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Hotchkins, Bryan K.; Smith, Patriann – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Previous research suggested that first- or second-generation African immigrants comprised nearly a third of Black students attending selective U. S. colleges (Massey et al., 2007). While research frames the involvement of Black immigrant collegians as distinctly different from African American peers as it pertains to family…
Descriptors: College Students, First Generation College Students, African American Students, Blacks
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Morgan, Bobbette M.; Bussert-Webb, Kathy; Masso, Hannah – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2018
The importance of the research related to the existence of collaborative learning in higher education for Latinos, specifically pre-service teachers, has been substantiated. It has been defined that while teacher retention rates for Latinos are lower than for whites, using teamwork in the classroom might make Latinos teaching more rewarding. Most…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Cooperative Learning
Dolberry, Maurice – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2020
Mentorship, and the notion of who is a mentor, both hold a revered place for boys and young men of color (BYMOC). Mentoring programs must help mentees build intellectual confidence, academic self-esteem, and an overall belief that they are capable of overcoming the systemic barriers to their success in school. MENTOR: The National Mentoring…
Descriptors: Mentors, Males, Minority Group Students, Career Readiness
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Austin, Kenneth R. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2009
In this article, I argue that teacher preparation programs must address the dispositions that lead to successful patterns of professional conduct and attitudes. I situate the thesis within the discussion on dispositions and the focus on preparing teachers of the millennial generation. I further examine the dispositions that the millennial students…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Group Activities, Preservice Teacher Education, Generational Differences
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Grau, Stacy Landreth; Akin, Robert – Marketing Education Review, 2011
As educators, we have two missions. First, we must serve our students--they are both our customer and our product. Second, we aim to provide the market in general with graduates with relevant skills and knowledge for jobs that have not even been created yet. Given that most students graduating and moving into the workplace are not necessarily…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Majors (Students), Experiential Learning, Marketing
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Kwon, So Young; Cifuentes, Lauren – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
Five eighth grade science classes of students in at a middle school were assigned to three treatment groups: those who individually concept mapped, those who collaboratively concept mapped, and those who independently used their study time. The findings revealed that individually generating concept maps on computers during study time positively…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Concept Mapping, Grade 8, Cooperative Learning