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Situated Learning as a Constructivist Learning Theory
(Virginia Tech, 2012-11-30)The students are undergraduate students from different continents and have contrasting interpretations of plagiarism. They have similarities in that they are all taking the class on plagiarism. They would need computers ... -
Southern Virginia Youth Expo 2015 Career ChoICE Final Evaluation Report.
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Special Populations At-Risk for Dropping Out of School: A Discipline-Based Analysis of STEM Educators
(Institute for STEM Education and Research, 2015-04)The term at-risk without proper context and definition can evoke many possibilities, characteristics, and conditions that can make comparisons and interpretation difficult. [...]in this investigational description, the ... -
Standards-based mathematics curricula and the promotion of quantitative literacy in elementary school
(2015)Background: Prior research has shown that students taught using Standards-based mathematics curricula tend to outperform students on measures of mathematics achievement. However, little research has focused particularly ... -
STEM Education: The Potential of Technology Education
(Council on Technology and Engineering Teacher Education, 2019)Disciplinary perspectives on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education afford an opportunity for insights into how these respective fields of education view their roles in the schooling of America ... -
STEM, STEM Education, STEMmania
(Technology Teacher, 2008)A series of circumstances has once more created an opportunity for technology educators to develop and implement new integrative approaches to STEM education championed by STEM education reform doctrine over the past two decades. -
STEMbot - Design Based Biotechnical Learning
(2019-04-30)Documentation of STEMbot Plant Research Module implementation. Video captures the movement of the STEMbot based on the programmed sequencing for capturing plant images and analyzing pixel counts of the photographs as a ... -
The Story of the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training (TEVET) Reforms in Zambia: 1994-2008
(Virginia Tech, 2020-11-16)The Story of Technical Education, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Training (TEVET) Reforms in Zambia is a case study about reforming a technical education and vocational training system of a developing country. The case ... -
Strategic alignment for university impact and outcomes.
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Strategies and Challenges Involved in the Eradication of Rubella; Justification for Inclusion of Rubella Vaccine in Nigeria’s National Program on Immunization
(Virginia Tech, 2002-03-08)Rubella is also known as German measles. Rubella is caused by a togavirus which spreads by droplet infection. One attack confers a high degree of immunity. It tends to infect older children, adolescents and young adults ... -
Structural challenges affecting the experiences of public university LGBT services graduate assistants
In this narrative inquiry study, we interviewed 5 graduate assistants who served as the primary point of contact for their public university’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) student services. We were ... -
Supporting teacher candidates’ development of critical thinking skills through dialogue and reflection
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Teaching Credentials in the Inclusive STEM Classroom
(Springer, 2018)As integrated STEM education becomes more commonplace, the number of inclusive STEM classrooms containing students with disabilities will continue to rise. This presents many challenges to both STEM education teachers and ... -
Technology helps students transcend part-whole concepts
How would your students make sense of the fraction 5/7? Would they interpret it as 5 parts out of 7 equal parts? Could they also understand it as a piece that is 5 times as large as 1/7? The former interpretation aligns ... -
Technology, Science, Mathematics Integration
(Council on Technology Teacher Education, 1995)"The idea of integrating technology, science, and mathematics curricula makes sense from a variety of perspectives. There is growing support from all three school disciplines involved. Moreover, the nature of learning promoted ... -
The effect of the Clery Act on campus judicial practices
(Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2003)This article describes a study seeking to assess perceptions of campus judicial officers/members of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA) regarding the effectiveness of the Clery Act (Campus Security Act) on ... -
The impact of the Clery Campus Crime Disclosure Act on student behavior
(Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2003)In this national study on the impact of the Clery Campus Crime Disclosure and Reporting Act, 305 college administrators distributed questionnaires to 9,150 undergraduate students. Student knowledge of the Act and changes ... -
The nature of student affairs work at historically black colleges and universities
(Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2006)This qualitative study examined the nature of work for 70 administrators (67% female, 33 male) who provide services to students at historically Black colleges and universities. Data were collected by administering the ... -
Time Management
Everyone has said it: “There’s just not enough time in the day." The challenge of everyday life is to use your time effectively; this is never truer than in the life of a school teacher. Each day teachers are challenged ... -
Training Manual on Tuberculosis for Virginia Tech Adult Day Services’ Staff
(Virginia Tech, 2007-02-19)This training guide outlines tuberculosis screening, treatment, and prevention protocols for Virginia Tech Adult Day Services Staff. The guide describes the occurrence of tuberculosis worldwide, diagnostic measures such ...
