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Interactivity, computers and orthodontic training for undergraduates
This phenomenological study investigates the interactivity taking place when students use computer-assisted-learning (CAL) in orthodontics and what can be inferred about why these interactions occur. CAL has been proposed in orthodontics because it provides an opportunity to follow a case through …
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Mapping Critical Connections: Tracing Undergraduates' Literate Lives
… data (field notes, interviews, and samples of undergraduates' school and non-school writing) collected during three multi-year longitudinal case studies, the analysis explores the ways that three undergraduates draw from the entire repertoires of literate practices and discourses in order to …
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Self-Appraisals, Perfectionism, and Academics in College Undergraduates
The influences on perfectionism and procrastination of race, gender, cognitive-affective and academic self-appraisals, and academic performance expectations were studied. The sample consisted of 155 Introductory Psychology students (57 African Americans, 41 Asian Americans, and 57 European …
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Introductory educational laboratory experience for computer engineering undergraduates
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, June 2001.
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Epistemological Development in Pre-Ministry Undergraduates Attending Secular Universities
This qualitative study sought to replicate the previous study conducted by John David Trentham in 2012. Trentham’s study was cross-institutional in nature with a population from bible colleges, confessional Christian liberal arts colleges and universities, and secular universities. This study is …
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An Examination of Chinese Undergraduates’ Contemplativity and Academic Stress
… found regarding the potential impact of CP on undergraduates in China, nor was any literature discovered concerning potential differences between genders or academic emphases on students’ conceptions of CP and collegiate stress. The purpose of this study was to fill the gap by (a) exploring …
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Empathy Among Nursing Undergraduates at a Chinese Private University
… Understanding and cultivating empathy of nursing undergraduates has been one of the main focuses of nursing education. Taking into account the lack of quantitative research into the empathy of nursing undergraduates at China’s private colleges and the inconsistencies in the current literature in …
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Developing First Year ESL Undergraduates’ Source-based Writing Skills
Source-based writing is the most common genre of academic writing in higher education. It is a complex writing task encompassing the synergistic utilisation of reading, writing, and higher order thinking skills. Many students struggle to meet the demands and requirements of tertiary level writing …
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Mathematics Graduate Students as They Learn About Teaching Undergraduates
This study documents many of the needs that mathematics graduate students face when they become teaching assistants. The various assignments (readings, preparing logs of their experiences, etc) led to many interesting and productive discussions that were appreciated and valued by the majority of …
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Career goals, attitudes, and interpersonal relationships of M.I.T. undergraduates
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities, 1982
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Career path analysis of professionals selected by MIT undergraduates
… school, and career paths in general, many undergraduates enter the real world unsure of what the future holds, or if what they have decided to do post-graduation is the "best" option. As such, MIT undergraduates in the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP) were asked to …
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An electropneumatic teststand for teaching control to engineering undergraduates
Agricultural operations such as harvesting and sorting typify controlled processes. Engineering students who wish to specialize in automatic control often do not get sufficient experience in the integration of the three areas of a complete control system: sensors, computing, and actuation. A …
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Integrating Media Literacy into General Education Core Courses for Undergraduates
<p>This study aimed to understand the essential nature of media literacy, evaluate pre-developed higher education classes for existing media literacy context, and recommend best practices for incorporating media literacy into an undergraduate curriculum. This mixed-methods study of media literacy …
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Knowledge convergence in collaborative concept mapping among radiographic physics undergraduates
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study targeted two research questions. First, does collaborative concept mapping enhance group members' knowledge convergence? Second, how does students' participation in interaction influence their knowledge convergence? …
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Fair or Unfair? Chinese Undergraduates’ Perceptions of College Classroom Assessments
… on fairness in classroom assessment by examining undergraduates’ fairness perceptions of and their emotional and behavioral responses to college classroom settings in relation to personal justice beliefs and fairness dimensions at a private university in China. Organizational justice theory …
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An investigation of academic dishonesty among undergraduates at Kansas State University
… behavior and perception of peer behavior among undergraduates among gender, age, race/ethnicity and major. The participants were part of a census of undergraduate students at a Midwestern land grant university. There were 2,759 useable responses to a survey using McCabe’s Academic Integrity …
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Undergraduates' personal constructs : Classroom teaching and the role of the teacher.
… the role of the teacher held by five university undergraduates from a range of subject disciplines. The approach adopted was developed from that devised by George Kelly (1905 -1967) which was originally applied to psychotherapy. As a phenomenological approach, PCT draws out the perceptions that …
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Achievement goals affect academic success and help seeking behavior of undergraduates
<p>The purpose of this study is to determine how achievement goals affect students' academic success and help seeking behavior. The three goal orientations measured in this present study are mastery, performance-approach, and work avoidance. A questionnaire is used to assess the students' goal …
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The Stories We Tell: Narratives of Spiritual Development of Black Undergraduates
… NARRATIVES OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG BLACK UNDERGRADUATES Keon M. McGuire Shaun R. Harper John L. Jackson, Jr. Discourse surrounding religion in the American public sphere, especially as it relates to young adults, primarily exists within church decline narratives; or the declining …
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