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Athamanah, Lindsay S.; Fisher, Marisa H.; Sung, Connie; Han, Jinny E. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
Peer mentoring programs provide an opportunity for individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to learn, socialize, and work together in supportive and inclusive environments. In this study, we used a phenomenological research design to explore the impact of a college campus-based peer mentoring program on the…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Mentors, Program Effectiveness, Intellectual Disability
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Mabrouk, Patricia Ann – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
High school and undergraduate research students were surveyed over the 10-week period of their summer research programs to investigate their understanding of key concepts in science ethics and whether their understanding changed over the course of their summer research experiences. Most of the students appeared to understand the issues relevant to…
Descriptors: Investigations, High School Students, Undergraduate Students, Ethics
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Liu, Ou Lydia – Applied Measurement in Education, 2011
The TOEFL[R] iBT has increased the length of each reading passage to better approximate academic reading at North American universities, resulting in a reduction in the number of passages on the reading section of the test. One of the concerns brought about by this change is whether the decrease in topic variety increases the likelihood that an…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Reading Tests, English (Second Language), Test Bias