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Author Hu, Shouping.

Title Reinventing undergraduate education : engaging college students in research and creative activities / Shouping Hu, Kathyrine Scheuch, Robert Schwartz, Joy Gaston Gayles, Shaoqing Li.

Imprint San Francisco, Calif. : Wiley/Jossey-Bass, c2008.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  378.007 As35  v.33 no.4    ---  Available
Description xiii, 103 p. : charts ; 23 cm.
Series ASHE higher education report, 1551-6970 ; v. 33, no. 4
ASHE higher education report ; v. 33, no. 4. 1551-6970
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-93) and indexes.
Contents Learning imperatives in undergraduate education -- Description of undergraduate research and creative activities ; Defining undergraduate research and creative activities ; Disciplinary differences in undergraduate research and creative activities ; Historical context of undergraduate research and creative activities -- Intellectual foundations of undergraduate research and creative activities ; Constructivist learning theories ; Exemplary learning models ; Implications of undergraduate research and creative activities -- Understanding student engagement in research and creative activities ; Environmental effects in higher education ; Student involvement and engagement ; Undergraduate socialization ; Academic and social integration -- Impacts of student engagement in research and creative activities ; Outcomes of undergraduate research activities ; Impacts for special student populations ; Effects on faculty members -- What matters to student engagement in research and creative activities ; Patterns of student engagement ; Correlates of student engagement -- Engaging students in research and creative activities ; Phases of student research experience ; Institutional efforts to engage students in research and creative activities ; Conditions conducive to undergraduate research and creative activities ; Barriers to undergraduate research and creative activities -- Conclusions and implications ; Conclusions ; Implications for policy in higher education ; Implications for program development ; Approaches to assessing programs for undergraduate research and creative activities ; Additional research needed -- Appendix : Resources for undergraduate research and creative activities.
Subject Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
College students -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States.
Education, Higher -- United States.
Added Author Scheuch, Kathyrine L., 1972-
Schwartz, Robert A.
Gayles, Joy Gaston.
Li, Shaoqing.
Association for the Study of Higher Education.
ISBN 9780470283585 (pbk.)
0470283580 (pbk.)

 
    
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