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Using the Classroom to Cultivate Student Support for Participation in Campus Life: The Call for Civic Education Interventions
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Strachan, J. Cherie – Journal of Political Science Education, 2008
Extracurricular campus activities mirror the effects of associational life on political participation (Kuh 1995; Pascarella, Ethington, and Smart 1988; Verba, Schlozman, and Brady 1995). As encouraging student participation in such activities can be difficult (Kuh, Schuh, Whitt, Andreas, Lyons, Strange, Krehbiel, and MacKay 1991), this project…
Descriptors: Control Groups, College Students, Class Activities, Self Efficacy
The Influence of Curricular-Based Interventions within First-Year "Success" Courses on Student Alcohol Expectancies and Engagement in High-Risk Drinking Behaviors
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Caldwell, Rebecca J.; Hourigan, Aimee J. – NASPA Journal, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of curricular-based interventions housed within first-year success courses on alcohol expectancies and high-risk drinking behaviors. Specifically, we longitudinally assessed 173 students enrolled in one of ten first-year success courses, including five that received the alcohol intervention and…
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Grade Point Average, Scores
Calculus Students' Graphical Constructions of a Population Growth Model.
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Blanton, Maria L.; And Others – Mathematics Educator, 1996
Pre- and posttests and interviews concerning misconceptions and alternate conceptions of rates of change were administered to (n=42) students in first-semester calculus using a conceptually-motivated curriculum. Suggests that an emphasis on visual representations through construction and interpretation in conjunction with teacher-student analysis…
Descriptors: Calculus, College Students, Graphs, Higher Education
Systemwide Assessment of Utah's General Education Courses
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Kramer, Philip I. – Assessment Update, 2005
In 1998, the Utah State Board of Regents ordered a sample administration of American College Testing's Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP), a test of general knowledge, for Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) students. The pilot test was administered to 3,148 Utah college students who were completing their sophomore year at one…
Descriptors: General Education, Public Colleges, Program Effectiveness, Governing Boards
Deaf Prep Program: Mathematics Curriculum.
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George, Paula – 1999
This remedial mathematics curriculum for deaf community college students is organized into 22 lessons grouped into three levels: whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Preliminary versions of the curriculum have been used in Deaf Prep classrooms and taken through a development and revision process. Each lesson follows the same pattern: topic…
Descriptors: College Students, Curriculum Design, Deafness, Higher Education
Experiencing an Epidemic: A Seminar Designed To Explore the Spread and Prevention of the AIDS Virus.
Rochlin, Joyce T. – 1990
A seminar was designed to present AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) related information to 52 college students enrolled in Psychology 101 courses at Essex Community College in Maryland. First, a questionnaire was administered to determine student knowledge about AIDS. The next part of the procedure was an intervention in the form of a…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, College Students, Community Colleges, Group Discussion