Articulating and Utilizing Communication Student Learning Outcomes in Community Colleges     

Megan Tucker  Kerry Byrnes-Loinette  David Bodary 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2018,42(3):218-221

Academia in the United States stands face-to-face with the constant call for greater levels of assessment and accountability. Academics question whether our students are learning what they’re taught? Are they able to secure employment upon completing their education? Are they prepared to be active, productive citizens in society? Community colleges provide education to those who may typically not have the opportunity to attend an institution of higher education. A foundation of any assessment process is the articulation of the core learning outcomes. It is from this foundation, then, that community college faculty can start assessing the effectiveness of teaching and curricular design. The present investigation details a project that focused on creating discipline-specific student learning outcomes and how these outcomes can be utilized to aligning learning outcomes and mapping to curriculum. Communication studies faculty can utilize the learning outcomes to strengthen and clarify curriculum, demonstrate the acquisition of competencies, and improve departmental offerings.  相似文献   

Doctoral Research Training of Counselor Education Faculty     

Jane E. Atieno Okech  Randall L. Astramovich  Megan M. Johnson  Wendy J. Hoskins  Deborah J. Rubel 《Counselor Education & Supervision》2006,46(2):131-145

Counselor educators (N = 167) in programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs were surveyed regarding research training received during their doctoral studies. Respondents shared perspectives regarding the quality and quantity of their research course work as well as suggestions on how to enhance research training in counselor education programs. Differences in the amount, type, and attitudes toward research were found according to programs from which educators were graduated and year of graduation. The influences of mentoring as a critical practice in research training also emerged. Implications for research training in counselor education are discussed.  相似文献   

Neonatal Stress Reactivity: Predictions to Later Emotional Temperament   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Megan R. Gunnar  Fran L. Porter  Cynthia M. Wolf  Joseph Rigatuso  Mary C. Larson 《Child development》1995,66(1):1-13

To investigate the relations among popular measures of neonatal stress and their link to subsequent temperament, 50 full-term newborns from a normal care nursery were examined responding to a heelstick blood draw. Baseline and heelstick measures of behavioral state, heart period, vagal tone, and salivary cortisol were obtained. Recovery measures of behavioral and cardiac activity were also analyzed. Mothers completed Rothbart's Infant Behavior Questionnaire when their infants reached 6 months of age. Baseline vagal tone predicted cortisol in response to the heelstick, suggesting that baseline vagal tone reflects the infants' ability to react to stressors. Greater reactivity to the heelstick (more crying, shorter heart periods, lower vagal tone, and higher cortisol) was associated with lower scores on "Distress-to-Limitations" temperament at 6 months. This finding was consistent with the expectation that the capacity to react strongly to an aversive stimulus would reflect better neurobehavioral organization in the newborn. Recovery measures of cardiac activity approximated and were correlated with baseline measures indicating the strong self-righting properties of the healthy newborn. Finally, vagal tone and salivary cortisol measures were not significantly related, suggesting the importance of assessing both systems in studies of the ontogeny of stress-temperament relations.  相似文献   

Integrated ‘one-stop’ support for student success: recommendations from a regional university case study     

Emma Power  Carmel O’Sullivan  Megan Yih Chyn A. Kek 《高等教育研究与发展》2020,39(3):561-576

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Intercollegiate Athletes and Effective Educational Practices: Winning Combination or Losing Effort?     

Paul D. Umbach  Megan M. Palmer  George D. Kuh  Stephanie J. Hannah 《Research in higher education》2006,47(6):709-733

Scrutiny of intercollegiate athletics has intensified in recent years. This study compares student-athletes with those of non-athletes in terms of their engagement in effective educational practices. Contrary to many reports in the popular media, the findings from this study indicate that, on balance, student-athletes across a large number of colleges and universities do not differ greatly from their peers in terms of their participation in effective educational practices. In most instances, when differences do exist, they favor athletes.  相似文献   

Tympanic membrane temperature and emotional dispositions in preschool-aged children: a methodological study     

Gunnar MR  Donzella B 《Child development》2004,75(2):497-504

Tympanic membrane (TM) temperature asymmetry has been proposed as a phenotypic marker of vulnerability to negative emotionality in children. Little is known about the stability of TM temperatures or how readily one can obtain a reliable index of the phenotype. TM temperatures were collected from 3- to 5-year-old children ( N =73) over 5 months ( Mdn= 34 samples). Seven to 10 samples needed to be aggregated to achieve reliable measures (αs>.70). Using reliable estimates, TM asymmetry remained stable over time, r (72)=.72, p< .01; 70% of the children had warmer left TMs; and TM asymmetry correlated as predicted with measures of children's emotionality. TM asymmetry may be a phenotypic marker of vulnerability to negative emotionality, but measures obtained on one occasion may not reliably index the phenotype.  相似文献   

International trends in health science librarianship: part 1 - the English speaking world     

Browne R  Lasserre K  McTaggart J  Bayley L  McKibbon A  Clark M  Perry GJ  Murphy J 《Health information and libraries journal》2012,29(1):75-80

This is the second in a series of articles exploring international trends in health science librarianship in the first decade of the 21st century. The invited authors were asked to reflect on developments in their country - viz. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Future issues will track trends in Northern Europe, the Nordic countries, Southern Europe and Latin America. JM.  相似文献   

A call for increased librarian support for the medical humanities     

M Curran 《Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA》2012,100(3):153-155

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Measuring patrons' technology habits: an evidence-based approach to tailoring library services     

Jin Wu  Amy J. Chatfield  Annie M. Hughes  Lynn Kysh  Megan Curran Rosenbloom 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2014,102(2):125-129

Librarians continually integrate new technologies into library services for health sciences students. Recently published data are lacking about student ownership of technological devices, awareness of new technologies, and interest in using devices and technologies to interact with the library. A survey was implemented at seven health sciences libraries to help answer these questions. Results show that librarian assumptions about awareness of technologies are not supported, and student interest in using new technologies to interact with the library varies widely. Collecting this evidence provides useful information for successfully integrating technologies into library services.  相似文献   

Evidence‐Based Teaching in Higher Education: Application to Counselor Education          下载免费PDF全文

Krista M. Malott  K. Hridaya Hall  Angela Sheely‐Moore  Megan M. Krell  LeeAnn Cardaciotto 《Counselor Education & Supervision》2014,53(4):294-305

The authors examined best practices in university‐level teaching, as premised on the evidence‐based teaching (EBT) literature found in fields external to counselor education. Findings were reported in relation to 3 areas: developing an effective learning environment, structuring intentional learning experiences, and assessing teaching effectiveness. Implications regarding the training of doctoral‐level counselor educators using EBT practices are discussed.  相似文献