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Direct linkCala, Jacqueline M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative descriptive study aimed to explore how community college students describe their motivations and reasoning when learning about controversial science topics at a southwestern community college. Anti-science attitudes have been increasing globally, but is not fully understood. Two research questions were developed using the theory…
Descriptors: Science Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Scientific Attitudes, Community College Students
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Download full textGreen, Kathryn; Borgerding, Lisa – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2022
This study explores the beliefs of non-science majors in an undergraduate biology classroom as part of a larger study on evolution education. Groups of students (n=12) were given fourteen questions, some potentially controversial and some non-controversial, and asked to create categories based on what type of authority students would turn to as a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biology, Science Instruction, Nonmajors
Sealey-Ruiz, Yolanda – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2013
The purpose of this article is to present a case for building racial literacy in students. The author offers support for her argument by foregrounding a three-month study she conducted in her community college first-year composition (FYC) classroom. She hopes that this article will contribute to the growing body of research that emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Race, Freshman Composition, Skill Development, Multicultural Education
Noonan, Patrick S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research examines the debate surrounding the site selection of several New Jersey community colleges. It takes into account the 1960s time period in which they were founded. The process to establish a community college commenced with each county establishing a committee to assess whether or not there was a need to institute a county college…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Site Selection, Urban Areas, Suburbs
Johnson, Wendell G. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2011
Abortion is a highly-charged, emotional topic which often appears in the news, particularly during the confirmation process for a Supreme Court nominee. Community College students continue to ask reference librarians for print resources dealing with this controversial issue. Often we turn to the reliable series "Current Controversies," "At Issue,"…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Pregnancy, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Interdisciplinary Approach
Tsao, Ting Man – History Teacher, 2005
In 1999, the City University of New York (CUNY) abolished remedial programs in its four-year colleges and began to rely on standardized test scores as criteria both for exiting remediation and for admission to bachelor's programs. By doing that, the university has in effect eradicated its three-decade-old "open admissions" policy, argue…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Standardized Tests, Social History, Open Enrollment
