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An analysis on the effects of teamwork training on the proficiency of high-performance teams in the international exhibit industry.
(2000)
This study explores the relationship between teamwork training and levels of proficiency at teamwork skill/knowledge areas. Each area listed specific examples for participants to indicate the level of proficiency (1-not ...
The effectiveness of industry advisory boards in engineering education.
(2007)
The use of voluntary advisory boards composed primarily of industry practitioners to give aid and advice is almost universal in engineering education programs. The goals, operation, and composition of advisory boards have ...
The effect of Taiwanese piano education from the perspectives of college senior piano majors.
(2001)
Taiwanese parents and educators should first acknowledge what the students really need, then provide an environment which can help and guide them to internalize and actualize their beliefs in piano playing and nurture the ...
Student engagement variables that influence academic achievement among Hispanic students at the community college level.
(2005)
The more students are engaged in their collegiate experience the more likely they are to do well academically, be retained, and achieve their education goals. Student engagement is a key to student success. The study's ...
The few who succeed: Women administrators in higher education.
(2006)
Vignettes of the interview participants provide detailed description of each individual participant; survey data provide generalized descriptions. The various themes that emerged from the interviews and survey data were ...
Impact of an Internet project on college mathematics students' discourse and meaning-making.
(2001)
Recommendations for future research regarding students' meaning efforts included suggestions for possible holistic approaches as well as suggestions for more student input into classroom curriculum design. Some examples ...
A framework for learner-instructor interaction in the online, distance education environment.
(2003)
Current literature argues that learner-instructor interaction is important in distance education, but fails to describe this interaction in a way that provides a theoretical or empirical basis for understanding its ...
A descriptive case study of the impact of 9/11 on international student visa policy in the 20 months following the attacks.
(2005)
International students in the U.S. have consistently been treated in public policy as educational diplomatic and economic assets. In the year before 9/11, a national policy endorsing international education, including ...
An exploration into success factors of African American males who obtained terminal degrees from majority White institutions.
(2006)
The study consisted of individual unstructured interviews with five African American males that completed a Ph.D. at an MWI. The interviews explored how these individuals made sense of their achievement of a terminal degree.
Presidential leadership: A phenomenological study of the leadership experience of Oklahoma's regional university presidents.
(2005)
Regionally focused state colleges and universities present a unique and challenging leadership opportunity to the men and women who have been chosen to serve as president. A literature review showed that the leadership ...