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(Supervised) Practice Makes Progress: Student Meaning Making and Development through Internship Experiences
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Matthew J. Smith; Katherine H. Burr; Laura A. Dean – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2025
Informed by Kolb's experiential learning theory and Baxter Magolda's holistic theory of student development, this qualitative study explores the experiences of graduate students in a supervised internship. From an analysis of written assignments completed during the internship experience, our findings reveal abundant meaning-making opportunities…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Internship Programs, Individual Development
Fostering the Development of Earth Data Science Skills in a Diverse Community of Online Learners: A Case Study of the Earth Data Science Corps
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Nathan A. Quarderer; Leah Wasser; Anne U. Gold; Patricia Montaño; Lauren Herwehe; Katherine Halama; Emily Biggane; Jessica Logan; David Parr; Sylvia Brady; James Sanovia; Charles Jason Tinant; Elisha Yellow Thunder; Justina White Eyes; LaShell Poor Bear/Bagola; Madison Phelps; Trey Orion Phelps; Brett Alberts; Michela Johnson; Nathan Korinek; William Travis; Naomi Jacquez; Kaiea Rohlehr; Emily Ward; Elsa Culler; R. Chelsea Nagy; Jennifer Balch – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2025
Today's data-driven world requires earth and environmental scientists to have skills at the intersection of domain and data science. These skills are imperative to harness information contained in a growing volume of complex data to solve the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Despite the importance of these skills, Earth and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Earth Science, Environmental Education, Science Education
Women's Reflections on Learning 10 Years after a Middle School STEM Program
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Susan M. Caley Opsal – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A lack of understanding of how women perceive their learning continues to hinder efforts to design educational experiences that prepare women for STEM disciplines. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore women's perceptions of their learning from a middle school STEM program a decade earlier and other learning experiences they…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Middle School Students, STEM Education
The Power of Experiential Learning: A Handbook for Trainers and Educators.
Beard, Colin; Wilson, John P. – 2002
Experiential learning is a client-focused, supported approach to individual, group, or organizational development, which engages the young or adult learner, using the elements of action, reflection, and transfer. This book explores the theory and practice of experiential learning as the basis for designing and delivering effective learning…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adventure Education, Emotional Experience, Environmental Education
Processing the Experience: Strategies To Enhance and Generalize Learning. Second Edition.
Luckner, John L.; Nadler, Reldan S. – 1997
This book contends that learning is enhanced through active involvement in personally meaningful experiences accompanied by processing for meaning and future use. While some processing takes place automatically, much can be done strategically to enhance and generalize learning. Intended as a resource for experiential educators and therapists, this…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adolescents, Adventure Education, Case Studies
Experimenting with the World: John Dewey and the Early Childhood Classroom.
Cuffaro, Harriet K. – 1995
Highlighting the importance of teaching practice grounded in a consciously held, critically examined philosophical framework, this book examines the contribution of John Dewey's philosophy to the early childhood teacher's theoretical base for practical direction and decision making. A detailed account of how Dewey's educational philosophy may be…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childhood Needs, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values
Improving Own Learning and Performance. Teaching and Learning.
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McNeill, Patrick – 2003
This teaching guide is aimed at British teachers, especially those at the entry level, who are delivering and assessing key skill programs to help students become independent learners. The document has seven sections dealing with these topics of effective learning and performance: (1) a theoretical overview of the skill itself including its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Cognitive Style, Developed Nations