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{"title":"How College Business Students Learn With Emphasis On Differences Between Majors","authors":"Nikki Shoemaker, M. Kelly","doi":"10.19030/TLC.V12I3.9314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/TLC.V12I3.9314","url":null,"abstract":"Students’ learning styles play an important role in their success in the classroom and beyond. This study explores the learning styles of business students so that professors can better understand the instructional methods that are most beneficial for their students. A survey of 205 business students in an introductory accounting course revealed that the most common learning style was visual, while the second most common learning style was kinesthetic. These results suggest that a large number of business students process and internalize new information best when they see or actively participate in what they are learning.","PeriodicalId":89968,"journal":{"name":"Journal of college teaching and learning","volume":"25 1","pages":"223-230"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84520188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Demystifying Assessment: The Road to Accreditation.","authors":"Blaine T. Garfolo, Barbara L’Huillier","doi":"10.19030/TLC.V12I3.9303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/TLC.V12I3.9303","url":null,"abstract":"Accreditation serves as both a quality assurance and accountability mechanism for our learning institutions. It is a voluntary process of self-regulation and non-governmental peer review supported, in general, by providers of tertiary education and examines the philosophy, goals, programs, facilities, resources, and financial viability of the institution. The culture of assessment and the information it generates should be embedded effectively within all institutional systems. This would enable an organization to focus their attention on the assumptions they make with respect to student learning and to promote a culture of continuous assessment and improvement in order to elevate students quality of learning. It is through a process of programmatic assessment that evidence is gathered to support an application for accreditation to an appropriate accrediting agency. What is driving the assessment movement in higher education? How do accreditation bodies make their decisions? What is the precise basis for accreditation? For example, what filtering process does accreditation bodies use when determining what evidence is or is not relevant when arriving at the final accreditation decision. Presumably, as in courts of law, there must be some mechanism or pre-defined criteria in which evidence is weighed and an appropriate decision is reached. Unfortunately, the mechanism is poorly understood by educational institutions and faculty alike. However, the standards of almost all accreditors include the expectation that institutions clearly state student learning outcomes (SLOs) and to assess those outcomes. Although there are a variety of academic accrediting bodies their policies and approaches tend to be more alike than different and appear to share similar expectations for the assessment of SLOs. The key is the Assessment of Student Learning and it is a critical issue for students, teachers, curriculum designers, the accreditation process, quality assurance, and review of courses. How a student learns (student learning styles) and what they actually do learn (subject material) are often driven by the assessment required for a course of study. Assessment is an ongoing, continuing improvement process aimed at understanding and elevating student learning. Assessment involves: 1. Having clear, explicit and transparent expectations for both the student and the institution. 2. Setting the criteria for learning at an appropriate level to demonstrate quality of learning. 3. Gathering, analyzing, and reflecting on the evidence in a systematic way to determine if student learning has occurred to the depth and breadth stated. 4. Using the information gathered to document, explain, and elevate student learning. The purpose of this paper is to present a roadmap to assessment that, if followed, will assist an organization in presenting themselves in the best possible light in order to gain accreditation. As methodology proceeds and ultimately provides the guiding stra","PeriodicalId":89968,"journal":{"name":"Journal of college teaching and learning","volume":"22 1","pages":"151-170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82516783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"K-12 Participation Is Instrumental In Enhancing Undergraduate Research And Scholarship Experience","authors":"Chang-Yil Ahn","doi":"10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9198","url":null,"abstract":"This article reports a case of incorporating a field-based ecological project as a resource into an undergraduate research and scholarship (RS) intensive course. Student research projects were conducted in an outdoor experimental compound with wetland mesocosms as well as in local created wetlands to study soil organic matter content as part of an on-going research project that focuses on the abilities of wetland in sequestering carbon. The course, designated as a RS intensive course by the university in both biology and environmental science, was also newly designed with a K-12 outreach component for training undergraduates in science education and communication. The public presentation component required all participating undergraduates to present and communicate their semester-long science project outcomes to and with K-12 students invited from local middle and high schools at the end of the semester. This activity challenged the students to review their study backgrounds, concepts, and results thoroughly to be able to explain them to and answer a variety of questions from K-12 students. The activity seemed to enhance research and scholarship experiences among the undergraduate students, being more effective than presenting to their own peers in a classroom setting. The students also learned all major steps in doing science, including exercises in literature review, building hypotheses, lab/fieldwork and data analysis. The experience obtained and approach taken in the study may be considered and adopted in reinforcing undergraduate RS experiences at other institutions and in other disciplines.","PeriodicalId":89968,"journal":{"name":"Journal of college teaching and learning","volume":"57 1","pages":"87-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73822243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Campus-Wide Presentation: An Experiential Approach to Increasing Student Learning, Growth and Marketability.","authors":"N. Redcross","doi":"10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9184","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to describe and encourage an approach to a public relations course that can be applied to any discipline. Grounded in the experiential learning theory, students prepare for 16 weeks to present an issue-based campaign to a targeted, live audience at an oncampus venue. Using the course textbook and required readings as a guide, students are taught to “do” as the readings instruct, rather than be bound to merely memorizing the material. During the semester, the goal of the student evolves from earning a good grade, to attracting and enlightening an audience though public relations. While the project was assigned to public relations students, renditions of the described approach can be creatively applied to other disciplines interested in students acquiring real world experience outside of internships, within the safety net of their own campus.","PeriodicalId":89968,"journal":{"name":"Journal of college teaching and learning","volume":"32 1","pages":"75-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91061141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Going Beyond Equations With Disciplinary Thinking In First-Year Physics","authors":"M. Q. Syed","doi":"10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9199","url":null,"abstract":"Students in first-year physics courses generally focus on hunting for suitable equations and formulas when tackling a variety of physical situations and physics problems. There is a need for a framework that can guide them to disciplinary ways of thinking and help them begin to think like physicists. To serve this end, in this study, a framework of disciplinary thinking in physics was presented to the students and incorporated in the delivery of a first-year course on electricity and magnetism for engineering students. The framework consisted of three types of thinking: principlebased thinking (PBT), case-based thinking (CBT), and experiential-intuitive thinking (EIT). The students’ experiences of learning this framework were tracked through weekly reflection reports, which were analyzed using a coding scheme comprised of the following four categories of increasing cognitive complexity for each type of thinking: mentioning the type of thinking learned without elaboration (code A), mentioning the type of thinking learned with elaboration (code B), applying the type of thinking learned (code C) and making meaning of the type of thinking learned (code D). Examples of students’ reflections for these codes for each type of thinking are included. The students most predominantly reflected on PBT followed by CBT with a very few reflections on EIT. Within both PBT and CBT, most reflections fell under the code B. Overall, the results are encouraging and point to a students’ shift from formula hunting to the thinking framework based strategies.","PeriodicalId":89968,"journal":{"name":"Journal of college teaching and learning","volume":"50 1","pages":"127-140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90652972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing Critical Thinking Skills: Assessing The Effectiveness Of Workbook Exercises","authors":"Elise D. Wallace, Renée N. Jefferson","doi":"10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9187","url":null,"abstract":"1 To address the challenge of developing critical thinking skills in college students, this empirical study examines the effectiveness of cognitive exercises in developing those skills. The study uses Critical Thinking: Building the Basics by Walter, Knudsvig, and Smith (2003). This workbook is specifically designed to exercise and develop critical thinking skills. The authors use it as the intervention tool. Freshman students enrolled in a first-year experience course participated in the study; one group used the book, the other did not. Students spent a few weeks in class working through the problems, and at the end of the semester, both groups completed the iCritical Thinking Skills Test. Analysis of final test scores prove the effectiveness of exercises on improving the critical thinking skills of college freshmen.","PeriodicalId":89968,"journal":{"name":"Journal of college teaching and learning","volume":"110 1","pages":"101-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74920753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Academic Motivation and Approaches to Learning in Predicting College Students' Academic Achievement: Findings from Turkish and US Samples.","authors":"B. Çetin","doi":"10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9200","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to determine if approaches to learning and academic motivation together predict grade point averages (GPAs) of students who study at Primary School Education and Preschool Education in Turkey and of students who study at Early Childhood Education in the US. The first group of participants included 166 third- and fourth-year students at Georgia Southern University’s Early Childhood Education Department during the 2014 spring semester. The second group of participants included 455 third- and fourth-year students who study at Canakkale 18 Mart University’s Primary School Education and Preschool Education Departments during the 2013 spring semester. It was found that approaches to learning and academic motivation together did not predict GPA of students who studied in Turkey or the US.","PeriodicalId":89968,"journal":{"name":"Journal of college teaching and learning","volume":"32 1","pages":"141-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76547196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Differentiating Instruction: As Easy As One, Two, Three","authors":"C. Shepherd, Enid Acosta-Tello","doi":"10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9186","url":null,"abstract":"Using the “Three Phase Lesson” model, teachers identify prior knowledge that the student must possess in order to be successful in learning the new concepts. Teachers then delineate specific components inherent in the concepts that need to be mastered and identify tasks which will enable the student to practice these new concepts.","PeriodicalId":89968,"journal":{"name":"Journal of college teaching and learning","volume":"15 1","pages":"95-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87644907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of Positive Regard in Self-Regulated Learning: An Analysis of Student Evaluation Data.","authors":"Joseph T. Harder, Ayman Abuhamdieh","doi":"10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9183","url":null,"abstract":"Learning outcomes in classroom settings are impacted by many components of the course structure and delivery. One of these is positive regard from the instructor as perceived by students. Similarly, perceived positive regard is an important aspect of learning outcomes in a distance education environment, although the ways in which regard are shown are much different. The present study seeks to quantify the impact of perceived positive regard on learning outcomes in both classroom and distance modalities and compare the results for similarities and differences. Data from the Student Instructional Report, both classroom and distance versions, from the authors’ institution is used to validate the relationships among positive regard, motivation, and learning outcomes shown in Eflides’s (2011) metacognitive and affective model of self-regulated learning (MASRL). Analysis of data from one academic year of available data does support these relationships, with some differences found between distance and traditional classroom settings. Support and suggested direction for future research on the role of positive regard in distance learning are offered.","PeriodicalId":89968,"journal":{"name":"Journal of college teaching and learning","volume":"69 1","pages":"109-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82572085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of Using Youtube in EFL Classroom on Enhancing EFL Students' Content Learning.","authors":"Huda Omar Alwehaibi","doi":"10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/TLC.V12I2.9182","url":null,"abstract":"Information technology has opened up prospects for rich and innovative approaches to tackle educational issues and provide solutions to the increasing demands for learning resources. YouTube, a video-sharing website that allows users to upload, view, and share video clips, offers access to new and dynamic opportunities for effective and non-traditional patterns of teaching and learning. In Saudi Arabia, this technology has not been exploited much for educational purposes. The present study aims at experimenting the impact of integrating YouTube technology into English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction on enhancing EFL college students’ learning of the content of the course: “Observation in Schools 2”. This course is one of five courses taught in the program “Elementary School Teacher of English” which aims at developing certain observation skills for effective teaching in elementary school. Such skills could include using particular frames or lenses to gain insight about the classroom and teaching and learning, and developing methods of observing and recording. For the purpose of the study, a quasi experimental design was adopted. Based on such design, two groups of second year college students at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Faculty of Education at Princess Noura University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, were randomly assigned to the experimental and the control groups of the study. There were forty- five students in the control group and fifty-one in the experimental group. A pre-posttest covering the theoretical background of the course \"Observation in School 2\" was developed to be administered to all subjects of the sample before and after the experiment. Subjects of the experimental group were instructed the theoretical background of the course through the use of YouTube videos about observing the classroom, combined with discussion and power point presentation. Students of the control group were taught the same content through the usual lecture-based method. Instruction was provided to both groups by the researcher and took place throughout the second term of the academic year in 2011 for a period of 6 weeks, 2 hours per week. Statistical procedures were applied on the data obtained using a t-test, and major findings yielded results favourable to the use of the YouTube technology. The study shows positive gains for the experimental group students’ outcomes as a result of the integration of video technology in instruction. Thus, it was recommended that YouTube should be considered as an effective instructional tool for enhancing content learning of EFL college students and as an important teaching resource in classrooms.","PeriodicalId":89968,"journal":{"name":"Journal of college teaching and learning","volume":"69 1","pages":"121-126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89741264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}