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Essay Question Formative Assessments in Large Section Courses : Two Studies Illustrating Easy and Effective Use

Curcio, Andrea Anne; Jones, Gregory Todd; Washington, Tanya - 2015

Do formative assessments, via practice exercises accompanied by generalized feedback, make a difference in student final essay and short-answer exam performance? If so, does the practice help some students more than others? We sought to answer these questions in two studies performed with law...

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The Pedagogy of Problem Solving : Applying Cognitive Science to Teaching Legal Problem Solving

Gantt, II, Larry O. Natt - 2015

assumption that legal education is, at least in significant part, about teaching students how to solve legal problems. From this … support the contextualized teaching of problem solving skills. This Article next considers the extent to which problem solving … effectively learn problem solving skills. This Article then considers the role "deliberate practice" should play in teaching legal …

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Following Fisher : Narrowly Tailoring Affirmative Action

Ngov, Eang L. - 2015

Affirmative action has been at the forefront of educational policies and to this day continues to enliven debates. For decades, schools have litigated over whether affirmative action can be used to create a diverse student body. Now, the litigation has shifted to whether affirmative action...

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Measuring Student Experience : Relationships between Teaching Quality Instruments (TQI and Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ)

Hirschberg, Joe; Lye, Jenny N.; Davies, Martin; … - 2015

purpose of this study has been to determine the degree to which the responses recorded on these subject level Teaching Quality …, Tasmania, and Wollongong). The students were asked to respond to a survey that included questions relating to teaching, generic …

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Ontwikkeling innovatierecht blijft achter bij ambities (The Development of Innovation Law Fails to Live Up to Its Ambitions)

Tsoutsanis, Alexander - 2014

Dutch Abstract: Artikel in het 'FD' over de huidige staat van 'innovatierecht' en intellectuele eigendomsrecht in het hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Hoewel er veel aandacht is voor 'innovatie', is er onvoldoende aandacht voor de juridische aspecten om die innovatie te reguleren,...

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Lessons from a Board that Lost Its Way

Devine, William - 2014

The business judgment rule protects board members from liability for an honest mistake of business judgment. Compliance with the rule takes more, however, than making honest, careful decisions based on the information sitting before the board. In some circumstances, board members have a duty to...

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Metaphors Used by Malaysian Teachers-in-Training : Implications for Language Teacher Education

Hasim, Zuwati; Tunku Mohtar, Tunku Mohani; Barnard, Roger; … - 2014

reveals their underlying beliefs about teaching and learning. Relating their professional activity to other roles illuminates … not only what teachers themselves believe, but also reinvigorates notions of (language) teaching itself. One of the …

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Exploring Asian-American/Pacific Islander Student Grit Within the Two-Year College System

Zentner, Aeron; Gutierrez, Rene; Bell, Edith; Pham, Peterson - 2016

The topic of grit has been a highly sought after set of traits as it carries positive correlation with individual performance and in turn, has reflected to have a positive impact organizational outcomes. Recently, grit has emerged in higher education as a non-cognitive factor to drive student...

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The Future of E-Learning : Designing Tomorrow's Education

Georgescu, Mircea - 2012

In today's world, a new level of commitment is required in order to educate the young generation and e-learning perhaps emerges as an important tool of imparting knowledge and information. The challenge, however, is to provide a suitable means to disseminate disparate information in a dynamic,...

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Brown on the Ground : A Journey of Faith in Schooling

O'Brien, Molly T. - 2004

Although Brown v. Board of Education set the stage for the civil rights movement and ended an era of strict racial segregation in schooling, it did not deliver all of the expected educational benefits for black children. Fifty years after the Supreme Court declared an end to the separate but...

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