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  • Active Learning and the ALEKS Placement Test in College Algebra : An Observational Study

    Creator:
    Dean, Raven
    Abstract:
    In 2012, a university in the north western United States began offering a redesigned college algebra class that had a greater emphasis on active learning. Specifically, two out of four class periods were completely devoted to students working together in small groups on carefully designed worksheets. Two years later, the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Algebra: An Observational Study 14 such higher-order thinking tasks as analysis, synthesis, and

  • Faculty perspectives on diversity curriculum

    Creator:
    Ayala, Javier Ivan
    Abstract:
    This research addresses how instructors move from surface levels of diversity understanding to deep levels. The focus was higher education instructors who taught in a general education program, primarily teaching freshman students. The case location is at a public institution on the West coast. Using the literature on diversity and...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    mixed method case study approach was used. Some 24 instructors were interviewed and 16 were

  • Investigating science identity and motivation constructs in undergraduate chemistry through novel instrument development

    Creator:
    Wolfe, Teresa M.
    Abstract:
    The purposes of this study were to: 1) determine in what ways incorporating active engagement into a traditional lecture chemistry course contributed to students' science identity and their motivation to learn the science, and 2) determine how the development of a science identity could be measured through the use of...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    science identity questionnaire, designed and validated as a part of the current study, and Glynn and