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Direct linkLukes, Laura A.; Ryker, Katherine; Millsaps, Camerian; Lockwood, Rowan; Uhen, Mark D.; George, Christian; Bentley, Callan; Berquist, Peter – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2019
Undergraduates who participate in research experiences are more likely to persist as majors and pursue careers in STEM fields. Traditional undergraduate research experiences often involve field or lab work, which can be costly or have participation barriers for some students. Large, publicly available online datasets provide an alternative. This…
Descriptors: Databases, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Projects
Anderson, Patricia F.; Shannon, Carol; Bickett, Skye; Doucette, Joanne; Herring, Pamela; Kepsel, Andrea; Lyons, Tierney; McLachlan, Scott; Wu, Lin – Research Synthesis Methods, 2018
When the Medical Library Association identified questions critical for the future of the profession, it assigned groups to use systematic reviews to find the answers to these questions. Group 6, whose question was on emerging technologies, recognized early on that the systematic review process would not work well for this question, which looks…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Medical Research, Medical Libraries
Mayo, Michael; Howell, William; De Masi, Sara – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2018
Educators have long sought how to prepare students to develop a global mind set and to work under conditions of complexity and uncertainty common in many world markets. The purpose of this study was to support educators in this cause by providing them with a "hands-on" exercise readily adaptable across the business curriculum to identify…
Descriptors: International Trade, Teaching Methods, Business Administration Education, Cultural Differences
Jenkins, Carolyn; Arulogun, Oyedunni Sola; Singh, Arti; Mande, Aliyu T.; Ajayi, Eric; Benedict, Calys Tagoe; Ovbiagele, Bruce; Lackland, Daniel T.; Sarfo, Fred Stephen; Akinyemi, Rufus; Akpalu, Albert; Obiako, Reginald; Melikam, Enzinne Sylvia; Laryea, Ruth; Shidali, Vincent; Sagoe, Kwamena; Ibinaiye, Philip; Fakunle, Adekunie Gregory; Owolabi, Lukman F.; Owolabi, Mayowa O. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Stroke is the leading cause of neurological hospital admissions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the second leading cause of death globally. The Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network [SIREN] seeks to comprehensively characterize the genomic, sociocultural, economic, and behavioral risk factors for stroke and to build effective teams…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neurological Impairments, Medical Research, Health Education
Sibulkin, Amy E.; Butler, J. S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
We tracked a sample of primarily Black psychology baccalaureates' advanced degree enrollments and completions and estimated the association of those outcomes with summer research experience by merging three data sets: (a) summer research program participants, (b) a comparison group of alumni, mostly without summer research, and (c) degree…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Summer Programs, Psychology, Alumni
Ruswick, Brent J. – History Teacher, 2011
As a new Ph.D. preparing for his first university appointment in June 2006, the author began constructing World History I and II surveys for which his graduate training left him feeling underprepared. Among the myriad challenges, he sought to create a research assignment for general education students that would address a diverse range of…
Descriptors: World History, History Instruction, College Instruction, Introductory Courses
Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Economics of Education Review, 2010
To improve our understanding of the factors that influence persistence rates in STEM field majors, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation provided a grant to the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute in 2007 to study the question. The five papers in the symposium represent the output of the project. This introduction explains the motivation for…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Majors (Students), Databases, Research Methodology
Harper, Meghan – School Library Monthly, 2010
This article features "Pop Culture Universe," which received the 2009 Dartmouth Medal honoring the creation of a reference work of outstanding quality. School librarians will find "Pop Culture Universe" a wonderful resource for assisting middle school and high school students with research projects on significant historical events that focus on…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Reference Materials, School Libraries, Librarians
FitzPatrick, Kathleen A.; Campisi, Jay – Advances in Physiology Education, 2009
Many undergraduate institutions offer individual research opportunities for upper-level students in independent study courses and summer undergraduate research programs. These are necessarily limited to a small number of students. Greater numbers of students can benefit from incorporating student-directed investigative experiences into…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Writing (Composition), Investigations, Independent Study
Glasson, Emma J.; Hussain, Rafat – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2008
Background: Disability research data often exist in the form of individual records located within discrete registers that may extend across sensitive political boundaries. Method: This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with using linked health and administrative data for disability research, with examples from research…
Descriptors: Political Divisions (Geographic), Foreign Countries, Health Care Costs, Information Dissemination
Robinson, Judith Schiek; Aluri, Rao – Database, 1983
Offers overview of research in progress information systems which provide information on projects between inception and published reports, discussing demise of Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE), and efforts of National Technical Information Service to maintain SSIE files. A listing of 28 research in progress information systems and…
Descriptors: Databases, Federal Programs, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Aines, Andrew A. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Focuses on the information aspects of the Grace Commission's (President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control) findings and recommendations contained in the report on federal research and development. Research project reporting and redundancy, database provided by National Technical Information Service, cost controls, and measuring research and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedEnser, Peter – Microform Review, 1995
Provides an overview of European multimedia imaging projects based in museums, libraries, and other organizations, supported by the European Commission (EC) and the British Library Research and Development Department (BLRDD). EC projects develop the European information market; BLRDD projects address theoretical imaging issues. (JKP)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
Castro, Angela; And Others – Media in Education and Development, 1986
Describes research undertaken at Open University (Great Britain) and Deakin University (Australia) in the use of international communication by electronic mail for (1) the collaborative study of distance education and (2) use of international course teams in preparing distance teaching materials. The electronic mail system and difficulties…
Descriptors: Databases, Distance Education, Educational Trends, Electronic Mail
Meadow, Charles T. – Online, 1979
Presents the rationale behind and description of the Individualized Instruction for Data Access (IIDA) system, which is intended to assist people in performing online bibliographic searches through the use of another computer as intermediary. (CWM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computers
