ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Building Currency: Crafting New Channels for Undergraduate Communication Programs
Author: Ellis, Vickie Shamp
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Professional Development,Action Research,Private Financial Support,Student Projects,Scholarship,Capacity Building,Student Experience

University professional development funds, generally present for faculty, and often available for graduate students through grants or stipends, are seldom available to undergraduates. In this study, we assessed Giddens and Pierson's (1998) structuration theory in terms of how a professional development fund for undergraduates can impact the lives of students, create new structures within the culture to foster scholarship, and celebrate role models. Specifically, we used action research to trace seven steps involved in one program's effort to establish a direct funding channel for those wanting to contribute to the lives of undergrads. We demonstrated how the new funding channel influenced the academic culture. Ultimately, our findings highlight the value gained when faculty members encourage community mentorship to advance student inquiry.
Managerial Cognitive Moral Development and the Firm&apos;s Owners&apos; Salience: Empirical Evidence
Author: Martynov, Aleksey
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Moral Development,Corporations,Ownership,Administrators,Correlation,Power Structure,Interpersonal Relationship,Incentives,Foreign Countries,Administrator Surveys,Administrator Attitudes,Likert Scales,Vignettes,Ethics,Individual Characteristics,Regression (Statistics)

In this paper, we study the agency relationship between the firm's owners and managers. We apply the theory of Cognitive Moral Development (CMD) to answer the question: What factors affect salience of the interests of the firm's owners to the managers? Using a sample of Russian managers, we found that higher levels of CMD weaken the relationship between the owners' perceived urgency and the owners' salience and strengthen the relationship between the owners' perceived power and the owners' salience. We also found that managerial CMD is positively associated with the perceived legitimacy of the owners' demands to the managers. Our results show that the higher the managers' CMD, the less applicable are the recommendations of agency theory to incentivizing and controlling the managers.
Garden Variety Experiential Education: The &quot;Material Turn&quot; and Environmental Ethics
Author: Wallace, Allison B.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Environmental Education,Ethics,Higher Education,College Students,Honors Curriculum,Horticulture,Gardening,Experiential Learning,Plants (Botany),Educational Experience,Agronomy

Allison B. Wallace describes a seminar in organic horticulture she created and teaches as part of an honors curriculum. She answers the question of how gardening is appropriate for high-ability college students by saying that she believes efforts to raise plants by relatively non violent means teaches and disciplines students in an ethical way to be in the world. She further expresses her belief that honing gardening skills and sharing the fruits of a season's labor contribute to the development of self-confident yet humble adults who are inclined to greater thoughtfulness about the material enactment of their intellectual and ethical commitments.
Effects of Peer Mentorship on Student Leadership
Author: Walters, Giovanna
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Leadership,Peer Groups,Mentors,College Students,Higher Education,Honors Curriculum,College Programs,School Holding Power,School Orientation,College Freshmen,Program Development,Student Participation,Leadership Role,Leadership,Extracurricular Activities,Youth Programs,Leaders,Student Surveys

Orienting and welcoming first-year students to campus and to honors programs are often key components of program development. At an institutional level, successful orientation programs can positively affect retention rates from the first to second year. The greater a student's involvement and integration into the life of the university, the less likely the student is to leave (Tinto). Institutional retention often translates into retention within honors programs as well. The most important benefit of orientation, however, is that students feel welcomed at the university and within the honors program. Not only do they understand the requirements of the program, but they also make friends and begin to envision how they might use their honors program experience to grow as scholars and citizens while also having a bit of fun in the process. In an attempt to achieve all of these goals, the honors program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, established a first-year honors student retreat incorporating peer mentors. This article describes the rationale behind the first-year student retreat, the procedures for organizing and facilitating it, and its impact on both first-year students and mentors. The hope is that this article might inspire and encourage other honors programs to implement high-impact practices that facilitate successful student transition into college.
Improved Student Outcomes in a Flipped Statistics Course
Author: Phillips, Laura
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Statistics,Blended Learning,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Homework,Video Technology,Teaching Methods,Tests,Grades (Scholastic),Program Effectiveness,Student Attitudes,Regression (Statistics),Undergraduate Study

Statistics is a required competency in numerous college majors, but students frequently approach the topic with anxiety. This paper describes an undergraduate statistics course that was &quot;flipped,&quot; with most of the content delivery moved online and class time devoted to application and practice. Students were given a menu of learning tools from which to choose and were free to utilize as many or as few as they felt was appropriate, giving them ownership of their learning experience and the opportunity to tailor the course to their personal needs. The classroom experience included brief segments of lecture but consisted primarily of exercises and peer-facilitation. Course grading was based solely on four exams, a comprehensive final exam, and a major end-of-course project. Student response to the format was somewhat bimodal. Comprehensive final exam grades were significantly higher (an average of almost one full letter grade), and course pass rates rose using the flipped course format.
Balancing Efficiency and Effectiveness for Fusion-Based Search Engines in the &quot;Big Data&quot; Environment
Author: Li, Jieyu
Date: 2016-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Search Engines,Data Processing,Database Management Systems,Data,Search Strategies,Human Factors Engineering,Efficiency,Models,Program Effectiveness,Computer System Design,Educational Experiments,Information Retrieval

Introduction: In the big data age, we have to deal with a tremendous amount of information, which can be collected from various types of sources. For information search systems such as Web search engines or online digital libraries, the collection of documents becomes larger and larger. For some queries, an information search system needs to retrieve a large number of documents. On the other hand, very often people are only willing to visit no more than a few top-ranked documents. Therefore, how to develop an information search system with desirable efficiency and effectiveness is a research problem. Method: In this paper, we focus on the data fusion approach to information search, in which each component search model contributes a result and all the results are combined by a fusion algorithm. Through empirical study, we are able to find a feasible combination method that balances effectiveness and efficiency in the context of data fusion. Analysis: It is a multi-optimisation problem that aims to balance effectiveness and efficiency. To support this, we need to understand how these two factors affect each other and to what extent. Results. Using some groups of historical runs from TREC to carry out the experiment, we find that using much less information (e.g., less than 10% of the documents in the experiment), good efficiency is achievable with marginal loss on effectiveness. Conclusions: We consider that the findings from our experiment are informative and this can be used as a guideline for providing more efficient search service in the big data environment.
Information Literacy and the Serious Leisure Participant: Variation in the Experience of Using Information to Learn
Author: Demasson, Andrew
Date: 2016-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Information Literacy,Leisure Time,Information Utilization,Learning Experience,Semi Structured Interviews,Phenomenology,User Needs (Information),Users (Information),Recreational Reading,Recreational Activities,Heritage Education,Helping Relationship,Consciousness Raising,Reading Interests,Foreign Countries

Introduction: This study reports an investigation into the ways in which people engaged in a serious leisure activity can experience using information to learn (also known as information literacy). Method: Data were collected through twenty-two semi-structured, one-on-one, phenomenographic interviews conducted with identified serious leisure participants operating within the area of heritage (as defined by the study). Analysis: Empirical material was gathered through audio recordings and transcripts of the collated interviews. Data were analysed using structural and focused coding methods. Results: The study revealed that serious leisure participants experience using information to learn in four ways: acquiring new information, helping the learning community, self-awareness and entertainment. Conclusions: This study contributes to our understanding of information literacy as it applies to a person's everyday-life leisure world.
If You Are Like Me, I Think You Are More Authentic: An Analysis of the Interaction of Follower and Leader Gender
Author: Tibbs, Sandra
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Gender Differences,Females,Leadership Styles,Questionnaires,Group Dynamics,Women Administrators,Group Membership,Interaction,Interpersonal Relationship,Educational Practices,Compliance (Psychology),Social Behavior,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Educational Administration,Meta Analysis,Statistical Analysis

Within the empirical literature related to leadership, female leaders are regularly rated higher on dimensions such as being transformational and being effective. Some studies have found that gender plays a role in the follower-leader relationship, and this interaction can be assessed. An emerging model of leadership is authentic leadership. This article analyzed whether there was an interaction between the gender of the leader and gender of the follower when assessing how authentic leaders were. Female followers rated female leaders higher on authenticity than male leaders, while male followers rated male leaders as more authentic than female leaders. Implications for the practice of leadership are discussed.
Evaluating the Application of Program Outcomes to Study Abroad Experiences
Author: Smith, Patricia Joanne
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Honors Curriculum,Study Abroad,Program Evaluation,Program Effectiveness,Outcomes of Education,Higher Education,College Students,Transformative Learning,Educational Environment,Student Exchange Programs,Foreign Students,Qualitative Research,Teaching Methods,Undergraduate Study,Undergraduate Students,Self Efficacy,Global Approach,Student Surveys,Summer Programs

A search through the 2015 annual conference program of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) turned up a dozen sessions focusing on the topic of study abroad, demonstrating that a growing number of honors programs and colleges are encouraging or requiring study abroad. Many programs now offer and support honors semesters abroad or organized, faculty-led summer trips. According to Scott, 66% of honors colleges and 44% of honors programs at four-year institutions support study abroad that includes academic coursework, and many provide financial support to students studying abroad. Given this high level of support, in conjunction with an era of fiscal exigency, examination of the impact and benefits of study abroad is especially important. The purpose of this study is to examine the perceived and documented enrichments to the academic experiences of study abroad students in the Schedler Honors College Travel Abroad Grant (TAG) program. In the article &quot;Building an Honors Education for the Twenty-First Century: Making Connections In and Outside the Classroom,&quot; Alger points out that &quot;at a time when many people have called for greater accountability in higher education, we must be prepared to articulate and assess student learning outcomes much more clearly than we have in the past&quot; (63). Heeding this assertion, honors administrators must be prepared to defend their support of study abroad if they are going to be able to fund these types of experiences in the future.
Professionalization of Teaching in America: Two Case Studies Using Educational Research Experiences to Explore the Perceptions of Preservice Teachers/Researchers
Author: Gentry, James E.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Student Teacher Attitudes,Teaching (Occupation),Teacher Researchers,Student Research,Educational Research,Cooperative Learning,Self Efficacy,Research Skills,Professionalism,Transformative Learning,Preservice Teacher Education,Action Research,Qualitative Research,Phenomenology,Case Studies,Pretests Posttests,Essays,Interviews,Content Analysis,Data Analysis,Coding,Educational Researchers

In 2013-2015, two faculty-led educational research studies were conducted, aided by five undergraduate preservice teachers/researchers (PSTR). Faculty-researchers designed a qualitative phenomenological-inquiry based methodology to examine the PSTR perceptions regarding their respective research experiences with faculty. Triangulation of the data was sought from narrative text interview transcripts and response essays by PSTR prior to and after each respective study. Using content analysis techniques and coding, five themes emerged. PSTR reported an interest in the educational research topic and the need for positive relationships with faculty research mentors to begin and remain active with a research study. The results indicated PSTR valued learning with collaborative peers while completing their respective research studies. PSTR related self-efficacy with research skills due to their research experiences. Results indicated research experiences as a whole were professionally and personally transformative in nature. Discourse regarding research experiences to professionalize the teaching profession in America was explored.
Honoring Controversy: Using Real-World Problems to Teach Critical Thinking in Honors Courses
Author: Cargas, Sarita
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,College Students,Honors Curriculum,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving,Teaching Methods,Controversial Issues (Course Content),Case Studies,Genetics,Thinking Skills,Plants (Botany),Course Content,Current Events,World Problems,Methods

In this article Sarita Cargas suggests that getting honors students used to analyzing controversies will contribute to their developing a disposition toward critical thinking. She goes on to say that the value of teaching critical-thinking skills complements the movement of many honors programs toward teaching more than just disciplinary content. At the same time, since interdisciplinary honors curricula often focus less on the specific content and methodology required in a disciplinary major, explicit instruction in critical-thinking skills is especially important in interdisciplinary honors programs that intend to serve leaders in all fields. Employer surveys suggest that what they want from college graduates is not people with specific knowledge but rather people who have skills in communication and critical thinking (Hart Research Associates 2). Critical thinking that focuses on controversy adds these skills to the interdisciplinary approach that is often a hallmark of honors teaching, maintaining &quot;a tradition of critical inquiry that transcends disciplinary boundaries&quot; (Carnicom 53). Herein, Cargas defines critical thinking, discusses how to teach critical thinking, and demonstrates how Monsanto's use of genetic engineering (GE) has proven to be an excellent topic for teaching critical thinking to honors students, who are advanced enough to appreciate the complex issues it raises. She concludes by describing how her students present research to the rest of the class on controversial topics such as fracking, the US government's use of drones that kill people, government spying on U.S. citizens, Edward Snowden's leaks, vaccines, gun control, and raising the minimum wage. Through such presentations, students promote awareness among their peers of the deep structure that permeates so many contemporary issues rather than just informing each other about the surface structure of a single issue.
Open Access Publishing Trend Analysis: Statistics beyond the Perception
Author: Poltronieri, Elisabetta
Date: 2016-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Trend Analysis,Journal Articles,Access to Information,Citation Analysis,Bibliometrics,Information Policy,Guidelines,Citation Indexes,Statistical Analysis,Intellectual Disciplines,Health Materials,Publications,Foreign Countries

Introduction: The purpose of this analysis was twofold: to track the number of open access journals acquiring impact factor, and to investigate the distribution of subject categories pertaining to these journals. As a case study, journals in which the researchers of the National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità) in Italy have published were surveyed. Method: Data were collected by searching open access journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals) then compared with those having an impact factor as tracked by the Journal Citation Reports for the years 2010-2012. Journal Citation Reports subject categories were matched with Medical Subject Headings to provide a larger content classification. Analysis: A survey was performed to determine the Directory journals matching the Journal Citation Reports list, and their inclusion in a given subject area. Results: In the years 2010-2012, an increase in the number of journals was observed for Journal Citation Reports (+ 4.93%) and for the Directory (+18.51%). The discipline showing the highest increment was medicine (315 occurrences, 26%). Conclusions: From 2010 to 2012, the number of open access journals with impact factor has gradually risen, with a prevalence for journals relating to medicine and biological science disciplines, suggesting that authors prefer to publish more than before in open access journals.
The Challenge of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Honors Programs
Author: Yager, Susan
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Pervasive Developmental Disorders,Honors Curriculum,Academically Gifted,Gifted Disabled,Academic Accommodations (Disabilities),Student Rights,Symptoms (Individual Disorders),Incidence,Popular Culture,STEM Education,Instructional Effectiveness,Instructional Design,Inclusion,Student Surveys

Students with autism are increasingly present on college campuses, and because many young adults with autism are cognitively gifted, it follows that honors programs and colleges are obliged to be aware of this &quot;invisible&quot; disability and be ready to accommodate, and educate, honors students on the autism spectrum. Susan Yager describes here how two basic ideas--respect of the rights of students with disabilities and the value of course planning for a diverse group of students--have shaped her thinking about students with autism in higher education.
The &quot;Financial Counseling and Planning&quot; Indexing Project: Establishing a Correlation between Indexing, Total Citations, and Library Holdings
Author: Kelsey, Paul J.
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Indexing,Citations (References),Library Materials,Periodicals,Correlation

The researcher hypothesized that increasing the number of indexing services covering a journal would increase library holdings and total citations for the journal. A sample group of 40 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) journals in the &quot;Business, Finance&quot; category was identified and checked for the number of times indexed in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, the total citations in the JCR, and the library holdings in Online Computer Library Center's (OCLC) WorldCat. A Pearson correlation matrix was constructed, and the conclusion reached was that increasing the number of indexes for a journal increases library holdings and positively affects citation patterns. A discussion of the ongoing efforts to index Financial Counseling and Planning is provided.
Personal Finance: An Interdisciplinary Profession
Author: Schuchardt, Jane
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Money Management,Consumer Education,Financial Services,Counseling Services,Interdisciplinary Approach,Scholarship,Planning,Ecological Factors,Behavior Theories

This commentary recommends that financial counseling and planning research, education, and practice be framed as an interdisciplinary profession called personal finance. Authors summarize the history of the profession and key theories providing the conceptual foundation. In order for the emerging profession of personal finance to achieve significant visibility and gain maturity, professionals must reach consensus on defining collective scholarship. Readers are encouraged to engage in the dialogue and comment on the call to action by contacting the lead author.
Teen Financial Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Behavior: A Gendered View
Author: Danes, Sharon M.
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High School Students,Knowledge Level,Self Efficacy,Student Behavior,Gender Differences,Money Management,Credit (Finance),Insurance,Investment,Budgets,Secondary School Curriculum,Social Environment,Debt (Financial),Likert Scales

A social constructionist perspective was taken in the current investigation of 5,329 male and female high school students. Gender differences were investigated in financial knowledge, self-efficacy, and behavior after studying a financial planning curriculum. Females gained more knowledge on credit, auto insurance, and investments, although males had more knowledge entering the course. Females believed that managing money affected their future more than males, but males felt more confident making money decisions. After studying the curriculum content, males reported achieving financial goals more than females, whereas females reported using budgets, comparing prices, and discussing money with family more than males. In sum, male teens reinforced their existing knowledge, whereas female teens learned significantly more about finances in areas in which they were unfamiliar with prior to the curriculum.