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Developing research methods, data analysis and statistics course (RMDAS): Engaging students in curriculum development

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In the survey, 53% of respondents stated that the ‘most daunting/scary’ aspect of research methods and statistics is ‘correctly applying stats to a write-up/explanation of the stats output’, with 25% stating that using a stats package/technology would be daunting. Overall, the feedback from the students aligned with existing research.

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House weaponization subcommittee seeks records from universities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Disinformation researchers at several U.S. Centers at the three universities research disinformation online and how to stop it from spreading. Some conservatives have criticized that partnership’s work as a form of censorship—a claim researchers rebut.

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Curriculum of Research: Trends in Student Affairs Assessment Syllabi

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Faculty described feeling similarly unsure of curriculum development, both in terms of what prior knowledge students might have and what could be considered the “core” topics of higher education assessment. Syllabi are also living documents – they change by instructor, year, and even within a semester.

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Transparency for Parents (and Staff): The Importance of Technology in Charter School Enrollment and Lottery Processes

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Furthermore, online platforms offer families multilingual support, mobile device compatibility, and secure portals for submitting sensitive documents. Technology also ensures compliance with enrollment regulations.

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Spotlight on Joint Degrees: Joint degrees and the organisational lens

Teaching Matters Academic Support

compiled those comments into text documents for each year, and loaded the documents into nVivo. Once the coding was complete we were then able to identify themes, develop a picture of their relative frequency, and dive back into the comments to extract representative examples.

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The Path to 2030: An extended learning opportunity at The University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Student Employment

For many students – particularly mature students – MSc study is the chance to start exploring something new and fascinating, generating multiple research questions. But how can these ideas be developed after graduation? How does a student, thirsty for knowledge in a subject area they have become passionate about, progress?

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Using Peer Observation to enhance teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Research shows shown that peer observation is an extremely valuable process (Irby, 1983; Brown and Ward-Griffin, 1994; Siddiqui et al., It is also made explicit that the peer observation is only for staff development purposes and is not used for any review or assessment processes. References Brown, B. & & Ward-Griffin, C.