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Direct linkMorley, William; Watt, Karen M.; Simonsson, Marie; Silva, Hilda – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2021
This study examined the phenomenon of college readiness in Hispanic first-generation college students. The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between first-generation Hispanic student participation in an Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) elective course and college readiness. The researchers used logistic…
Descriptors: College Readiness, First Generation College Students, Hispanic American Students, Elective Courses
Dao, Vinh; Yeh, Pon-Hsiu; Vogel, Kristine S.; Moore, Charleen M. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2015
One in six Americans is currently affected by neurologic disease. As the United States population ages, the number of neurologic complaints is expected to increase. Thus, there is a pressing need for more neurologists as well as more neurology training in other specialties. Often interest in neurology begins during medical school, so improving…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Medical Education, Experiential Learning, Brain
Download full textSelber, Katherine; Biggs, Mary Jo Garcia; Chavkin, Nancy Feyl; Wright, Micah C. – Online Learning, 2015
This article describes one school of social work's innovative online elective course to prepare Masters of Social Work (MSW) students for practice with the military, veterans and their families. Developed as part of a university-wide Veterans Initiative, this online course keeps the focus on the student veteran and uses the best practices of…
Descriptors: Social Work, Elective Courses, Veterans, Online Courses
Yilmaz, M.; Ozcelik, S.; Yilmazer, N.; Nekovei, R. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2013
This paper presents an innovative two-course, laboratory-based, and design-oriented robotics educational model. The robotics curriculum exposed senior-level undergraduate students to major robotics concepts, and enhanced the student learning experience in hybrid learning environments by incorporating the IEEE Region-5 annual robotics competition…
Descriptors: Robotics, College Curriculum, College Seniors, Elective Courses
Mangan, Katherine – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article describes how a 26-panel altarpiece that once adorned a 15th-century Spanish cathedral inspired faculty members and students at Southern Methodist University to spend a semester dissecting the piece in a multidisciplinary course that featured songs, floats, videos, and painting. The course sprang out of a discussion Mark Roglan,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Elective Courses, Private Colleges, College Faculty
