Exit cards: creating a dialogue for continuous evaluation     

Mazna Patka  Jennifer Wallin-Ruschman  Tenille Wallace  Candice Robbins 《Teaching in Higher Education》2016,21(6):659-668

This study explored the use of Exit Cards, which are formative evaluations of student knowledge and instruction undertaken at every class meeting. Its results are based on Exit Card data from two undergraduate research methods courses. Thematic analysis indicated that students used Exit Cards to communicate (1) what they learned, (2) challenges with course material, (3) experiences with peers, (4) requests for help, (5) challenges with coping, and (6) successes. While the present study is an initial exploration of the use of Exit Cards, it contributes to knowledge on the utilization of informal formative assessments.  相似文献   

A Multipart Project Planning and Tracking Exercise     

Thomas R. Robbins 《Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education》2019,17(2):104-125

Project Management is an important skill for business students to develop. Although project‐oriented activity is very common, the success rate for projects is poor. Many projects fail due to poor planning. This article describes a multipart class exercise used to teach elements of a project management methodology to undergraduate and graduate business students. Over the course of the eight‐part exercise, student teams iteratively develop a project plan and Gantt chart, an initial and detailed project charter, a variance analysis model, and a status report. Students are taught an iterative top‐down planning process using a technique we term the ODW (Objectives–Deliverables–Workplan) model. Students are introduced to Microsoft Project and use the tool to develop a project plan that becomes part of a more detailed Project Charter. In the final stages of the exercise, students collect results, update their plan, and produce a project status report.  相似文献   

Reflections on eight years of expansion in higher education     

Lord Robbins 《Higher Education》1972,1(2):229-234

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Editorial     

Sidney Robbins 《Children‘s Literature in Education》1971,2(3):4-4

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Editorial     

Sidney Robbins 《Children‘s Literature in Education》1970,1(1):5-7

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An integrity in sharing -James Reeves: ‘The Cold Flame’     

Sidney Robbins 《Children‘s Literature in Education》1970,1(2):7-14

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British higher education, 1960–80: A personal retrospect     

Lord Annan 《Minerva》1982,20(1-2):1-24

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The Franks Report: from the nearside     

Lord Annan 《Higher Education Quarterly》1966,20(4):389-406

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Identifying Factors that Influence the Successful Transition of Criminal Justice Transfer Students     

Jennifer L. Hartman  Beth Bjerregaard  Vivian B. Lord 《Journal of Criminal Justice Education》2013,24(2):173-193

Higher educational institutions place a priority on the retention and timely graduation of students. Previous literature has identified transfer students to have unique concerns and that these concerns vary by major. While previous retention research has reported factors that influence students’ decision to remain in college, many of these studies treated transfer status as a homogenous group. The university in this study enrolls a high percentage of transfer students, and a large percentage of these transfers students enroll in Criminal Justice classes and become Criminal Justice majors. To determine if there are unique risk factors among Criminal Justice transfer students, this study uses multiple measures of transfer status to identify factors that might impact a students’ (1) university involvement, (2) GPA, (3) satisfaction with and sense of belonging to their university and (4) thereby influence their decision to remain in school. The proposition that transfer students as compared to native (nontransfer) students differ on how they face university challenges was also examined. While several variables were found to be important to students’ adjustment to the University, transfer status does not appear to be significant risk factor. Implications of the results are discussed.  相似文献   

Evaluating the Graduation Gap: Interventions Designed to Enhance Upper-level Student Success and Commitment     

Vivian B. Lord  Beth Bjerregaard  Jennifer L. Hartman 《Journal of Criminal Justice Education》2013,24(2):153-174

Over the past several decades, there has been a wealth of research identifying factors and conditions of persistence toward graduation for first-year students and more recently transfer students. While previous research recognizes these critical periods, some recent literature suggests that students may face a similar transitional period later in their academic careers as they advance into their major areas of study. To date, there has been a dearth of information exploring upper-level students' success and commitment to graduation. Exploring this later transition might provide a critical link to understanding the graduation gap between those students who persist to graduation and those who drop out. The purpose of this research was to review the intervention programs proscribed by the literature, design an intervention program, and examine the impact of the program on criminal justice students during this advanced transitional phase of their college careers. It examined the direct and indirect effects of the intervention program on both retention and the antecedents of successful retention while controlling for other relevant influences identified in the literature. The results indicated that the intervention had small, but significant positive direct and indirect effects on academic integration, commitment to the university, and graduating in a timely fashion. Policy implications are discussed.  相似文献