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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Traditional Student"”.
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Nontraditional and Traditional Student Motives to Use Their University Communication Center
<p>Research indicates that nontradifional students differ from traditional ones in many areas of higher education. Recognizing these differences in this growing population of students could impact retention rates for universities. Also, these differences could influence how communication centers …
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Student-Athlete: A Study of Student-Athlete Workload Compared with Traditional Student Workload
… to collect and analyze data on the workload of students and student-athletes to determine if there is a significant difference in the workloads of student-athletes compared with non-athletes, including undergraduate and graduate students. It was hypothesized that student-athletes would spend …
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Academic integrity and the non-traditional student: Demographics, rationales, and the role of religious beliefs
… examined academic integrity among nontraditional college students attending nontraditional educational degree programs. Conducted at a midsized regionally accredited theological school, only nontraditional students were included. The primary focus was to provide data on the …
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The relationship between traditional student success variables with retention of the Tennessee Lottery Scholarship Program
… relationship existed between a set of prescribed student success quality indicators and retention of the Tennessee lottery scholarship after 24 attempted semester hours. There were two primary research questions: • Research Question 1 (RQ1): Does a relationship exist between lottery scholarship …
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Understanding Faculty and Non-Traditional Student Perceptions of Self-Directed Learning in a Practical Nursing Program
… to identify and investigate nursing faculty and student perspectives of self-directed learning in a practical nursing program. It also explored the degree to which student's perceptions of self-directed learning exhibited factors consistent with that of critical thinking. This study is important …
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An exploration of the role of coaching in supporting non-traditional students in higher education in the UK : the perspectives of the students and their coaches
… and ensuring fair access to universities for non-traditional students has been a key policy objective for successive governments in the UK since the late 1990’s. In spite of the relative success of policies and strategies to increase and retain the number of non-traditional students accessing and …
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Storying students’ ecologies of belonging: a narrative inquiry into the relationship between ‘first generation’ students and the University
… in a post-1992 university in the UK. Issues of student engagement and belonging in Higher Education (HE) have been the subject of research within recent years as a way to enhance rates of student retention and success, as the Widening Participation agenda has realised a changing demographic …
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Storying students’ ecologies of belonging: a narrative inquiry into the relationship between ‘first generation’ students and the University
… in a post-1992 university in the UK. Issues of student engagement and belonging in Higher Education (HE) have been the subject of research within recent years as a way to enhance rates of student retention and success, as the Widening Participation agenda has realised a changing demographic …
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Partnering in Practice: A Look at Collaborative Student Teaching
… case study examined the experience of two student teachers as they partnered during their student teaching assignment. The relationship which developed between the pair was critical to the success of their experience and allowed them to enjoy several benefits of paired student teaching as …
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Resilience, complete mental health and academic achievement in traditional and non-traditional first year psychology students
… Australian higher education in the late 1980s, students from historically under-represented backgrounds (i.e., ‘non-traditional’ students) have become increasingly the norm. While some argue that widening participation is problematic, research regarding the relationships between non-traditional …
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Who's Driving? Structured Pairing in an Electronics Laboratory
Pair programming, a method of structuring student groups in computer science courses, has been found to increase student confidence, satisfaction, and persistence in computer science courses. I developed a similar method of structuring student groups, called “structured pairing,” which I …
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Redefining Tradition: A Critical Examination of Recruitment Strategies and Institutional Policies for Nontraditional Undergraduate Students at Private Catholic Colleges and Universities
… areas within the United States recruit nontraditional undergraduate students and develop supporting institutional policies resulting in reduced matriculation barriers. As traditional student populations decline, understanding and addressing the needs of nontraditional students becomes …
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The stories of how two different student teaching models impacted teacher identity: six narratives of beginning teachers
This study looks beyond the student teaching experience into the world of six beginning teachers and how their capstone experience impacted their thinking, practice, and professional identity. Three of the teachers participated in a coteaching during student teaching model (CTDST) and the other …
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The uses and gratifications of the World Wide Web at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas
… by using the Web. One hundred thirty college students at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas were surveyed on media and Web usage and gratifications. This study introduces the factors of self-perception of residency and of traditional vs. non-traditional student as influences on Web usage and …
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"It takes a village to raise a child - It takes a campus to graduate a student" Exploring the Cultural Relevance of Student Development Models for African Americans in Higher Education
… related to cultural identity and college student development among African Americans in higher education. Racial and cultural identities for African American college students are an integral part of their student development and have been connected to a variety of positive outcomes such as …
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An analysis of student participation in campus governance as a contributing factor to student development
Student involvement in the management and operation of the institution of higher education is perhaps one of the most controversial issues on college and university campuses resulting from the campus unrest in the 1960's. Many university officials, faculty and administrators have ceded long …
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Determining the Specific Transition Needs of Military and Veteran Students (MVS), A Qualitative/Mixed Methods Study
… number of challenges await military and veteran students (MVS) as they make their way to college campuses. These non-traditional students will transition to an environment different from the one they experienced while serving. This problem exists because a majority of the post-secondary schools …
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All for one and one for all: building communities of practice during a secondary social studies student teaching experience
… programs continue to gain widespread attention. Traditional student teaching placements, characterized by one-to-one (1:1) assignments of a cooperating teacher and student teacher currently dominate most clinical experiences. Research studies continually identify concerns with these traditional …
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Student experiences of full-time education courses in Higher Education: an empirical and theoretical investigation
… the experiences and decision-making processes of students whilst studying within higher education. Changes within the higher education system in areas such as educational provision and the student population itself have resulted in higher education being central to much theoretical debate. This …
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Japanese approaches to organizational internationalization of Universities:a case study of three national university corporations.
… knowledge society and a decrease in the domestic traditional student population. Thus, internationalization has been recognized as a concern in the current aim of university reform. This study explores how and why three exemplary national university corporations have been internationalizing by …
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