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Leaving Late: Understanding the extent and predictors of college late departure
Z. Mabel T. A. Britton |
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Mabel, Z., & Britton, T. A. (2018). Leaving late: Understanding the extent and predictors of college late departure. Social science research, 69, 34-51.
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The authors of this paper seek to study the extent of non-first year college students (sophomores, juniors, or seniors) dropping out. They find that a large portion of dropouts actually occur in later years of college, with one-third of dropouts earning three-fourths of the needed credits to graduate. This trend is especially prevalent at two-year community colleges and open enrollment college and among students who were not academically prepared for the challenges of college. The authors . . .
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An Examination of Student Outcomes and Student Satisfaction in a Flipped Learning Environment: A quasi-experimental design
Angela Lee |
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For this study, a two-by-two quasi-experimental design was established to examine the results by Learning Environment and Gender (grouping variables) on selected Dependent Variables. The purpose of this study was to explore the mean differences between Learning Environment and Gender based on the Dependent Variables, which was conducted in introductory sociology courses.111 participants, 58 female 44 male. Majority freshman and sophomores. Student outcome measures occurred in three different . . .
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Ed Undersecretary Shares Obama Administration’s Home Stretch Vision
J. Carter |
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Carter, J. (2016, July 11). Ed undersecretary shares Obama administration’s home stretch vision. Education Drive. Retrieved from: http://www.educationdive.com/news/ed-undersecretary-shares-obama-administrations-home-stretch-vision/422314/
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This 2016 news article looks at the Obama administrations educational plans for their final 200 days. Department of Education’s Undersecretary Ted Mitchell convened a conference to encourage policy makers, administrators, and educators to think about the new educational environment and demographic changes that higher education will increasingly see.
About half (13 million) college students attend community college. Several national education foundations, community college presidents, and . . .
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Mapping Research Trends from 35 Years of Publications in Distance Education
Olaf Zawacki-Richter Som Naidu |
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Zawacki-Richter, O., & Naidu, S. (2016). Mapping research trends from 35 years of publications in Distance Education. Distance Education, 37(3), 245-269.
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Using a text-mining tool Leximancer, this article reports the research trends in Distance Education journal between 1980 and 2014. Titles and abstracts of 515 peer-reviewed articles are analyzed and core concepts (listed below) is extracted. Result of text mining indicates alternating waves of institutional (meso-level) and individual (micro-level) research focus.
Phase 1 Institutional focus: Professionalization and institutional consolidation (1980-1984), instructional design and educational . . .
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Conducting Research in Online and Blended Learning Environments: New pedagogical frontiers.
C. Dzuiban A. Picciano C. Graham P. Moskal |
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Dziuban, C. D., Picciano, A. G., Graham, C. R., & Moskal, P. D. (2015). Conducting research in online and blended learning environments: New pedagogical frontiers. Routledge.
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Decision Making for Student Success: Behavioral insights to improve college access and persistence
Benjamin L. Castleman Saul Schwartz Sandy Baum |
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Castleman, B. L., Schwartz, S., & Baum, S. (2015). Decision making for student success: Behavioral insights to improve college access and persistence. Routledge.
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To gain a thorough understanding of student success, researchers have to examine how students' choices and behaviors result in educational performance. This book provides insights of cognitive psychology and behavioral economics to better understand student behavior. In chapter 2, Charles Kurose takes a look at the relationship between higher education and workplace outcomes. In chapter 3, Sandy Baum and Saul Schwartz investigates influence of financial aid on students' choices. Chapter 4 . . .
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Defining a Research Agenda for Distance Education
R. Poulin |
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Poulin, R. (February 10, 2015). “Defining a Research Agenda for Distance Education.” Retrieved from https://wcetfrontiers.org/2015/02/10/deta2015/
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This blog post gives a brief overview of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA). The research center, funded through the U.S. Department of Education and lead by Tanya Joosten, Ph.D., focuses on developing and conducting research for online and distance education. Further, the center seeks to create toolkits for other instructions to conduct replicability research in order to confirm research results across . . .
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Essentials of Online Course Design: A standards-based guide
Marjorie Vai Kristen Sosukski |
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Vai, M., & Sosulski, K. (2015). Essentials of online course design: A standards-based guide. Routledge.
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Flipped Learning in Higher Education Chemistry: Emerging trends and potential directions
Michael Seery |
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Seery, M. (2015). Flipped learning in higher education chemistry: emerging trends and potential directions. The Royal Society of Chemistry, 16, 758-768.
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Framed within cognitive load theory and constructivism, Seery (2015) provides a survey review of 12 articles in higher education chemistry. He specifically draws attention to recent reports indicating first-year chemistry as detached and being delivered in a fact-based and encyclopedic fashion. Moreover, he shows that most flipped learning approaches in the literature consist of providing screencasts of material in advance of class meetings that is often incentivised (e.g. quizzes, activites), . . .
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Learning Assessment Techniques: A handbook for college faculty
Elizabeth Barkley Claire Major |
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Barkley, E. F., & Major, C. H. (2015). Learning assessment techniques: A handbook for college faculty. John Wiley & Sons.
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