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The culture of academia : authorizing students to read and write

Creator:: Mitchell, Danielle M.
Abstract:: Presenting and synthesizing several paradigms for the teaching of literature in American colleges, I investigate how definitions of reading, readers, texts, interpretations, and knowledge affect student acts of reading and writing. In addition, I draw upon specific examples of text-based, reader-based, and social-cultural based models for the teaching of reading...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Presenting and synthesizing several paradigms for the teaching of literature in American colleges, I

The role(s) of literature in introductory composition classrooms

Creator:: Caster, Peter
Abstract:: First year college writing classes originated in the United States at Harvard University in 1874. Since then, theorizing such a course has proven a place of contention, as its purposes and subjects have proven difficult to sort and impossible to agree upon. When Harvard first began teaching introductory composition, literature...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: rhetorical study to the study of literature, and the title of his historical narrative, Rhetoric 12

The influence of applied mathematics problems on the achievement and attitude of community college vocational students

Creator:: Swearingen, Dell L.
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to analyze, in the mathematics classrooms, career-oriented verbal mathematics problems on the achievement and attitude of the vocational mathematics student. These career-oriented mathematics problems, used as advanced organizers, were contrasted with mathematics word problems of a more abstract and generalized...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , attitude scale means, and student age means. Suggestions for Further Study 1. This study should be

Preparing future natural resource leaders

Creator:: Gordon, John C.
Abstract:: Keynote presentation for 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, March 13-15, 2008, Corvallis, Oregon.
Resource Type:: Video

A Study on the Effect of Non-Traditional Demographic Populations in an Undergraduate Computer Science Course

Creator:: Kawell, Christopher L.
Abstract:: There is a significant amount of research analyzing the effect of race, gender, and other common demographical data on student interest and performance in computer science. However, there is relatively little research concerning less common demographic populations, such as introverts, artistic students, and visual learners. This study investigates if these...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: populations, such as introverts, artistic students, and visual learners. This study investigates if these

Argument and common ground : scholarly research meets the common core state standards

Creator:: Clark, Jillian
Abstract:: This thesis examines the recent history of the teaching of argument and its implications in the face of new writing standards being implemented in K-12 classrooms under the Common Core State Standards. The new educational policies will shift the focus of writing instruction onto argument writing as part of students'...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: field renewed its allegiance to rhetoric and the ancient Greek and Roman philosophers (“Teaching

Introductory college chemistry students' understanding of stoichiometry: connections between conceptual and computational understandings and instruction

Creator:: Wolfer, Adam J.
Abstract:: Previous research has shown a gap between chemistry students' conceptual and computational understandings of chemistry topics such as gas laws, equilibrium, and reactions. This qualitative study examined the conceptual and computational understandings of stoichiometry of college students enrolled in a large lecture Introductory Chemistry course. Factors that might influence students'...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the United States and Israel. This study was a comparative study that focused on the differences in

The status of hazardous materials management technology skills standard competencies in partnership for environmental technology education at community colleges

Creator:: Drevdahl-Orchard, Jean M.
Abstract:: The management of hazardous materials is a rapidly expanding global concern and the need for Hazardous Materials Management Technicians is increasing to keep up with this demand. During the late 1980's, community and technical colleges began responding to the needs of industry and started developing curriculum for a Hazardous Materials...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Development of a problem-based learning classification rubric for community college instruction

Creator:: Knelly, Leah J.
Abstract:: Problem-based learning (PBL) is one type of inquiry-based learning. Many community college instructors use inquiry-based learning as an instructional strategy. There is much literature on the use of problem-based learning in undergraduate, graduate and medical school education, with a multitude of examples of specific techniques and problems to be addressed,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , in practice, from other types of inquiry-based learning and lecture-based teaching strategies

Autotronics : Implications for automotive related training programs standards based upon emerging technologies

Creator:: Savin, Stuart
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to provide a method for evaluating the effect, impact or role that (as perceived by automotive, diesel, automotive collision faculty and administrators) the nationally recognized industry training standards developed by Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) and National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) have on the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: identified. Recommendations to both colleges in this study and to NATEF addressing the identified themes

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The culture of academia : authorizing students to read and write

The role(s) of literature in introductory composition classrooms

The influence of applied mathematics problems on the achievement and attitude of community college vocational students

Preparing future natural resource leaders

A Study on the Effect of Non-Traditional Demographic Populations in an Undergraduate Computer Science Course

Argument and common ground : scholarly research meets the common core state standards

Introductory college chemistry students' understanding of stoichiometry: connections between conceptual and computational understandings and instruction

The status of hazardous materials management technology skills standard competencies in partnership for environmental technology education at community colleges

Development of a problem-based learning classification rubric for community college instruction

Autotronics : Implications for automotive related training programs standards based upon emerging technologies

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