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Mackenzie, Blair Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This narrative inquiry examined how students developed critical thinking skills for nursing from viewing and discussing a commercially produced film. Community of Inquiry was the theoretical model and demonstrated the development of critical thinking when the teaching presence pulled the social presence (students) into the cognitive presence with…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Nursing Education, Films
Tucciarone, Krista M. – Community College Enterprise, 2007
This qualitative study analyzes how the most recent community college film, Evolution (2001) depicts and portrays the image of a community college as interpreted by attending community college students. Previous community college research suggests that college choice, enrollment, and funding may be affected by perceived image. Image is greatly…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Community Colleges, Research Methodology, College Choice
Bourke, Brian; Major, Claire H.; Harris, Michael S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
Popular media represent outlets for shaping and informing public perception of institutions and institutional actors found in our society. Community colleges and their students have been featured in a number of fictional works. This paper provides an analysis of the portrayal of community college students in the fictional works of novels, short…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Administration
Passero, Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study addressed a need for comprehensive quantitative empirical studies to determine the effectiveness of using popular culture media as a teaching technique. A quasi-experimental design was implemented to examine whether a group of community college students taking a first-semester introduction to business course who were exposed to a…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Teaching Styles, Popular Culture, Knowledge Level
Toto, Joe; Booth, Kathy – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2008
This study describes the efficacy of a novel tool, mini-lecture movies, in teaching Web based general chemistry. The analysis shows a marked improvement in student learning, as evidenced by a corresponding increase in homework and final exam scores. Students with access to mini-lecture movies scored 11.2% (p = 0.016) higher than students who did…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Instructional Effectiveness, Lecture Method, Science Instruction