Research has established that poor outcomes are the future for those without a
high school diploma--yet students continue to drop out and become members of
that population. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the
experiences and perceptions of individuals who did not complete high school
within the...
Online learning has grown exponentially within higher education in the past decade, especially at community colleges. As online course offerings expand community colleges need to assess student learning in order to ensure quality learning experiences for students and for accreditation purposes. The purpose of this study was to compare the...
There is a national interest in improving the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in institutions of higher education in the face of mounting difficulties. Reports by the National Academy of Sciences in 2018 and 2020 found that the dissemination and adoption of effective, timely change initiatives...
Problem: The primary purpose of this study was to investigate interactions
between learner characteristics and instructional settings and their
affect on retention of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR.) competency..
An effort was made to determine if college students identified as
Independent or Dependent-Conforming learners interacted with traditional
or self-instructional CPR educational modes....
School districts across the nation are engaged in an ongoing attempt to bring about
change. Educational researchers strive to initiate change in the classroom with students as
well as the teachers of these students.
The evaluation of a change effort is a key element in any implementation model; as
the...
The purpose of this study is to compare in selected outcomes the
effectiveness of an integrated chemistry-physics course with chemistry
and physics courses taught separately.
Six classes, three of which studied an integrated course prepared
from content of the CBA chemistry course and the PSSC physics
course and three of...
Task prioritization performance was evaluated for pilots who participated in a concurrent task management (CTM) training course and pilots who did not. CTM is the process by which pilots selectively attend to high priority tasks and shed non-priority tasks. Twenty seven pilots enrolled in a university flight technology program were...