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Buck Bracey, Zoë E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
This article presents the results of exploratory research with community college students from non-dominant linguistic backgrounds (NDLB) in an introductory astronomy class as they collaborated to reconstruct dynamic cosmology visualizations through drawing. Data included student discourse during the drawing activity, post-activity interviews, and…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Astronomy, Science Education
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Vidal, Helena; Hockstein, Lisa; Ahern, Joy; Stein, Karen – Journal of Museum Education, 2019
Museum educators and instructors of English as a Second Language (ESOL) at a community college in New York reflect on their experiences facilitating a program designed to enrich the language, cultural, and visual literacy skills of adult immigrant students. The CALTA21 program brought together three stakeholders, immigrant ESOL students, language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Museums, Communities of Practice, English (Second Language)
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Schuetz, Pam; Rosenbaum, James; Foran, Amy; Cepa, Kennan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Community college students who arrive on campus knowing exactly what they want to do and how to do it are more likely to succeed. However, many students need help to choose which educational goal to pursue. Typically, colleges refer undecided students to campus advisors and websites, but these resources are underfunded and poorly organized to help…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Goal Orientation, Mixed Methods Research
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Crosta, Peter M. – Community College Review, 2014
This study examines the relationship between community college enrollment patterns and student outcomes--credential completion and transfer to a 4-year institution--introducing a new way of visualizing the various attendance patterns of community college students. Patterns of enrollment intensity (full- or part-time status) and continuity…
Descriptors: Correlation, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Two Year College Students
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Yue, Jianping – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2008
In this study, the popular Purdue Spatial Visualization Test-Visualization by Rotations (PSVT-R) in isometric drawings was recreated with CAD software that allows 3D solid modeling and rendering to provide more realistic pictorial views. Both the original and the modified PSVT-R tests were given to students and their scores on the two tests were…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Visualization, Measures (Individuals), Improvement
Sitz, Robert – 1995
A simulated art history textbook reading assignment was designed to examine the effects of visual information on student learning and understanding. A sample of 234 students was taken from a population of freshman/sophomore English students in a large metropolitan community college district. In phase one of the study, students took the Group…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art History, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges