A Methodology for Improving the Quality of the Research Article Publications in Engineering Institutions in India: A Case StudyAlternative Higher Education - - 2024
Rajkumar Bhimgonda Patil, Prachi Vinod Ingle, Padmakar A. Deshmukh
Research article publication is often considered a critical indicator of academic institutions' success and productivity. It improves the institution's reputation, attracts talented students and faculty members, and increases the institution's chances of receiving funding opportunities from different funding agencies. This paper provides a reliable and sustainable methodology for improving the qua...... hiện toàn bộ
Teaching without testing: A preliminary report of an innovative technique for social work educationAlternative Higher Education - Tập 13 - Trang 47-53 - 1988
Bruce A. Thyer
The systematic use of study questions to guide social work student learning is described as an alternative to relying upon traditional midterm or final examinations, or term papers. The study question method avoids many of the pedagogical disadvantages of these traditional means of evaluating student learning, and a formal survey of adult learners exposed to the study question format overwhelmingl...... hiện toàn bộ
Finding an Analytic Frame for Faculty-Student Interaction within Faculty-in-Residence ProgramsAlternative Higher Education - Tập 36 - Trang 71-82 - 2010
Miriam Mara, Andrew Mara
In this article we describe a case study analyzing how a Faculty-in-Residence program fosters student engagement. Using Cox & Orehovec’s typology to add granularity to the National Study on Student Engagement’s criteria for student engagement, we suggest best practices for the implementation of these in-situ faculty engagement programs.
The Fourth-Year Experience: Impediments to Degree CompletionAlternative Higher Education - Tập 38 - Trang 207-221 - 2012
G. L. Donhardt
Undergraduates who persevere to the fourth year of their academic careers have invested a great deal of time, effort, and financial resources in their education. In spite of the effort, many do not succeed in graduating. Students from an entering class of first-time, full time freshmen from a large urban university were tracked through their undergraduate careers in an ex post facto study in searc...... hiện toàn bộ
Assessing Assessment: The Effects of Two Exam Formats on Course Achievement and EvaluationAlternative Higher Education - Tập 31 - Trang 227-236 - 2006
Carrie B. Myers, Scott M. Myers
This research examines the effect of two testing strategies on academic achievement and summative evaluations in an introductory statistics course. In 2001, 63 students underwent an hourly midterm format; and in 2002, 68 students underwent a bi-weekly exam format. Other than the exam format, the class lectures and labs were identical in terms of content, structure, pace, and the cumulative final e...... hiện toàn bộ