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Brock, Jesse D.; Reyes, Juanita M.; Higham, Russ; Beach, Don M. – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine doctoral student perceptions about an experiential learning summer study away program involving one Texas educational leadership doctoral (Ed.D.) program. Students shared their perceptions about how the four-day study away trip advanced their professional and educational development in…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Student Experience
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Grose-Fifer, Jillian; Crossman, Angela M.; Baker, Sydney – College Teaching, 2022
Objective: We piloted a low-cost, flipped model of professional development to help improve undergraduate writing. Method: An adjunct instructor first watched online videos and then discussed the materials with a trainer, and used the provided resources in a Social Psychology summer course. Results: Post-training student papers were significantly…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Undergraduate Students, Writing Skills, Adjunct Faculty
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Michelle E. Bartlett; James E. Bartlett II; Mitchell R. Williams – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2024
The week-long, in-person Summer Institute offers students a unique and enriching experience that greatly influences their educational journey. One of the key benefits is the opportunity for face-to-face interactions, which can be transformative in an era dominated by online learning. Students can engage in real-time discussions, forge meaningful…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Summer Programs, Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes
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Karen Weber; Theo Cai; Zhanat Elliston – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2023
This study analyzed the development of an electronic portfolio (i.e., ePortfolio) program designed to promote and assess reflection and engaged learning for participants in a summer internship program. Over the course of eight weeks, 12 undergraduates reflected weekly on their internships through their ePortfolios both in writing and through…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Internship Programs, Reflection, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Tan, Kay See; Elkin, Elena B.; Satagopan, Jaya M. – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2022
We developed a summer research experience program within a freestanding comprehensive cancer center to cultivate undergraduate students with an interest in and an aptitude for quantitative sciences focused on oncology. This unconventional location for an undergraduate program is an ideal setting for interdisciplinary training in the intersection…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Professional Development, Data Analysis
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Bruthers, C. Brooke; Matyas, Marsha Lakes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2020
Undergraduate research experiences (UREs) have proven to be one of the most valuable approaches to increasing the number of underrepresented students earning degrees in STEM fields. However, there are many questions about how these impacts occur. Improving grades, experiencing laboratory work, and working with research staff are important…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Disproportionate Representation, Research Skills, Occupational Aspiration
Fong, Anthony; Porterfield, Anne; Skjoldhorne, Susann; Hadley, Lucy – WestEd, 2022
This report presents the findings from an independent evaluation conducted by WestEd on the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC). Funded by an Investing in Innovation (i3) Validation grant, the ERWC is a grade 11 and grade 12 English language arts (ELA) curriculum developed by the California State University. The independent evaluation…
Descriptors: Reading, Writing (Composition), Curriculum Implementation, Grade 11
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Harden, Susan B.; Buch, Kim; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
Undergraduate research (UR) experiences continue to proliferate across all higher education settings. Yet community-based research (CBR) experiences account for a small percentage of UR opportunities. This paper describes the pilot study results of a summer program that is intentionally expanding the paradigm for UR at a public research university…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Summer Programs, Undergraduate Students, Student Participation
Naizer, Gilbert; Bell, Glenda Love; West, Keith; Chambers, Sharon – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2003
This study evaluated the effectiveness of an intensive three-week science institute for preservice and inservice elementary teachers that was funded by an Eisenhower Professional Development grant and a Regents' Initiative Research grant. The institute was held in combination with a summer science camp for elementary children. Pre- and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Professional Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Inquiry
National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
This volume presents 64 abstracts of keynote and parallel paper presentations of the Irish National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning's (NAIRTL) conference on the theme of flexible learning. The Flexible Learning conference was a joint initiative by NAIRTL and the Learning Innovation Network. The keynote presentations can…
Descriptors: Open Education, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Educational Technology