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Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong

Are Undergrads Learning Much in College? - The College Solution (usnews.com) - 0 views

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  • Why are so many students seemingly sleepwalking through school? Because they can. The authors argued that among the culprits is an educational system that doesn't expect much from its undergraduates.
  • Many students can graduate from college without spending much time reading or writing. According to the researchers, 37 percent of students reported spending fewer than five hours a week on homework!
  • Professors are rewarded for their research and not for their teaching skills. Tenure, pay, and awards are typically linked to research grants and published papers, not on whether professors can make organic chemistry understandable to a lecture hall full of 20-year-olds. Too often professors mistakenly think that everything must be hunky dory if they get good teacher evaluations at the end of each semester.
Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong

digitalresearchtools / FrontPage - 0 views

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research tools digital web2.0 wiki digitalresearchtools data frontpage

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  • Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong on 04 Feb 11
     
    This wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively
sirui wang

Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement - 0 views

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technology instruction classroom student

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    educators need to look at the research on technology and student achievement and the contextual factors that affect learning goals.
Steve Yuen

Study Finds the Internet Makes Youth More Engaged Citizens - 0 views

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shared by Steve Yuen on 26 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • recent findings from a longitudinal study of high school-age students challenges these notions, suggesting that youth who pursue their interests online are more likely to be engaged in civic issues.
  • The study found that spending time in online communities appears to promote engagement with broader society.
  • It also found that youth are not simply participating in online political discussions that become simply echo chambers that fail to expose them to diverse perspectives. Only 5% of youth reported that they were exposed only to political views they agreed with online. More damning, perhaps - 34% said they didn't encounter any political perspectives online at all.
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  • The findings from the study echo recent research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that found that among adults as well, Internet users were more civically-engaged.
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