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Lee, Laura; Wilkum, Kristi; Immel, Kathy R.; Fischer, Abbey E. – College Teaching, 2021
This paper describes a universal high-impact practices (HIPs) taxonomy for intentional design of engaging educational experiences. Our taxonomy provides explicit definitions for the quality elements that make HIPs engaging, thus providing a tool to increase parity across HIP experiences. It can be applied to any educational experience and provides…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Educational Practices, Curriculum Design, Learner Engagement
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Endersby, Lisa; Maheux-Pelletier, Geneviève – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2020
The definition of experiential education (EE) has both pedagogical and practical implications for higher education institutions. While there is increasing pressure to justify and quantify these experiences, we remain faced with the challenge of ensuring that a demonstration of breadth does not distract from the importance of meaningful depth both…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Zilvinskis, John – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
High-impact practices (HIPs), such as undergraduate research, internships, and senior-capstone projects, are prominent within the academy. Scholars surmise aspects of HIP quality (e.g., student effort, peer collaboration, and faculty interaction) are related to desired outcomes for students (e.g., engagement, GPA, and satisfaction). Using data…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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Theresa Conefrey; Davida S. Smyth – Across the Disciplines, 2023
ePortfolios are considered the eleventh high-impact practice (HIP) by the AAC&U (now the American Association of Colleges and Universities). They have been widely implemented in the humanities but remain underutilized in STEM fields. The benefits of engaged learning, metacognitive awareness, and professional identity development in those…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Higher Education, STEM Education
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Shelby-Caffey, Crystal; Byfield, Lavern; Solbrig, Stephanie – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2018
If an educator is to take a critical stance, teach students to do the same, and design lessons that engage students in thoughtful discussions and actions surrounding issues of social justice, then discussions of politics, race, culture, economics and systems of power are crucial to this work, and the use of hip-hop is a worthwhile endeavour. In…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Critical Literacy, Critical Thinking, Popular Culture
Di Maggio, Lily M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Study abroad has been a part of the curricular and co-curricular programming of higher education since 1875. Yet, despite the long history, a literature search revealed that study abroad is the least examined of the high impact practices (HIPs) related to engagement theory. Further, despite its promise as a retention strategy, study abroad has…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Study Abroad, College Students, Academic Persistence