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A Model of Student Learning : A Cross-Disciplinary Examination of Student Reflections of Service-Learning Experiences
No full textThe purpose of this study was to measure and analyze student service and engaged learning outcomes employing the qualitative tradition of phenomenology. This study was based on the “Five R” service and engaged learning framework. The population for this project included 565 students enrolled in sixteen different course sections (eight distinct classes) taught by twelve faculty members across six academic departments in three colleges/schools on the campus of a regional teaching university in the Intermountain West. The results yielded support for each “R” in the framework (reciprocity, reflection, rewards of synergy, responsibility, and reality), thereby supporting the validity of the framework across disciplines
A STEM Experiential Learning Experience : A Five-Year Synthesis of Lessons Learned
No full textFrom Fall 2012 to Fall 2016, 127 teacher candidates at a public university in southern Louisiana and elementary school students in grades four, five, six, and eight formed a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) partnership to develop and implement science projects. The research questions of the accompanying study over the five years were: 1.Will mentoring a science project increase student understanding of best practices afforded by the scientific method? 2. What strategies improve the quality of a STEM experiential learning experience? A paired-samples t-test on teacher candidates’ pre- and post-test scores showed a significant difference in mean scores, indicating an increase in understanding in students for each of the five years. Themes emerging from the qualitative data suggest that successful strategies include preparation, staying small, organization, communication, motivation, and acknowledgement. Coincidentally, these themes closely mirror the National Society for Experiential Education’s (NSEE) “Eight Principles of Good Practice for All Experiential Learning Activities.
Creating Engaged Community Scholarship through Alternate Experiential Learning in Dietetics Education
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Where\u27s My Money? Using Experiential Learning to Increase Financial Capability
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The \u27Soft Power\u27 of In-Class Reflection : A Transformative Experience
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Using Liminality to Understand How Identity and Temporary Status Influence Intern\u27s Vulnerability
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A Closed Structure Constant Formula for the Universal Enveloping Algebra of the Lie Algebra sl2
Get PDFGourley and Kennedy gave a recursive formula for the structure constants of the universal enveloping algebra of sl2. Using Kostant\u27s formula we give a closed formula for these structure constants
Review of osmoregulation mechanisms of vertebrate marine animals, the Dugong dugon, Dermochelys coriacea, Pygoscelis adeliae, and Rachycentron canadum, following ion-loading from food consumption.
Get PDFSeawater allows for a comfortable existence for a wide variety of organisms because it readily contains many dissolved ions necessary for biological function; however, the relative concentrations of ions may be troublesome for some organisms to maintain homeostasis. To combat harmful sodium and chloride ion fluctuations in their internal environment, marine osmoregulatory-organisms have specialized structures to retain or release ions from the body as needed. Excess sodium and chloride ions loading is inevitable given their environments, but as demonstrated by Dugong dugon, Dermochelys coriacea, Pygoscelis adeliae, and Rachycentron canadum, the specialized organs and mechanisms employed by these organisms are all capable of effectively maintaining their plasma osmolality in spite of external conditions