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Duncan, Diane. "Mature women entrants to teaching : a case study." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1995. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/40560/.

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This is an ethnographic study of student teacher socialization located in a college of higher education. Drawing upon Lacey's research on teacher socialization, the study examines the processes of change and adaptation which a group of twenty-five mature women students underwent during their first year of a four year, B. Ed course. The research approach sits firmly within the qualitative paradigm and employs participant observation, interviews, life history methods and an interactionist perspective to further understanding about how mothers and wives learn to become students. A central feature

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Loveless, Jerry C. L. "The Use of Music as a Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education Sociology Courses| Faculty Member Perspectives and Potential Barriers." Thesis, Portland State University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1540707.

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<p> Previous research has identified student engagement as an important antecedent to student learning in higher education. Although student engagement is viewed as important for learning, a significant number of college students still report frequently feeling bored in their courses. The use of music as a pedagogical tool is believed to be beneficial for promoting student engagement and student learning in higher education sociology courses, yet it has been suggested that sociology faculty members do not commonly incorporate the technique into their courses. The purpose of this comparative in

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Doty, Tamera J. "Microclimates and human comfort : cooling urban setting through design and manipulation of microclimatic factors." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/845973.

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The goal of this creative project was to develop a unit to be incorporated into an environmental education general studies course at Ball State University. The unit was developed as a hands-on experience activity manual.The goals of the unit were:1. to increase student awareness of the effect vegetation and water have on human comfort in the urban environment.2. to engage students in hands-on activities that relate methods for manipulating the microclimate of a space.3. to develop a pre-test/post-test containing questions which relate to the activity topics and which determine the topic knowle

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Van, der Merwe Antoinette Deirdre. "Evaluating the integration of ICTs into teaching and learning activities at a South African higher education institution." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16073.

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Thesis (DPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is a structured evaluation of the integration of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in teaching and learning activities at the University of Stellenbosch. Although anecdotal evidence exists of the success of the e-Learning initiatives at the University of Stellenbosch, this study addresses these questions in a more structured approach within the global and local higher education context in order to: - Improve the e-Learning project (as part of the e-Campus initiative) and other e-Learning initia

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Eynon, Rebecca Elizabeth. "The use of the World Wide Web in teaching and learning in higher education : a case study approach." Thesis, City, University of London, 2004. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/17415/.

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Government policy emphasises the role higher education is expected to play in the era of the "information society" and the benefits the increasing use of new technology in teaching and learning within the university will bring. Accordingly, the purpose of this research was to explore the influence of the WWW in teaching and learning in universities. The study was designed in response to a rejection of technological deterministic approaches and the call for more empirically grounded study of the relationships between society and technology. It examines the use of the WWW in six case study modul

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Venter, Antoinette. "Cognitive preparation of NCS (grades 10-12) accounting learners for studies at a University of Technology." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2367.

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Thesis (MEd (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.<br>This study focuses on the cognitive preparation of National Curriculum Statement (NCS) (Grades 10 – 12) Accounting learners for studies at a University of Technology (UoT). The purpose was to determine to what extent NCS cognitively prepares Accounting learners for studies at a UoT, and whether there is a difference in the extent to which NCS (pre-2014) and CAPS (2014) cognitively prepare learners for the first-year National Higher Certificate in Accounting and Financial Information Systems at a selected University of

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Quinn, Lynn. "An examination of the drafting-responding process used to develop students' writing in an English Language for Academic Purposes Course." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002642.

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Many students when they arrive at university do not possess the “cultural capital” (Bourdieu 1977) which is favoured by the institution. The purpose of the English Language for Academic Purposes (ELAP) course and the drafting-responding process is to help students to begin to acquire the “cultural capital” required to succeed at university. The research reported on in this thesis examined the drafting-responding process as it is used to develop students’ writing in the ELAP course at Rhodes University. The process involved students submitting drafts of their essays on which they received const

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Ljunggren, Maria. "Collaborations effect on undergraduate education : a study of two policyprograms." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Samhällsplanering och miljö, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-28201.

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A shift has occurred in the traditional type of centralised government control to a more multilevel type of governing referred to as governance. The change from government to governance can be illustrated with an emphasis on networks and social capital enhancement. In higher education this is enveloped through a larger emphasis on institutionalisation of collaboration between the higher education institutions (HEI) and the surrounding environment. In lieu of large block grants come financial incentives through semi-governmental agencies embracing collaboration projects between industry and HEI

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Yang, Zi. "Exploring inequalities in English language education in China : a comparative case study of English-major students from a sociological perspective." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283192.

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Education plays a vital role in shaping social structures and influencing social mobility in a society, and thus educational equality is a concern for many societies. Considering the compulsory status of English from basic to higher education in China and its symbolic meaning in Chinese society, this study regards it as a window to explore educational inequality and its association with social structures. This study investigates the roles played by family, geographic divide, and institution, and the way in which the three interplay in structuring the educational pathways of individuals and sha

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Ackerdien, Raeesah. "Student discourses: influences on identity and agency." Thesis, Nelson Mandela University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/13625.

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South Africa‟s racialised history dates back to a colonial period where South Africans were separated by race, language and laws which prevented people of colour from mixing with those who were termed White. 22 years after the end of apartheid, race and language remain a painful part of history and a topic which is always visible in our private and public discourses. Students, as of recent, have pointed to the challenges and legacies of apartheid they face in higher education and broader society. The lack of broader transformation and racial prejudice leave a great divide amongst different gro

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Mkhize, Thandeka Fortunate. "An analysis of the certificate of the theory of accounting knowledge and knower structures : a case study of professional knowledge." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019771.

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This research project explores issues around the poor throughput and high dropout rate in the Certificate of the Theory of Accounting (CTA) by focusing on Accounting knowledge as an object of study. The CTA was identified as a serious block in the steps that one needs to go through on the journey to becoming a Chartered Accountant. Having a clear understanding of Accounting knowledge can lead to finding ways that can make the subject more accessible to students from diverse backgrounds. This study contributes to understanding Accounting knowledge at the CTA level with the aim of clearly deline

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Prozesky, H. E. (Heidi Eileen). "Gender differences in the publication productivity of South African scientists." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17330.

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Dissertation (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is aimed at describing gender difference in publication productivity among South African academic authors, and to develop an understanding of possible reasons for these differences. It is argued that the lack of empirical knowledge of publication productivity of academics in South Africa needs to be addressed, as scientific communication through publication is one of the most central social processes in science. Moreover, one form of scientific publication, the peer-reviewed article, has become the sin

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Kelleher, Sheri Elizabeth. "A Case Study of the Perceptions of Faculty in a Formalized Mentoring Program at a Private 4-Year College." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2015. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/28.

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This qualitative case study was designed to investigate mentors and mentees and their relationships in a formal group-mentoring program. Results and findings were expected to contribute to the literature on how to best support future new faculty and senior faculty careers by providing data on the opinions of those who participated in the mentoring program. The study may also add to the limited literature on the successes and challenges of using a group mentoring model. The researcher interviewed 20 faculty members who participated in a formal mentoring program. The interviews examined how and

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Searle, Ruth Lesley. "The supervisor’s tale: postgraduate supervisors’ experiences in a changing Higher Education environment." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019952.

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The environment in which higher education institutions operate is changing, and these changes are impacting on all aspects of higher education, including postgraduate levels. Changes wrought by globalisation, heralded by rapid advances in technology have inaugurated a new era in which there are long term consequences for higher education. The shift towards more quantitative and measurable "outputs" signifies a fundamental change in the educational ethos in institutions. Effectiveness is now judged primarily on numbers of graduates and publications rather than on other aspects. The drive is to

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Silva, Carolina Modena da. "O ensino de sociologia na educação básica: relatos de educadores da rede estadual de São Paulo." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2017. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/9228.

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Laugksch, Diane. "Studying science and engineering at UCT : students' background, experience of science an reasons for studying science or engineering." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19637.

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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is the contention of this study that competence in science and mathematics is a necessary condition for access to higher education, but that it is a general interest in science that will inspire learners to pursue careers in science and technology. The objective of this study was to develop a profile of the individual who chooses to study science and engineering. The three research questions were, firstly, what is the background profile of a group of learners who have decided to study science and engineering? Secon

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Lück, Jacqueline Catherine. "Knowledge and knowing in the public management and public administration programmes at a comprehensive university." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013166.

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Knowledge is often tacit and under researched in educational fields. In order for student access to knowledge and its related academic discourses to be facilitated, a deep understanding needs to be gained of the form that this knowledge takes. This study interrogates the ways in which knowledge is constituted in the first year of a Public Management Diploma and a Public Administration Degree at a comprehensive university in South Africa. The study takes a social realist approach that understands reality as fact but sees our knowledge thereof as a social phenomenon. The study was concerned with

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Byrd, Anna. "A Study of State College Faculty Trust in Immediate Supervisors." UNF Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/849.

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This quantitative study investigated faculty trust in their immediate supervisors (academic deans and faculty chairs) in a state college setting. A survey instrument created for this study was based on existing research on trust in schools by Bryk and Schneider (2002) and Tschannen-Moran and Hoy (1998), as well as research on trust in corporate setting. The study’s purpose was to determine the types and frequencies of interactions between community college faculty and deans/faculty chairs – i.e., faculty immediate supervisors – that are related to higher levels of faculty trust. Also investiga

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Adeyeri, Oluwadamilare S. "Intrinsic Motivation and Human Agency of Faculty Engaged In Service-Learning: A Qualitative Interpretive Study of a U.S. Mid-western Public University." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1336612787.

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de, Novais Janine. "Brave Community: Teaching and Learning Race in College in the 21st Century." Thesis, Harvard University, 2017. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33052859.

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Sociological evidence consistently demonstrates that racial progress coexists with persistent racial inequality in American society. Recently, increased evidence of police brutality against black citizens, as well as the 2016 presidential election, clearly confirms that, even in the wake of the Obama era, racial conflict plagues American democracy. There is a widely held consensus that college is an optimal time to engage American undergraduates with the challenges and possibilities of the country’s racial diversity. With that in mind, I explored whether college classrooms, in particular, migh

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DeVigal, Alexis Jocelyn. "Stereotype Threat and Effects of Students' Perception of Their Math Teacher's Fairness on Their Math Self-Efficacy." PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3999.

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Gender inequalities perpetuated by educational and occupational segregation may be exacerbated in part by socialization processes that occur in the years leading up to when high school students typically begin considering postsecondary options. Students’ feelings of self-efficacy in certain subjects can be an important factor that informs their decisions to pursue coursework and programs. This study used stereotype theory to understand how students' perceptions of their 9th grade math teacher's fairness affected their 11th grade math efficacy and how this relationship was moderated by the gend

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Free, Loretta Dianna. "Improving academic literacy at higher education." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/839.

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This study is a deliberation on students who advance from high school to a higher education institution, without demonstrating the attributes required on admission. They are granted formal access, despite being underprepared for tertiary studies. One of the qualities that they noticible lack is academic literacy. In the course of this investigation, academics had to relate what their perceptions were of the academic literacy of their students at higher education level. Initially, being literate meant the ability to read and write, but the term literacy has assumed a more varied form. The term

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Bradley, William S. "Technology, risk and education: English language teaching with computers in Japanese universities." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/279850.

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A study of computers and the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Japanese universities was designed to look at interrelations of technology and teachers' theories in these contexts. A review of the literature on technology and education concludes that technology is often given a purposive role in formulating change. However, instead of focusing on the effects of technology, it is argued that technology is better seen as indicative of other purposes. Connections to changing employment opportunities, skills, relations of professionals within the university, as well as problems and

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Robinson, Kirk S. "How Graduate Teaching Assistants Experience Teaching Preparation for Higher Education: A Symbolic Interactionist Study." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami15112773925517.

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Santiago, Ana Luisa de Miranda. "Adorno: o ensino e a atualidade da filosofia." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21420.

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Rookstool, William. "The Interrelationships of Socialization, Integration, and Spirituality Among Students at a Historically Black College." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5121.

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Higher education has not been successfully producing students with positive self-identities and an integrated sense of self with the world. Little research shows how the relationships among socialization, integration, and spirituality can address the problem of cognitive dissonance. The research question for this study examined interrelationships among socialization, integration, and spirituality at a small, historically black, Christian college located in the mid-South? This quantitative, exploratory study utilized Durkheim's integration theory and Blau's theory of structuralism as the theore

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Burns, Heather L. "Education as Sustainability : an Action Research Study of the Burns Model of Sustainability Pedagogy." PDXScholar, 2009. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/942.

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Postsecondary teaching and learning must be reoriented to equip learners with the knowledge, skills, and values they will need for creating a more sustainable world. This action research study examined the effects of implementing the Bums model of sustainability pedagogy in university courses taught by the researcher. This model is comprised of five key dimensions: (1 )Content; (2)Perspectives; (3)Process; (4)Context; and (5)Design. The Burns model of sustainability pedagogy seeks to: (1) increase learners' systemic understanding of complex sustainability issues (Content); (2) provide learners

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Gryspeerdt, Danielle. "Learning to teach in higher education : a descriptive case study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0019/NQ44444.pdf.

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Cselenszky, Mila P. "Phenomenological Study of Empowering Women Senior Leaders in Higher Education." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/995.

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The number of women in senior administrative and leadership roles in higher education is minimal compared to the number of women in higher education jobs in general. This phenomenological study explored pathways women took to advance in their careers and barriers that prevent more women from gaining senior administrative and leadership roles. Research questions addressed perceived barriers participants faced while trying to advance their careers, mentoring and other support strategies women in higher education employed to help them move up the career ladder, and actions female leaders took in

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Sun, Daiyue. "Is higher education the key to unlock the door of fortune? A study of students' occupational aspirations." Thesis, University of Northern Iowa, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523512.

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<p>This study focuses on the relationship between students' social backgrounds and their occupational aspirations (in terms of becoming an authority, financial success and recognition in the workplace). By applying the status attainment theory and segmented assimilation theory, this study examines the significance of parental socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and social capital in predicting college freshmen's occupational aspirations using multivariate analysis. Interaction effects between the main predictors as well as control variables such as immigrant status, gender, school performanc

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Chi, Angel. "The journey to teaching online| A case study of faculty preparation and experiences in online teaching." Thesis, University of Denver, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3597952.

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<p> When Bill Gates published his book <i>"The Road Ahead"</i> (1995), he summarized the transformative implications of the personal computing revolution and described a future profoundly changed by the arrival of a global information super highway. Almost twenty years later, the tsunami of online programs and the MOOCs (massive online open courses) is impacting the structural integrity of postsecondary institutions and changing the competitive landscape of higher learning at an unprecedented pace. When Allen and Seaman (2013) asked the question of whether faculty acceptance of online educatio

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Collins, Timothy J. "An External Perspective on Institutional Catholicity in Higher Education| A Case Study." Thesis, Benedictine University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3575556.

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<p> Catholic colleges and universities in America have significantly changed philosophically, demographically, legally, and financially during the past 5 decades. Since the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council in 1965, there has been considerable focus on attempting to accurately describe the Catholic identity for institutions affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. Called to embrace the modern world, Catholic institutions of higher learning have been challenged to retain their distinctiveness even as they have become more closely aligned with secular institutions within the academy. Be

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Belgarde, Penny D. "Teaching First-Year College Students| Case Study of Faculty Perceptions and Intentions." Thesis, Minot State University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10274606.

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<p> The purpose of this research is to better understand curricular and pedagogical strategies that can play a role in college retention rates and the first-year academic experience for new students. This research aims to contribute to a larger effort to create a learning environment in which first-year students would be engaged, learn, adapt, and accomplish learning outcomes needed to be successful in university level course work. The two research questions are; how do college faculty prepare to help first-year students’ transition in to university level coursework and how do college fa

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Rowland, Nicholas J. "First we built, now we buy a sociological case study of enterprise resource planning systems in higher education /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3297088.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Sociology, 2007.<br>Title from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 24, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-02, Section: A, page: 0771. Adviser: Thomas F. Gieryn.

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Eckersley, Michael D. "Explicit heuristic training as a variable in design problem-solving." Virtual Press, 1985. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/438704.

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Purpose of the Investigation. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether a treatment of design-related heuristics would affect the judged value of student design products. Procedures. Subjects consisted of 38 foundation-level design students at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. Following five weeks of basic design instruction, a pretest, constructed to measure design problem-solving performance in relation to two problem-types (a Baseline Problem and a Conceptual Problem), was issued to two groups. Thereafter, a treatment of design-related heuristics was administered to o

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VerPlanck, Menchen Katherine. "Investigations of Student Understanding of Sound Propogation and Resonance." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2005. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/MenchenKV2005.pdf.

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Santos, Trigo Luz Manuel. "College students' methods for solving mathematical problems as a result of instruction based on problem solving." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31100.

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This study investigates the effects of implementing mathematical problem solving instruction in a regular calculus course taught at the college level. Principles associated with this research are: i) mathematics is developed as a response to finding solutions to mathematical problems, ii) attention to the processes involved in solving mathematical problems helps students understand and develop mathematics, and iii) mathematics is learned in an active environment which involves the use of guesses, conjectures, examples, counterexamples, and cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Classroom acti

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Ting, Tiffanie Lui. "The Practical or the Purposeful: A Study of Academic Decision-Making Among College Students in an Elite Institutional Context." Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13383550.

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In this dissertation, I investigate how thirty-nine undergraduates at Harvard College make one of their first consequential, academic decisions in the context of a powerful cultural narrative about the economic purpose of college. By examining students’ narratives about their academic decision-making, namely how they chose their concentrations, I seek to understand the underlying rationales behind their choices and relatedly, students’ ideas about the purpose of their college education. I focus on sophomores considering Economics – widely considered the most “practical” concentration and also

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Wittwer, Kristin. "Teaching computer literacy for visually impaired students in higher education." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/834646.

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People with vision impairments are under-represented in the workforce, largely due to discrimination. Also, in order to be qualified for most types of employment, people will need to be computer-literate in the future. Therefore, teaching computer literacy is an important part of postsecondary education. Particularly the availability of adaptive computer equipment and improvements in legislation prepare the ground for a computer-literate visually impaired person to achieve equality and become an integral part of the workforce.This thesis addresses the issues involved in teaching computer liter

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Sze, Pui-shan Carol, and 史佩珊. "An investigation of the effectiveness of three presentation methods onvocabulary retention by post-secondary five diploma students and theiruse of memory strategies in L2 vocabulary acquisition." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31944929.

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Johnson, Rachel Nicola. "A qualitative study of student feedback : lecturers' and students' perceptions and experiences." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2000. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/3158/.

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The thesis has two aims. First to conceptualise the meaning of the idea and practice of 'student feedback' on teaching and learning in higher education (HE). Second, to assess the effectiveness of 'student feedback' in respect of both students' and lecturers' communicative relations and needs and the aims of the contemporary HE policy agenda. Students and lecturers from a variety of HE institutions and subject disciplines were interviewed about their own perceptions and experiences of the purpose, process and demands of 'student feedback'. Analyses and discussion of these data are structured i

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Heffner, Christopher L. "Does student perception of quality matter? A study of perceived academic quality and intention to persist." Thesis, Capella University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3590337.

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<p> Based on current research and seminal theories on learning, quality, and academic persistence, this study sought to establish the core components of academic quality in higher education and to determine if these components can be used to predict students' intention to persist. This study also looked at differences between traditionally aged college students and their non-traditional adult learner counterparts. Results were significant for all questions asked, suggesting that academic quality can be used as a predictor of students' intention to persist. Additionally, the study found that ad

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Luckett, Kathleen Margaret. "The quality assurance of teaching and learning in higher education in South Africa : an analysis of national policy development and stakeholder response." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1127.

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The context of this study is the introduction of a new national quality assurance system for South African higher education by an agency of the Department of Education. The purpose of the study is to conduct a critical policy analysis of the Council of Higher Education’s Higher Education Quality Committee’s policy formulation process. In doing so, the study seeks to understand how the quality of teaching and learning practice might be enhanced through quality assurance. In order to answer this question the study examines the literature on quality assurance in higher education and propos

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Azios, Michael. "The College Experience of Stuttering| An Ethnographic Study." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10608465.

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<p> This dissertation focused on the impact of stuttering within the university setting. Data were gathered and examined using a qualitative research methodology. This research design used several data collection procedures including participant observation, ethnographic interviews, and artifact analysis. These procedures captured the use of communicative strategies and barriers as they unfolded in authentic interactions within the university. They also served to illustrate how other social partners perceived PWS (persons who stutter) in the classroom and other relevant university contexts. </

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Edwards, Sarah. "Enhancing teaching and learning through distributed leadership : a case study in higher education." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2014. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/66060/.

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This thesis aims to identify how the Distributed Leadership approach may be evident in Higher Education and specifically how it may enhance the teaching and learning function in a specific Higher Education setting, for which the primary activity is teaching and learning. Whilst being atypical of many Higher Education Institutions, the case study institution is arguably facing the same challenges in terms of the need to enhance teaching and learning as other institutions in the sector. Uniquely the research aims to identify parallels of teacher leadership theory drawn from the schools sector wi

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Stewart, Mary Louise. "Teaching expository writing a process approach /." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1986. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38627693.

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Zheng, Yongyan, and 郑咏滟. "Vocabulary knowledge development of Chinese learners of English in China: a longitudinal multiple-case study ofeight university students." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45548250.

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Basadien, Soraya. "Teaching logarithmic inequalities using omnigraph." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5661_1227103274.

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<p>Over the last few years it became clear that the students struggle with the basic concepts of logarithms and inequalities, let alone logarithmic inequalities due to the lack of exposure of these concepts at high school. In order to fully comprehend logarithmic inequalities, a good understanding of the logarithmic graph is important. Thus, the opportunity was seen to change the method of instruction by introducing the graphical method to solve logarithmic inequalities. It was decided to use an mathematical software program, Omnigraph, in this research.</p>

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Odell, Jessica L. "Student Understanding of Conservation of Energy and Mass in Introductory University Science Courses." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2005. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/OdellJL2005.pdf.

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Bertz, Michael. "Situated learning methodologies and assessment in civil engineering structures education." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21484.

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