Student category: 717 books
Student Satisfaction and Learning Outcomes in E-Learning
An Introduction to Empirical Research
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
With e-learning expanding globally beyond higher education to K-12 educational settings, the demand for online learning will only increase in the future. Despite this, empirical studies on its effectiveness lag far behind its implementation. Student Satisfaction and Learning Outcomes in E-Learning: An...
Putting Students First
How Colleges Develop Students Purposefully
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
In Putting Students First, the authors argue that colleges can and should invest in holistic student development by recognizing and building on the students’ search for purpose in life, intellectually, spiritually, and morally. Based on a study conducted at ten religiously-affiliated schools, the...
Student Reactions to Learning with Technologies
Perceptions and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
While the creation and adoption of new technologies has increased in recent years, the educational sector often limits technology use. Despite this, many researchers are convinced of the vital role that technologies can play in learning and teaching. Student Reactions to Learning with Technologies: Perceptions...
Developing Culturally Relevant Leadership Learning
New Directions for Student Leadership, Number 152
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
The notion of culturally relevant leadership learning builds upon the ideas of developing leader identity and leadership capacity of diverse students.
Focusing on four areas of leadership learning: education, training, development, and engagement, this volume presents a model of culturally...
Todays College Students
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
America’s undergraduates truly represent a mind-boggling diversity. Today’s College Students: A Reader looks at a wide variety of student groups and identities, which sets it apart from other texts on contemporary college students that do not cover such a broad spectrum. The editors and contributors...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Today’s students face the challenge of finding a career and a passion while facing economic uncertainty. Service learning has the potential to challenge and inspire students as they hone their skills. An increasingly popular subject, service and experiential learning are changing the way education...
14 Habits of an 'A' student
Unmasking the genius student
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2016
Have you ever felt like you are the biggest failure in your class? You feel like its only your mind which gets nothing? You even feel like you just need to clear school and get the hell out of there no matter the grade? do not worry. Many students also feel the same way. Learning may be tricky especially...
by David Schoem, Lynn Dunlap
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Most students arrive at college not fully aware of just how different the college experience is from other prior experiences. The intellectual and social expectations, as well as the rules and regulations, are different, and not just different from high school.
While all college students...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
The pursuit of higher education has become increasingly popular among students of many different backgrounds and cultures. As these students embark on higher learning, it is imperative for educators and universities to be culturally sensitive to their differing individualities. Student Culture and Identity...
Student Diversity at the Big Three
Changes at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Since the 1920s
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Strengthening affirmative action programs and fighting discrimination present challenges to America's best private and public universities. US college enrollments swelled from 2.6 million students in 1955 to 17.5 million by 2005. Ivy League universities, specifically Harvard, Yale, and Princeton,...
Empowerment Starts Here
Seven Principles to Empowering Urban Youth
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
Empowerment Starts Here covers an experimental approach to social change within urban communities by way of seven distinct principles for student empowerment. Turning classroom methods into a school model, Preparatory School for Global Leadership was the first to experience student empowerment at...
College in Four Years
Making Every Semester Count
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2015
College Success is more than getting into a college or university. Success means leaving—in four years—with a college degree. College in Four Years is the essential guide to graduating in just four years with better grades and less stress while keeping tuition costs low.
At colleges...
Teacher and Student Behaviors
Keys to Success in Classroom Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
This book provides data and uses stories and personal insights gleaned from nearly 6,000 observations in real classrooms across the nation. The mix of data and descriptions provide a clear picture of the rich interaction of teacher and student behaviors – and how one predicts the other. Graphs and...
Securing the Schoolyard
Protocols that Promote Safety and Positive Student Behaviors
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
This book was written as a resource guide for educational and mental health professionals and policymakers, as well as families and communities seeking to develop programming to reduce school violence and promote safe, engaging, and effective schools. This book explores the growing crisis in school...