This paper describes an Action Research project which was undertaken to inform professional practice in order to develop a newly created Centre for Student Success in the specific context of transnational medical and nursing education in the Middle East. The objectives were to enhance the academic performance, persistence, integration and personal and professional development of a multinational...

Insights into student gains from undergraduate research using pre/post assessments 1 2 Andrew L. McDevitt1,2, Manisha V. Patel1, Brad Rose3, and Aaron M. Ellison1,* 3 4 1 Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA 01366 5 2 School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761. 6 3 Brad Rose Consulting, Inc., Wellesley, Massachusetts. 7 8 *Corresponding author: Harva...

The Short-Term Effectiveness of a Remedial Mathematics Course: Evidence from a UK University Whilst in the US there is a growing debate about the effectiveness of remedial university courses, this issue is less questioned in the UK. Using a regression discontinuity approach and data from a large School of a post-1992 UK university, we estimate the effect of remediation on student outcomes. We f...

This paper describes the development of a new university physics course designed to integrate physics, education, research, and community partnerships. The coordinated system of activities links the new course to local community efforts in pre-college education, university education, university outreach, and research on teaching and learning. As documented both by gains on conceptual surveys an...

to determine if there is a gender difference in the resource consumption activities of students in central mindanao university, a philippine state university, an ecological foot printing study was conducted in august 2014. consumption data from 380 student respondents were gathered using a survey questionnaire. a web-based software created by the global footprint network was used to convert the...

purpose: to determine the prevalence of refractive errors in the students of mashhad university of medical sciences, iran methods: in this cross-sectional study, we used cluster sampling for selecting participants from every department of mashhad university of medical sciences, proportional to the number of students in each department. each participant received refraction examination with an au...

psychological disorders are universally common problems. social support contributes much to the health of individuals. focusing upon social support and upon vicissitudes of life can help prevent the depression-induced disorders. the present paper investigated the relationship between perceived social support, depression and perceived stress in university students.the descriptive-analytical stud...