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Léger, Pierre-Majorique; Lyle, Derick; Babin, Gilbert; Charland, Patrick; Pellerin, Robert – International Education Studies, 2013
This article describes an initiative to provide IS management a capstone course that builds on the zone of proximal development concept, oriented towards developing prioritization and critical reasoning skills, and to promote self-learning. Request for proposal business cases appear to offer effective mechanisms for retaining context, while…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Program Administration, Problem Based Learning, Critical Thinking
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Stoddart, Trish; Bravo, Marco; Mosqueda, Eduardo; Solis, Jorge – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
Several pressing issues call for institutions charged with the responsibility to educate prospective teachers to rethink their model of teacher preparation to better address the educational needs of English Language Learners (ELLs). It is projected that by 2025 one in four students in the U.S. will be from homes where a language other than English…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Student Diversity, English Language Learners
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Caudill, Lester; Hill, April; Hoke, Kathy; Lipan, Ovidiu – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Funded by innovative programs at the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Richmond faculty in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and computer science teamed up to offer first- and second-year students the opportunity to contribute to vibrant, interdisciplinary research projects. The result was…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Physics, Chemistry, Biology