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Direct linkLesk, Cherish Christina Clark – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Active learning methodologies (ALM) are associated with student success, but little research on this topic has been pursued at the community college level. At a local community college, students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses exhibited lower than average grades. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the use…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, STEM Education
Reimer, Lynn Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2017
First-generation, low-income, underrepresented minority (URM) and female undergraduates are matriculating into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors at unprecedented levels. However, a disproportionate number of these students end up graduating in non-STEM disciplines. Attrition rates have been observed to spike in conjunction…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, First Generation College Students, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students
Nitowski, Helena – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Schools today are commissioned to provide students with a solid foundation in global citizenship. Future leaders must be knowledgeable problem solvers who can apply those skills to better the world. An awareness of global issues along with a sense of urgency and strength to act are needed for the welfare of all. The achievement of these goals must…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Literacy, International Education, Active Learning
English, Mary C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this exploratory survey study was to investigate the role of motivational beliefs and perceptions of school conditions in K-12 teachers' implementation of PBL following their completion of introductory PBL training. Specifically, this study examined how much of the variance in the extent of PBL implementation was explained by…
Descriptors: Teacher Motivation, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Educational Environment
Sullivan, Ethan A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a business ethics course on the cognitive moral reasoning of freshmen business students. The sample consisted of 268 college students enrolled in a required business ethics course. The students took Rest's Defining Issues Test--Version 2 (DIT2) as a pre-test and then post-test (upon…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Class Size, Predictor Variables, Active Learning
Jessup-Anger, Jody E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
As postsecondary education is promoted as necessary for participating in the 21st century knowledge economy, academics, policymakers, and the public have voiced concerns about the quality and coherence of undergraduate education (AAC & U, 2007; Barr and Tagg, 1995; U.S. Department of Education, 2006). Critics point to the size, scope, and multiple…
Descriptors: Colleges, Residential Institutions, Undergraduate Students, Research Universities
