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A 3-D-Printed Synaptic Puzzle Contributes to Students' Synaptic Transmission Comprehension
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Carrazoni, Guilherme Salgado; Chaves, Amanda Dalla'corte; da Rocha, Claudio Felipe Kolling; Mello-Carpes, Pâmela Billig – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
We created the "3-dimensional synaptic puzzle" (3Dsp) as an educational resource for the physiology teaching of synaptic transmission (ST). In this study, we aimed to apply and evaluate the use of 3Dsp. For this, we divided 175 university students from public and private universities into two groups: (1) control (CT; students that were…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
The Role of Universities in the Inclusion of Refugees in Higher Education and in Society from the Perspective of the SDGs
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Finatto, Carla Patricia; Aguiar Dutra, Ana Regina; Gomes da Silva, Camilla; Nunes, Nei Antonio; Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this paper aims to discuss the outreach strategies of higher education institutions (HEIs) to promote the inclusion of refugees, focusing on two case studies of programs in southern Brazil. Design/methodology/approach: This paper analyzes two outreach programs of Brazilian universities: the Welcome Program for Immigrants…
Descriptors: College Role, Inclusion, Refugees, Outreach Programs
Do Students Make Greater Achievement Gains in Some Higher Education Institutions' Programs than Others? Insights from Brazil
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Dalmon, Danilo Leite; Fonseca, Izabel; Avena, Cláudio Pondé; Carnoy, Martin; Khavenson, Tatiana – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
How much university students learn in their studies is highly debated and important to understanding the value of higher education. Yet, information on learning gains at this level are scarce. Our paper contributes to the debate by using unique data for Brazil to estimate absolute test score gains across various fields of study in higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, College Students, Achievement Gains