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Pauline A. M. Bremner; Carol Air – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This study adds to the existing body of knowledge on the benefits to learners of using an interdisciplinary design thinking (DT) pedagogical approach taking the form of a micro credential with an extra curricula workshop. Design/methodology/approach: The interpretivist research examined opinion via nine semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Student Experience, Student Development
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Susan Bickerstaff; Akilah H. Thompson; Keena P. Walters; Jenivee Gastelum – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2025
Online courses have become an increasingly common feature of the higher education landscape, expanding access and offering flexibility for students. Yet, they also pose unique challenges. Research has documented concerning performance gaps between students enrolled in face-to-face and online courses, while faculty have reported difficulties…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Independent Study, Skill Development, Student Experience
Barton, Kendall B. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The number of initiatives developed to support student persistence and retention in higher education has expanded a great deal within the last 10 years. Many of these solutions have been created with the intent to directly influence and enhance students' cognitive abilities while disregarding the critical role that non-cognitive factors play in…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), College Students, Success, Student Development
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Marsha Walton; Anna Baker-Olson; Hannah Luckes; Isabelle Blaber; Erin Walker; Becca Folkes-Lallo; Michele Becton; Elizabeth Thomas – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2022
Although we have evidence that reflection on community service enhances student development outcomes, we have little understanding of the process by which students integrate their academic and community experiences. This study is a part of a larger participatory research project, for which we collected 403 narrative accounts of awkward and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Development, Student Experience, Theory Practice Relationship
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Michela Montesi; Belén Álvarez Bornstein; Pablo Parra Valero – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2025
This research explores the acquisition of soft skills in a service learning project in the Complutense University of Madrid's library and information science undergraduate program. Reaching its fifth edition in 2021-22, the project aimed to integrate older persons into the social fabric of a residential enclave of Madrid known as "Parque…
Descriptors: Library Education, Information Science Education, Soft Skills, Skill Development
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Frances Harris – Education 3-13, 2024
Forest school is a pedagogical practice widely used in the U.K., and increasingly in other parts of the world. This paper contributes to the growing body of research on forest school by focussing on how children engage with and respond to forest school. It draws on practitioners' experience of working with children to examine their perspectives on…
Descriptors: Forestry, Learner Engagement, Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries
Helen L. Boone – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The focus on equity and inclusion in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s led to the creation of Upward Bound (UB). The core mission of UB is to prepare high school students with the academic and social skills necessary to enroll in post-secondary education and beyond. However, there is a lack of empirical studies on how the growth of students'…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, High School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, College Preparation
Zenobia Moorman Garrison – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is a dearth of career intervention literature pertaining to underprepared community college students. This student population has insufficient college coursework preparation (CCCSE, 2016), and often exhibits low career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE), which hampers career decision making ability, career goal setting (Hughes &…
Descriptors: Community College Students, College Preparation, Educationally Disadvantaged, Career Education
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DiYenno, Claire; Mulvihill, Thalia; Wessel, Roger D.; Markle, Larry – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2019
Despite higher education becoming more accessible for students with disabilities, these students are often still unable to accomplish one of the most basic goals for obtaining a college degree: successfully obtaining gainful employment after graduation. This article provides an overview of a qualitative study which examined the experiences of…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Summer Programs, Internship Programs
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Dean, Paul; Kelly, Claudia – Teaching Sociology, 2020
Research on educational travel has shown significant student outcomes for personal, academic, and professional growth. However, there are financial and cultural barriers that make it harder for some groups of students to participate in programs such as study abroad and shorter-term educational travel. This article examines the unique challenges…
Descriptors: Travel, Study Abroad, First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students
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Robinson, Jessica A.; Glanzer, Perry L. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
This article presents the findings of a 75-participant phenomenological study that examined the relationship between students' expectations of their university experience and their perception of purpose development. A clear dichotomy emerged between those who had a "holistic" mindset and understood their university as a place to develop…
Descriptors: Expectation, Student Educational Objectives, Phenomenology, College Students
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Sterling, Althea J. – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2018
Institutions typically invest heavily in the first-year experience to promote persistence, yet colleges are also experiencing a pattern of attrition in the second year. The second year is viewed as a period in which students encounter increasing academic, developmental, and social demands, yet the institution tends to provide less support relative…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
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White, Brittany A.; Miles, Joseph R.; Frantell, Keri A.; Muller, Joel T.; Paiko, Lynsay; LeFan, Jarod – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2019
Although a growing body of research suggests that participation in intergroup dialogue is associated with a wide variety of positive outcomes, much less research has examined the experiences and outcomes of those who facilitate these dialogues. Therefore, using a modified grounded theory approach, we sought to examine the experiences of 10…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, Dialogs (Language), Facilitators (Individuals), Psychology
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Busi, Rich; Jacobbe, Tim – Mathematics Educator, 2014
This study investigated preservice teachers' perceptions of their knowledge and development resulting from analyzing student work in an undergraduate mathematics education course. Participants were given opportunities to view and analyze student work examples that portrayed errors in thinking as well as alternative solution methods. Thirty-eight…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Knowledge Level
Baum, Susan M.; Schader, Robin M.; Hébert, Thomas P. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2014
This study sought to understand the experiences of a cohort of students who entered a strengths-based private school for twice-exceptional students during middle school and successfully completed graduation requirements. Using a case study design, the researchers analyzed data collected from student and teacher interviews, parent focus groups,…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Gifted
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