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DBBL Graduate Class - MFC Presentation
(2013-04-15)Presentation delivered as a culminating assignment for the Design Based Biotechnology Learning course (Wells, EDCI 5854). Discussion provided an explanation of the design process, prototype construction, testing, iteration, ... -
A Descriptive Study of the Knowledge-Base of Malaria between the Visually-impaired and the Non-Visually impaired in Two Primary Schools in Lagos, Nigeria; implications for health education
(2015)Background: The study was carried out in two primary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. One hundred students were from Pacelli School for the Blind and one hundred and sixty-four students were from Onitolo Primary School, ... -
Designing Intuitive Web Pages for E- learning
(Virginia Tech, 2013-02)This paper discussed in this poster is about designing intuitive web pages for e-learning. There are numerous frameworks for e-learning. I have looked at the different frameworks for e-learning and they all possess a common ... -
Developing a Survey to Determine Student Perceptions of Readiness at the Beginning of an Educational Leadership Program
In this study, researchers developed a survey to determine student perceptions of readiness prior to entering an educational leadership program. The researchers analyzed and established the reliability and validity of the ... -
Developing a Survey to Determine Student Perceptions of Readiness at the Beginning of an Educational Leadership Program
(2016-08-03)In this study, a survey was developed to determine student perceptions of readiness prior to entering an educational leadership program. The survey was disseminated to all students entering the program, and the results ... -
Developing Workforce Skills in K-12 Classrooms: How Teacher Externships Increase Awareness of the Critical Role of Effective Communication Bradley Bowen
(Springer Open, 2020)This study investigates how participating in a teacher externship program increases the awareness of how effective communication plays a critical role in an industrybased environment. It also studies the teacher participants’ ... -
Ebola Virus Disease Stigmatization; The Role of Societal Attributes
(2015)Globally, persons with diseases like leprosy, tuberculosis, H1N1, SARS or HIV/AIDS have been stigmatized. The ongoing Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa has been the longest outbreak in the history of the ... -
Educational Consortia in a Knowledge Economy: Collaboration, Competition, and Organizational Equilibrium
(Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2010)In today's knowledge economy, collaboration and competition are critical in success. New postsecondary organizations have emerged in the higher education landscape, including consortiums and inter-institutional and ... -
Educators in Industry: An Exploratory Study to Determine how Teacher Externships Influence K-12 Classroom Practices
(2018)This exploratory study investigates the impacts of industry- based externships for K-12 teachers, and reports teachers’ perspectives on how these experiences influenced K-12 classroom practices. The program of focus in ... -
Effects of an Active Learning Approach on Students’ Motivation in an Engineering Course
(Redfame, 2019-01-31)Because there are many positive effects of active learning approaches on students’ motivation and achievement, some authors have recommended that these approaches be widely implemented. A research-intensive university ... -
The effects of an afterschool STEM program on students’ motivation and engagement
(SpringerOpen, 2017-06-12)Background: Calculus is a foundational course for STEM-intending students yet has been shown to dissuade students from pursuing STEM degrees. In this report, we examine factors related to students and instructors reporting ... -
Emerging Dialogic Structures in Education Reform: An analysis of Urban Teachers’ Online Compositions
(2016-05-04)This paper contextualizes contemporary urban teachers’ online dissent in public discussions of education reform inrelation to past educational crisis narratives to interpret recent shifts in the structure of education ... -
Engaging Second Language Learners Using the MUSIC Model of Motivation
(Frontiers, 2020-06)The overall aim of this article is to explain how the MUSIC Model of Motivation can be applied to L2 instruction in a manner that is consistent with positive psychology, which emphasizes individuals’ strengths and the ... -
Enhancing Teacher Performance: A Toolbox of Strategies to Facilitate Moving Behavior from Problematic to Good and from Good to Great
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2016-04-08)Exemplary schools have at their core outstanding principals and teachers. This book enables school leaders to enhance teacher performance to move from problematic to good or better yet, from good to great. -
Experimental and Statistical Investigation of Reservoir Properties with the Effect of Waterflooding Treatment
(2020-08-25)An oilfield reservoir over long-term operation may have different petrophysical information, which has a significant impact on oilfield maintenance and finance. Successful oilfield enhanced oil recovery benefits a lot from ... -
Exploring the link between inquiry paradigm and the process of collaboration
(Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2003)Case studies of long-term collaborators here test the links between inquiry paradigm or worldview and the practical aspects of the conduct of scholarly inquiry. The findings reveal that differences in ontological and ... -
Faculty Perceptions of Climate and Job Satisfaction by Race/Ethnicity: Findings from 2005 AdvanceVT Work-Life Survey
(Virginia Tech, 2007-08)There has been increased attention given to the status of ethnic minority faculty members in American higher education over the past few decades. While minority faculty continue to increase their presence in the professoriate, ... -
The Federal Role in Financing 21st-Century Higher Education: Effectiveness, Issues, and Alternatives
(Miller Center Of Public Policy: University Of Virginia, 2016)For the United States to remain competitive in the world market, 60 percent of new entrants into the workforce by 2025 would have to possess a college degree or certificate of postsecondary training. Currently, that number ... -
Fostering partnerships for institutional impact
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From Policy to Best Practices in STEM Education in the US.
(2016-08-08)
