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Pedagogical Intersections: ePortfolio Practice and Essential Learning Outcomes for 21st Century Success
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Lehman, Regina M.; Mills, Michele D.; Gupta, Richa; Calderon, Olga – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2021
ePortfolio practice and assessment of essential learning outcomes (ELOs) are well established at LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC). The way in which these practices intersect is via the assessment of authentic student artifacts generated from assignments aligned with ELOs. Student artifacts are deposited into the Core ePortfolio for college-wide…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Community Colleges
Technical College Student Attitudes toward Learning 21st Century Work Skills
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Garrison, Cheryl – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The United States faces a shortage of well-qualified, technically skilled individuals entering manufacturing and energy production fields. Compounding this shortage, employers want graduates to possess technical knowledge foundational for these highly-skilled positions, as well as less tangible 21st century work skills. Technical colleges are…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, College Students, Student Attitudes, Skill Development
Perceptions of Lawyers on Career Transition, Transferable Skills, and Preparation for Community College Leadership
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Nguyen, Thomas T. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine perspectives of attorneys who have transitioned into community college leadership. The study sought to answer questions concerning why attorneys decided to change careers, how they transition into new careers, and to what extent their legal backgrounds helped them in educational leadership.…
Descriptors: Lawyers, Attitudes, Opinions, Educational Attitudes
Development of Students' Conceptual Thinking by Means of Video Analysis and Interactive Simulations at Technical Universities
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Hockicko, Peter; Krišták, Luboš; Nemec, Miroslav – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Video analysis, using the program Tracker (Open Source Physics), in the educational process introduces a new creative method of teaching physics and makes natural sciences more interesting for students. This way of exploring the laws of nature can amaze students because this illustrative and interactive educational software inspires them to think…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Physics
Influences on Students' Environmental Self Determination and Implications for Science Curricula
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Darner, Rebekka – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2014
According to self-determination theory, social contexts that support students' basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness foster motivation toward behaviors that are valued in that social context. This study investigated the socio-contextual elements of a learning environment that support or undermine students' basic…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Social Environment, Educational Environment, Psychological Needs
College Student and Inmate: A Narrative Ethnography of the Be the Change Program Participants at the Commonwealth Correctional Center
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Hayes, Anne Carrington – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With approximately 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Of those incarcerated, 95% will be released. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that over two thirds of prisoners released from state and federal prisons will be arrested again within three years. Prison-based educational…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education