education at the University of South Dakota. Her research interests include faculty productivity in higher education
and improving distance learning.
Mary E. Engstrom received an Ed.D. from the University of South Dakota in Curriculum and Instruction. She is currently the Associate Director
of Extended Learning Services at the University of Montana. Her research interests include instructional design for online
learning and professional development for educators.
Linda Reetz received an Ed.D. from the University of North Dakota in Teacher Education and serves as the Associate Dean of the School
of Education at the University of South Dakota. Her research interests include higher education practices for teacher education
programs and mild disabilities.
William Schweinle received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Arlington in Psychology and serves as an Assistant Professor at the University
of South Dakota. His research interest area is in statistics.
Kristine Reed received a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in Curriculum and Instruction/Administration and serves as a faculty
member in Curriculum and Instruction, University of South Dakota. Her research emphases include multicultural education and
rural education. 相似文献
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While there has been emphasis on the institution and individual classroom as loci of learning and reform, less attention has
been paid to the academic department. However, precisely because its structure is so endemic to institutions of higher education,
the academic department may be the most logical and potent site for change. Using a case study approach, this paper examines
the conditions under which change in undergraduate education takes hold and flourishes in the academic department, advances
the concept of readiness, and explores its implications for those who wish to promote change in the department.
Virginia S. Lee is managing member and consultant, Virginia S. Lee & Associates, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in teaching, learning,
and assessment in higher education. She received her B.A. from Smith College, her M.B.A. from New York University, and her
Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Special interests include the design and implementation of institution-wide
curriculum reform efforts, course and curriculum design, inquiry-guided learning, intensive learning, outcomes-based assessment,
and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Michael R. Hyman is Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at North Carolina State University.
He received his B.S. from University College, London, his M.B.A. from Oregon State University, and his Ph.D. from Bristol
University. His major research interest is the biodegradation of environmental pollutants.
Geraldine Luginbuhl is Interim Department Head and Professor in the Department of Microbiology at North Carolina State University. She received
her B.S. from Stanford University and her Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has a longstanding interest
in undergraduate education and, recently, inquiry-guided learning. 相似文献
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We measured student knowledge and motivation at the beginning and end of a three-week general psychology course. Two large
lecture sections (N = 215 and N = 154) were compared; one used a cooperative learning process, and one did not. Student knowledge significantly improved
in both sections, but there was no additional benefit derived from using cooperative learning. Interestingly, student motivation
significantly decreased in the cooperative learning section. With recognition of the study’s limitations, we conclude that cooperative learning has
limited efficacy in large enrollment, compressed courses.
Dawn Vreven is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She received her Ph.D. from Brown University.
Her research interests include visual perception and cognition.
Susan McFadden is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She received her Ph.D. from Drew University. She co-edits
the “Teaching Tips” column for the Association for Psychological Science’s Observer and has published a number of articles on teaching and learning.
This work was supported by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program. 相似文献
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In this study, we propose a set of concepts for conceptualizing issues of learning science related to globalization, the encounter
with the (radically) foreign/strange—as this occurs as part of migration and even as part of the encounter of a learner with
the unknown content that science lessons are to impart—from the perspective of the experiencing person and the experience.
We take an approach to the question of the foreign/strange that is grounded in philosophies of difference, which have emerged
in continental Europe, and which make use of advances in phenomenology, dialectics, and materialism. We draw on ethnographic
work in one undergraduate physics course at a Canadian university, where we followed in particular one female Japanese student,
who had come to this country for the purpose of getting a degree. As an entry point and as source of empirical materials,
we draw on our own auto/ethnographic experience that brings particular advantages to ally pathos to the experience of the
foreign/strange, something is happening to (affecting) us that is beyond all experience, understanding, and anticipation.
We articulate three phenomenological aspects that pathos (empathy) allows us to understand concerning the experience of the
foreign/strange and then provide an exemplary and exemplifying analysis.
SungWon Hwang is postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria, Canada, in which she has conducted interdisciplinary research projects that focus on cultural-historical perspectives of learning and identity and the role of the body in the context of science and mathematics. She taught middle school students in Korea and obtained her Ph.D in Seoul National University. Through her postdoctoral studies, she has developed her research interests in cultural studies and video-based qualitative research. Wolff-Michael Roth is the Lansdowne Professor of Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Victoria, Canada. His research focuses on cultural-historical, linguistic, and embodied aspects of scientific and mathematical cognition and communication from elementary school to professional practice, including, among others, studies of scientists, technicians, and environmentalists at their work sites. The work is published in leading journals of linguistics, social studies of science, sociology, and fields and subfields of education (curriculum, mathematics education, science education). His recent books include Toward an Anthropology of Science (Kluwer, 2003), Rethinking Scientific Literacy (Routledge, 2004, with A. C. Barton), Talking Science (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), and Doing Qualitative Research: Praxis of Method (SensePublishers, 2005). 相似文献
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SungWon Hwang is postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria, Canada, in which she has conducted interdisciplinary research projects that focus on cultural-historical perspectives of learning and identity and the role of the body in the context of science and mathematics. She taught middle school students in Korea and obtained her Ph.D in Seoul National University. Through her postdoctoral studies, she has developed her research interests in cultural studies and video-based qualitative research. Wolff-Michael Roth is the Lansdowne Professor of Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Victoria, Canada. His research focuses on cultural-historical, linguistic, and embodied aspects of scientific and mathematical cognition and communication from elementary school to professional practice, including, among others, studies of scientists, technicians, and environmentalists at their work sites. The work is published in leading journals of linguistics, social studies of science, sociology, and fields and subfields of education (curriculum, mathematics education, science education). His recent books include Toward an Anthropology of Science (Kluwer, 2003), Rethinking Scientific Literacy (Routledge, 2004, with A. C. Barton), Talking Science (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), and Doing Qualitative Research: Praxis of Method (SensePublishers, 2005). 相似文献
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William C. Bosch Jessica L. Hester Virginia M. MacEntee James A. MacKenzie T. Mark Morey James T. Nichols Patricia A. Pacitti Barbara A. Shaffer Paul B. Tomascak Suzanne P. Weber Rosalie R. Young 《Innovative Higher Education》2008,33(2):83-98
Faculty, staff, and student perceptions of high-quality learning experiences were explored using focus groups attempting to
define a “learning-centered” college. Common themes emerged suggesting that a successful learning community requires faculty-student
collaboration, effective communication, critical thinking skills, reciprocal respect, faculty passion for learning, high expectations
of both students and faculty, a variety of teaching and assessment strategies, and student engagement in and responsibility
for learning. All groups stressed the need for learning opportunities outside the classroom in both intellectual and social
situations. These themes provide a conceptual framework for future campus initiatives, which has broad relevance for other
institutions.
William C. Bosch is Retired Director of the Center for Learning and Teaching. He received his M.S. in Computer Science from Syracuse University,
and his interests include teaching and learning in higher education and educational technology.
Jessica L. Hester is an Assistant Professor in Theatre and received her Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests
are American theatre history and dramaturgy.
Virginia M. MacEntee is Assistant Professor in Curriculum & Instruction. She received her Ed.D. in Early Childhood Education from Nova Southeastern
Florida University; and her interests include special education, authentic learning, and classroom technology.
James A. MacKenzie is Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine from Wake Forest University School
of Medicine; and his interests include molecular and cellular biology, physiology, and human health and disease.
T. Mark Morey is Professor of Psychology and received his Ph.D. at Depaul University. Research interests include stress, trauma, and coping.
James T. Nichols is Instruction/Reference Librarian and Distance Learning Librarian. He received his M.A. in Library and Information Management
from the University of Denver; his interests include information literacy.
Patricia A. Pacitti is Coordinator of Math and Science Services for the Office of Learning Services. She received M.A.s in Mathematics and Statistics
from Pennsylvania State University; and her interests include developmental education, curriculum design, and classroom technology.
Barbara A. Shaffer is Coordinator of Reference Services and an Instruction Librarian at Penfield Library. She received her M.L.S. from Syracuse
University, and her interests include information literacy and online learning.
Paul B. Tomascak is an Assistant Professor of Geology and Geochemistry. He received his Ph.D. in geology from the University of Maryland;
his research interests include applications of elemental and isotopic systematics to understanding solid Earth and Earth surface
processes.
Suzanne P. Weber is Associate Dean of the School of Education and Professor of Science Education. She received her Ph.D. in Population Ecology
from Syracuse University; her current interests include assessment of student performance and program effectiveness in higher
education.
Rosalie R. Young is Associate Professor in Public Justice. She received her Ph.D.in political science from Syracuse University, and her interests
include family mediation and the ability of the poor to access the legal system.
All authors are currently members of the Committee on Learning and Teaching at State University of New York at Oswego. 相似文献
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Diane Gillespie Nives Dolšak Bruce Kochis Ron Krabill Kari Lerum Anne Peterson Elizabeth Thomas 《Innovative Higher Education》2005,30(3):149-162
This article describes and assesses “Research Circles” as a mechanism for enhancing faculty collegiality and research. Recently
established on our campus, these circles, composed of three to four faculty members, have had a particularly powerful effect
on the new faculty members' adjustment to their tenure track positions, especially since they entered a context that might
otherwise have been challenging: a new interdisciplinary upper-division campus with high expectations for teaching excellence.
Based on the end-of-year evaluations, journals, and focus groups, the co-authors described themes that emerged from their
participation in these circles. Circle participation not only facilitated faculty writing throughout their first year, but
it also fostered the development of an interdisciplinary community which nurtured creativity and risk taking in writing.
All authors are currently teaching in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (IAS) at The University of Washington, Bothell (UWB).
Except for Diane Gillespie, Professor and Associate Director of IAS, all other authors are Assistant Professors in IAS. Diane
Gillespie received her Ph.D. in cultural and psychological studies in education from The University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Her interests include critical pedagogy, narrative psychology, and cultural diversity. Nives Dolšak received a joint Ph.D.
in public policy and political science from Indiana University. Her interests include public policy, environmental policy,
and international relations. Bruce Kochis, received his Ph.D. in Slavic languages & literatures at the University of Michigan.
He focuses on global human rights policy, discourse analysis, and political theory. Ron Krabill received his Ph.D. in sociology
and historical studies from New School for Social Research. His interests include comparative media, politics and social movements
with a special emphasis on South Africa, as well as the study of peace, conflict, social justice, and human rights. Kari Lerum
received her Ph.D. in sociology from The University of Washington. Her interests include culture, organizations, sexuality,
qualitative methods, and visual studies. Anne Peterson received her Ph.D. from Washington University. Her interests include
urban politics and policy and the distribution of natural resources at the local level. Elizabeth Thomas received her Ph.D.
in psychology from The University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign. Her interests include community-based resources for adolescent
development, cultural psychology, and the social context of learning. 相似文献
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This qualitative study explores the process of implementing effective online teaching practices through interviews with thirty exemplary instructors. Emergent themes include providing students with constructive feedback, fostering interaction and involvement, facilitating student learning, and maintaining instructor presence and organization. Analyses of the findings and implications for online instruction are presented.An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.Cassandra C. Lewis is a research assistant at the University of Maryland University College. She is also a doctoral candidate in the department of Education Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland, College Park. Husein Abdul-Hamid is Associate Provost and Executive Director of the Office of Evaluation, Research, and Grants at the University of Maryland University College. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from American University. 相似文献
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This article focuses upon the quality and scholarship of teaching as it pertains to educational and faculty development. We
outline what more than 200 faculty members at one institution have done over a 3-year period to make significant and sustained
improvements in their teaching, surprisingly with minimal effort. The top three factors leading to improvement were active/practical
learning, teacher/student interactions, and clear expectations/learning outcomes. We provide practical applications for change
and suggestions for future research.
Whitney Ransom McGowan is a Ph.D. candidate at Brigham Young University (BYU), and she received an M.S. degree in Instructional Psychology & Technology
from BYU. She is currently a research assistant for the Assistant to the Academic Vice President at BYU and also performs
research at the Center for Teaching & Learning. She can be contacted at whitney.ransom@gmail.com.
Charles R. Graham is an Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University with a focus on technology-mediated
teaching and learning. Graham received his Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University. He received
his M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois and his B.S. degree in Electrical and
Computer Engineering, from BYU. He is particularly interested in studying the design and evaluation of blended learning environments.
He can be contacted at charles_graham@byu.edu. 相似文献
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Rashné R. Jehangir 《Innovative Higher Education》2009,34(1):33-49
Research has shown that first-generation, low-income college students experience both isolation and marginalization, especially
during their first-year of college, which impacts their long-term persistence in higher education. In this article, I argue
that learning community pedagogy designed with attention to multicultural curricula is one vehicle to address the challenges
faced by these college students. Organized around the themes of identity, community, and agency, an interdisciplinary Multicultural
Learning Voices Community (MLVC) was created at a large, public midwestern research university to provide TRiO students with
challenging academic coursework that would connect with their lived experience and help them build bridges of social and academic
integration during their critical first-year of college. This article presents qualitative data from a multiple case study
of seven cohorts of the MLVC, which captures students’ perceptions of their experience.
Rashné R. Jehangir is Assistant Professor in the Department of Post Secondary Teaching and Learning in Education the University of Minnesota.
She received her Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Administration and M.A. in Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology from
the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include student development; access; persistence of low-income, first-generation
students; and the transformation of teaching and learning to address intellectual, social, emotional and student development.
She can be reached at jehan001@umn.edu. 相似文献
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Tania Smith 《Innovative Higher Education》2008,33(1):49-63
This article presents research and narratives on the integration of course-based peer learning assistants into seven courses.
A new curricular peer mentoring program was piloted in the 2005–2006 academic year in an interdisciplinary liberal arts college
at a large Canadian research university. Undergraduate students enrolled in a practicum course which supported their learning
while they collaborated with the “host instructor” of the course in which they served as peer mentor. Assistants’ roles varied
and included individual tutoring, help via email, online discussion facilitation, small group facilitation, in-class presentation
and discussion facilitation, and extracurricular study groups. Their integration into scheduled class activities resulted
in participating students’ perception of enhanced learning. Data included peer mentors’ assignments, host instructor feedback,
and student surveys.
Tania Smith is an Assistant Professor of Communications Studies in the Faculty of Communication at the University of Calgary, Canada. She received her Ph.D. in English in the Rhetoric and Composition program from Ohio State University and teaches rhetoric and professional communication. She researches the development of communities and individuals in advanced informal or experiential education, inquiry based learning, community service learning, collaborative learning and mentoring, and the rhetorical formation of eighteenth-century British women writers. She can be contacted at smit@ucalgary.ca Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada. 相似文献
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Tania Smith is an Assistant Professor of Communications Studies in the Faculty of Communication at the University of Calgary, Canada. She received her Ph.D. in English in the Rhetoric and Composition program from Ohio State University and teaches rhetoric and professional communication. She researches the development of communities and individuals in advanced informal or experiential education, inquiry based learning, community service learning, collaborative learning and mentoring, and the rhetorical formation of eighteenth-century British women writers. She can be contacted at smit@ucalgary.ca Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada. 相似文献
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Developing a course for online instruction requires content knowledge and understanding of the interactivity, technological
requirements, and possibilities in the asynchronous environment. Using a case study method, the researchers investigated the
development of an online humanities course by a team of faculty and instructional designers. Data were collected through observation
of face-to-face planning meetings, document analysis of group postings at the online site, and interviews with the team members.
Using Berge’s typology of online facilitator roles and Stark and Luttuca’s framework on academic plans, this study examined
the roles assumed by team members and the curricular decisions.
Haixia Xu is a Ph.D. candidate in the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. Her research interests include policy
aspects of distance education, comparative higher education, qualitative research methodology, and assessment and evaluation.
Libby V. Morris is the Director of the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. She holds the Ph.D. degree from the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research interests include evaluation and assessment, instructional technology, and educational
demographics. 相似文献
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Kenneth David Strang 《Education and Information Technologies》2017,22(3):917-937
This mixed-method study focuses on online learning analytics, a research area of importance. Several important student attributes and their online activities are examined to identify what seems to work best to predict higher grades. The purpose is to explore the relationships between student grade and key learning engagement factors using a large sample from an online undergraduate business course at an accredited American university (n = 228). Recent studies have discounted the ability to predict student learning outcomes from big data analytics but a few significant indicators have been found by some researchers. Current studies tend to use quantitative factors in learning analytics to forecast outcomes. This study extends that work by testing the common quantitative predictors of learning outcome, but qualitative data is also examined to triangulate the evidence. Pre and post testing of information technology understanding is done at the beginning of the course. First quantitative data is collected, and depending on the hypothesis test results, qualitative data is collected and analyzed with text analytics to uncover patterns. Moodle engagement analytics indicators are tested as predictors in the model. Data is also taken from the Moodle system logs. Qualitative data is collected from student reflection essays. The result was a significant General Linear Model with four online interaction predictors that captured 77.5 % of grade variance in an undergraduate business course. 相似文献