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Lin, Emily; Walters, Katherine C. V.; Schmidt-Morris, Amy; Demirag, Hayrive Nilgun Guvener; Wang, Yong; Oberholzer, José – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
Diabetes is one of the largest global epidemics, necessitating training for a new generation of scientists and physicians to work on the disease. Undergraduate research experiences can build an educational pipeline for talent in these professions. A NIH-sponsored summer diabetes research internship at the University of Virginia provided…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Undergraduate Students, Research Training, Talent
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Allen, Korrie; Akinyanju, Kim; Milliken, Tammi; Lorek, Edward; Walker, Tamu Thomas – Middle School Journal (J3), 2011
School systems often implement character education initiatives in reaction to a violent event. Following the school shootings that occurred in the 1990s, many school systems started to implement character education and violence prevention programs. Unfortunately, because the efforts were reactive, little thought was given to sustainability…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Student Attitudes, Prosocial Behavior, Prevention
Kasowitz-Scheer, Abby – Educators' Spotlight Digest, 2009
It's winter! While it is frosty outside, one can at least think warm thoughts by starting now to plan ahead for summer information literacy programs. This article is designed to provide some ideas for planning next summer's reading, sleuthing, and research programs. It features a variety of programs organized by academic librarians this past…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Librarians, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking
Meehan, Merrill L.; Cowley, Kimberly S.; Burns, Rebecca C. – 2000
The Interdisciplinary Teamed Instruction (ITI) project investigated the effects of interdisciplinary, teamed instruction on secondary school teaching and learning. It examined the effectiveness of a professional development model that facilitated the development, implementation, and evaluation of ITI. Through summer institutes and onsite…
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education