A lottery on the first day of classes! An innovative structured steps assignment on a partially randomly selected topic

Helmy, Heba E.

doi:10.1016/j.iree.2015.12.002

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“…Different activities were performed in different fields to create interest. Different academic experiences can be mentioned as an example, as follows: regarding economics, Helmy [67] played a lottery to assign a country to students in order to discuss their development problems; as for statistics, Bartsch [54] asked their students to generate anonymous questions to be answered during class on the first day, and Bennet [68] also analyzed probability by means of matching students' dates of birth; in the context of physics, Gaffney & Whitaker [69] asked students to answer Fermi's questions, in other words, to quantify questions to which it was quite difficult to obtain the exact solution in terms of their quantification, an experiential learning activity to introduce topics about 'operations management' [70]; using a Readers' Theatre technique [71]; or just whipping [72], a teaching activity to promote students' participation.…”

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Engaging ICT Engineering Undergraduates in a Management Subject through First Day of Class Activities: An Empirical Study

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The expectations, attitudes, engagement, and motivation of students are key elements when designing learning activities. Several studies have been implemented and different strategies and activities have been analyzed to improve the aforesaid aspects of learning content. In the context of the New Learning Context (NLC), this paper presents the findings of two first day of class activities aimed at engaging engineering students in a business and management subject from the very first moment: an empirical study conducted by means of a survey answered by engineering students in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), followed by an interactive activity between students and instructors carried out through a reciprocal interview activity. The survey was performed with the objective of identifying what they ‘liked’ and ‘disliked’ on their first day of class of a business subject. The findings are presented and compared with previous studies and have proven to be mostly consistent with previous academic work. Finally, a reciprocal interview activity was chosen to potentially enhance the students’ engagement and motivation. According to the feedback received, this activity was positively valued by the students.

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“…Additional benefits are the use of familiar vocabulary and terms for ELL students. Applying the same processes and vocabulary used during lecture to a structured assignment provides a knowledge base from which the ELL student can springboard from (Helmy, 2016). In an economics class, reviewing terminology and examples of the poverty gap index related to regions prior to assigning a similar assignment focused on individual countries is another example of a structure assignment.…”

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College Ready or Not?

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2021

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In recent years, there has been a greater emphasis on ensuring that high schools across the United States focus on college readiness standards and skills, with the goal that more students will persist and find greater success in college. Despite this focus, there are still significant gaps among the students who are deemed “ready” and are actually persisting and finding that success, specifically for English language learners (ELLs). In this article, we illustrate the landscape of ELLs enrolled in institutions of higher education. We then explore how ELL students are classified and how these different profiles intersect with the limited range and types of English as a Second Language (ESL) support available at the institutional level. Finally, we contribute to the very limited practical knowledge base on ELLs in the college setting, with a summary of promising best practices for college faculty across disciplines to consider in their instruction.

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A lottery on the first day of classes! An innovative structured steps assignment on a partially randomly selected topic

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Engaging ICT Engineering Undergraduates in a Management Subject through First Day of Class Activities: An Empirical Study

Engaging ICT Engineering Undergraduates in a Management Subject through First Day of Class Activities: An Empirical Study

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