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Spaid, Robin L.; Parsons, Michael H. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
In 2009, over 300 community colleges across the country adopted the Community College Student Survey of Engagement (CCSSE) in an effort to assess the campus environment through student perceptions. In addition, community colleges across the country are searching for ways to measure student learning. The Collegiate Assessment of Academic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Environment, Student Surveys, College Outcomes Assessment
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Welsh, Hilarie B. – Community College Enterprise, 2015
The author presents themes that were identified from a case study that focused on the instructional practices of an award-winning community college composition/literature teacher. The themes for this case study focus on the importance of student-centered learning which involve: (1) writing peer response strategies; (2) student engagement in using…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Writing Instruction, Literature
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Emory, Doug; Raymond, Linda; Lee, Karen; Twohy, Sean – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2016
Beginning in 2011, Lake Washington Institute of Technology initiated an I-BEST (Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training) program designed to allow upper-level basic education students to directly enter academic courses required by college transfer degrees. This program, the Academic I-BEST, represents one of the earliest examples of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Integrated Activities, Technical Institutes, Two Year College Students
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Guile, David; Lahiff, Ann – Vocations and Learning, 2017
Taking the distinction between the Institution of Apprenticeship, that is, the social partnership arrangements which underpin its organisation, and Apprenticeship as a Social Model of Learning, in other words, the configuration of pedagogic and occupational etc. dimensions which constitute the model, as its starting point the paper: (i) argues the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Partnerships in Education, Models, Student Projects
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Hebert-Swartzer, Cathleen A.; McNair, Delores E. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2010
To be an effective leader in today's community college requires a sophisticated set of skills that are often learned through on the job training, mentoring, and professional development activities. Using case study methodology, this study examined how community college leaders in California use their skills to implement a state mandate related to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Minimum Competencies, Job Skills, Skill Analysis
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Russell, Jennifer Lin; Jackson, Kara; Krumm, Andrew E.; Frank, Kenneth A. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2013
Design-Based Implementation Research is the process of engaging "learning scientists, policy researchers, and practitioners in a model of collaborative, iterative, and systematic research and development" designed to address persistent problems of teaching and learning. Addressing persistent problems of teaching and learning requires…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Instructional Design, Educational Research, Learning Theories
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Kimball, Elizabeth; Schnee, Emily; Schwabe, Liesl – Composition Studies, 2015
This essay explores the influence of the discourse and practices of the learning outcomes assessment (LOA) movement on three composition instructors' assignments and assessments. While outcomes assessment by itself can be a useful tool, it cannot be separated from the exigency that compels it, in which educational practices must be defended…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Outcomes of Education, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
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Veltri, Sandra; Banning, James H.; Davies, Timothy Gray – College Student Journal, 2006
This qualitative case study investigated how community college students perceived specific classroom attributes as contributing to or hindering their learning. The study addressed three questions: What has been the role of students in classroom design within the community college campus? How do students assess the classroom's physical design…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Community Colleges
Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Goff, Emily, Ed. – Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, 2008
PASS IT seeks to address a compelling need in higher education by developing a corps of trainers to facilitate professional development workshops in the implementation of Universal Design (UD) and Universal Instructional Design (UID) in higher education. UID, an adaptation of the architectural concept of Universal Design, is a relatively new model…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Cultural Pluralism, Counseling Services, Instructional Design
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Bradshaw, Geoffrey W. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2013
In 2010, Madison Area Technical College (Madison College), a comprehensive community college in Madison, Wisconsin, was selected by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to head a consortium project to expand the capacity of community colleges to offer study-abroad programs. The project focuses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Colleges, Best Practices, Sustainable Development
Reznichenko, Nataliya – Online Submission, 2007
Assumptions: Today, when technology has taken its place in almost all classrooms in schools and colleges across the country, there is a need to know how technology "influences the mathematics that is taught and enhances students' learning" (NCTM, 2000, p. 24). Rationale: This presentation describes qualitative study which purpose was to…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, High School Graduates, Student Attitudes, Graphing Calculators
Romano, Richard M.; Losinger, Regina; Millard, Tim – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2010
In his February 2009 address to Congress, President Obama called attention to the problems of higher education and promised a policy agenda to restore the U.S. to its leadership role in student access and completion rates. However, a depressed economy, stagnant or falling state funding for public higher education, and public resistance to rising…
Descriptors: Credentials, Higher Education, Community Colleges, Low Income
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Repetti, Rick – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2010
This article introduces contemplative practices and explains how contemplative practices, studies, and pedagogy differ. It analyzes the mechanics of some key contemplative practices and reviews the research on contemplative practices and learning. It ultimately argues in support of this new direction in pedagogy.
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Case Studies, Educational Practices, Community Colleges
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Kezar, Adrianna; Glenn, William J.; Lester, Jaime; Nakamoto, Jonathan – Journal of Higher Education, 2008
One of the most vexing problems today involves transforming colleges and universities so that they yield equitable educational outcomes for historically underrepresented students. The traditional approach to achieving equitable educational outcomes has been to focus on increasing the racial diversity of campuses by admitting a higher percentage of…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Intergroup Relations, Educational Change
Maurino, Paula San Millan – E-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology, 2006
Threaded discussion forums have been a popular topic for the past few years in distance education research and studied as a factor in student participation, satisfaction, learning outcomes, social presence and interaction. Only recently has it been considered as a potential vehicle for the development of critical thinking skills and deep learning.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Student Participation, Interaction, Critical Thinking
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