Applying the learning community model to graduate education: linking research and teaching between core courses

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 722-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. Romsdahl ◽  
Michael J. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Education ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Community Model ◽  
Core Courses

Do Economists Recognize an Opportunity Cost When They See One? A Dismal Performance from the Dismal Science

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J Ferraro ◽  
Laura O Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Graduate Education ◽  
Opportunity Cost ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Economic Reasoning ◽  
Introductory Economics

Abstract One expects people with graduate training in economics to have a deeper understanding of economic processes and reasoning than people without such training. However, as others have noted over the past 25 years, modern graduate education may emphasize mathematics and technique to the detriment of economic reasoning. One of the most important contributions economics has to offer as a discipline is the understanding of opportunity cost and how to apply this concept to all forms of decision making. We examine how PhD economists answer an introductory economics textbook question that requires identifying the relevant opportunity cost of an action. The results are not consistent with our expectation that graduate training leads to a deeper understanding of the concept. We explore the implications of our results for the relevance of economists in policy, research, and teaching.

Access With Success: The Master Learning Community Model

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irving Pressley McPhail ◽  
Donna McKusick ◽  
Al Starr
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Community Model

scholarly journals A Case of a Partnership Academy Small Learning Community Model on Student Outcomes

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Sheila Folan ◽  
Cary J. Trexler
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Small Learning Community ◽  
Secondary Effects ◽  
School Class ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Community Model ◽  
High School Class

Many students are experiencing disconnect from their large, seemingly impersonal high schools. This case study research explored a post-high school class cohort's perceptions of an academy environment. The study examined the nature of its connection to academic, behavioral and post-secondary effects by utilizing a treatment group of academy students and a comparison group of non-academy students. The study found that students within academies experienced a greater sense of high school community than non-academy students. Differences were also found in post-secondary endeavors including greater participation by academy students in college, the workforce and career/technical areas.

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