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Survey: More Freshmen than Ever Say They Go to College to Get Better Jobs, Make More Money

By Guest PostFebruary 5, 2013Economy, Educationabove average, annual survey, better job, cirp, college completion, college students, current economic situation, extra year, freshman survey, get, john h pryor, laura palucki blake, make more money, premium, pursuing higher education, recovering economy, students decisions, sylvia hurtado, top 10 percent, ucla, united states

The current economic situation in the United States has a major influence on first-year students’ decisions about which college to attend and is reflected in their reasons for pursuing higher education, according to the CIRP Freshman Survey, UCLA’s annual survey of the nation’s entering students at four-year colleges and universities.

The survey, part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP), is administered nationally by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

Two out of three first-year students (66.6 percent) surveyed said they believe current economic conditions significantly affected their choice of college, up from 62.1 percent just two years earlier, when the question was first asked. (more…)

Vocabulary Instruction Failing U.S. Students

By Guest PostJanuary 29, 2013Educationbennett woods, elementary school in okemos, elementary school journal, hysterical, kindergarten classrooms, low reading comprehension, low vocabulary scores, meaning of words, michigan state university, naep test, students, susan neuman, tanya wright, vocabulary instruction, vocabulary words

Vocabulary instruction in the early years is not challenging enough to prepare students for long-term reading comprehension, argues a study led by a Michigan State University education researcher.

The study, which appears in Elementary School Journal, analyzed commonly used reading curricula in U.S. kindergarten classrooms. It found that, generally, the programs do not teach enough vocabulary words; the words aren’t challenging enough; and not enough focus is given to make sure students understand the meaning of the words. (more…)

Technology in the Classroom

By Guest PostJanuary 25, 2013Educationcampaign ads, classroom, election campaign, facebook group, information, ipads, it transformation grant, karl rove, new york times, paul brewer, presidential election, public opinion polls, ralph begleiter, road to presidency, robert gibbs, rove gibbs debate, Technology, traditional media, university of delaware, washington post

UD students use iPads to study the presidential election

Ralph Begleiter and Paul Brewer, professors in the University of Delaware’s Department of Communication, wanted to see if students enrolled in their Road to the Presidency class would pay more attention to the presidential election if media were at their fingertips 24/7. Through a UD Information Technologies (IT) Transformation Grant, iPads were distributed to students enrolled in the course.

“There is something about a student laying their finger on the iPad and discovering what event occurred to make a jump in public opinion popularity occur. It’s that interactivity that makes it a personal experience for the student,” Begleiter observed. (more…)

Is Social Media an Effective Instrument for Qualitative Education?

By Guest PostJanuary 16, 2013Education, Technologyatmosphere, cross cultural, drug, dynamic tool, education, educative goals, Environment, evolutionwriters, Facebook, globalized world, google hangouts, homework writing help, ict, identity fraud, interactive, internet databases, knowledge base, learning networks, negative facets, network, online project, online resources, online stalking, qualitative study, scamming, self, social media, societal awareness, team networking, Technology, tentacles, video chat, younger generation

Learn about the reasons why social media can be efficient and easy tool in education process!

Students breathe social media; it’s like a drug spreading its tentacles over the younger generation. However, parents and teachers have begun to realize the importance of social media for the younger generation. For instance, they use the Internet databases and social media collaboration as homework writing help tools.

In fact, here is a latest Infographic released by Project Information Literacy on how college students rely on online resources for qualitative study. (more…)

A Course in Professional Storytelling

By Guest PostDecember 26, 2012Education, Mediacompelling story, corporate advertising, english majors, how to tell, professional storytelling, storytelling process, value in storytelling

Students who spent the semester learning about communication through storytelling have produced a story bank of narratives detailing their lives, their studies and their appreciation for what the UA’s English department promotes.

What does it mean to be a great storyteller for a business owner, a fashion designer, a teacher, a marketing professional or a medical researcher? (more…)

Yale Scientist Named One of ’10 People Who Mattered This Year’

By Guest PostDecember 23, 2012Education366 days, annual salary, gender bias, jo handelsman, microbiologist, nature magazine, objectivity, pervasive, Science, scientists, yale scientist

Microbiologist Jo Handelsman has been named one of the “366 Days: Nature’s 10” people who “mattered” in 2012 by Nature Magazine. Handelsman, professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology and a national expert on science education, was recognized for her work showing gender bias in science. (more…)

Discovery Learning

By Guest PostDecember 19, 2012Educationenergy, engineering laboratory, heat, stirling engine model, view of thermodynamics

Hands-on activities broaden engineering students’ view of thermodynamics

Carbon dioxide, candle wax, a hobby rocket and water would not seem to have much in common but they all were among the topics presented by 14 students in the Honors sections of the course MEEG341 Thermodynamics on Wednesday, Dec. 5, as a means to cement classroom learning. (more…)

Slinky Science Inspires African School Children

By Guest PostDecember 17, 2012Educationafrican school children, biological photonics, class, cosmetics, exeter, fundamental scientific ideas, glass prisms, interactive demonstration, iridescent butterflies, light sticks, malawi, mzuzu university, natural photonics, paper applications, pete vukusic, physicist, poorest area, pupils and teachers, slinky springs, southern africa, spring, teaching methods, university

A University of Exeter physicist has inspired hundreds of African school children to engage with science during a whirlwind outreach tour to Malawi.

Professor Pete Vukusic used simple interactive demonstrations including slinky springs, glass prisms, light sticks and iridescent butterflies to enthral large classes of pupils and teachers in underprivileged rural schools.

The charismatic lecturer combined use of the demos and an interactive and engaging teaching style to explain fundamental and modern science principles to students who are used to formal instructional teaching methods. Professor Vukusic hopes his visit will both help to inspire science learning in these schools and help their teachers adapt to more modern techniques that engage young people more effectively. (more…)

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