Martin R. West, Harvard Graduate School of Education Matthew A. Kraft, Brown University Amy S. Finn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rebecca E. Martin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Angela L. Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania Christopher F.O. Gabrieli, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Transforming Education John D. E. Gabrieli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jun...

The study was a descriptive survey, designed to determine the graduates' perceptions of the diploma in agricultural education courses offered at the Botswana College of Agriculture. The specific objectives were to: (I) determine the perceived usefulness of the courses taught at the college for teaching agricultural science, (2) determine the perceptions of the graduates about the relevance of p...

OBJECTIVES To report the level of participation of medical schools in the Australian Medical Schools Assessment Collaboration (AMSAC); and to measure differences in student performance related to medical school characteristics and implementation methods. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of data using the Rasch statistical model to correct for missing data and variability in item difficulty. Line...

According to current estimates, more than a quarter of all students and over 40 percent of African American and Hispanic students do not graduate from high school on time. The vast majority of those young people who do not graduate with their peers drop out. The enormous costs to these individuals, their communities, and our society require us to invest in systems that accurately identify young...

Thank you very much for inviting me to start off the discussions today on post-graduate medical education. Historically post-graduate education has always been grounded in the perception of the specific health care needs of patients. Therefore, I'm first going to address some of the more important health care needs of children, emphasizing the unmet needs which future pediatricians must be prep...

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In the United States, the use of educational technology is mandated by accredited teacher preparation programs and by state accrediting departments of education. Yet, the majority of teacher education faculty fail to infuse educational technology procedures into their courses at substantial levels (Mitchell, Dipetta and Kerr 2001) and teachers fail to infuse technology into their teaching (Ande...

In the paper, the activities of the ISPRS WG VI/5 in cooperation with the ISPRS Student Consortium (SC) in the period 2004-2008 are presented. The main purpose of the WG VI/5 is stimulation to scientific and research work, and promotion of the ISPRS profession to talented graduate, post-graduate students and young researchers. The working group presents the main link between students from diffe...

The field of forensics is multidisciplinary by nature, founded on the disciplines of criminology and information technology. However, most course work leading to a foundation in the field are offered within the Chemistry and Biology disciplines in addition to Computer Science. Regardless of the framework in which the courses are offered, the coursework itself must address social, legal, and eth...

The environment in which nurses and rehabilitation therapists practice is rapidly evolving, resulting in changes in the skill sets and competencies required of new graduates. Evidence-based practice models, for example, require that entry-level nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists have the ability to identify, locate, and critically appraise research findings. This paper wil...