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Jiahui Zhang – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Competency-based education (CBE) has become well-accepted as a powerful way to personalize learning. Today's advanced technologies have enhanced CBE even further. Practitioners in the field are seeking means to take advantage of technology to increase CBE's effectiveness and efficiency, especially for adult learners. Microlearning and digital open…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Technological Advancement, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Lucero, Jessica L.; Evers, Jenifer; Roark, Jennifer; Parker, David – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2017
This article describes community-university partnership building, course development/management, and evaluation outcomes related to an intensive community-based research project that was integrated in two sections of an undergraduate course on community practice. Pre- and posttest data were collected from 60 BSW students who were enrolled in…
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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Belland, Brian R. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2016
In this paper, I describe the iterative development of my perspectives on scaffolding and problem-based learning through interactions with other scholars and research. Such influences include doctoral experiences, funded projects, and exposures to research from a variety of traditions.
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience
Cruce, Ty M. – ACT, Inc., 2015
This report provides a non-technical overview of the guiding research questions and research design for the ACT-led core research program conducted on behalf of the GEAR UP College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium (CCREC). The core research program is a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of 14 GEAR UP state grants on the academic…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Research Design, Longitudinal Studies, College Readiness
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Zane, Thomas W. – Assessment Update, 2008
Western Governors University (WGU) is a competency-based institution that uses an integrated and holistic approach to competence definition, teaching, and assessment. Building a competency-based degree program begins with competence definition activities that focus on what successful graduates need to be able to "do" and the related…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Development, Holistic Evaluation, Competency Based Education