Insightful Solution of a Geometry Problem with Instructional Cues: I. Group Experiments

1988 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 699-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loh Seng Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Wrong Response ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Geometry Problem ◽  
Two Sides

The purpose was (1) to determine empirically the extent of insight exhibited by 429 high school and college students in solving a geometry problem directly solvable by insight without mathematical computations and (2) to study the effects of instructional cues and educational status. Educational status ranged from high school through college freshmen to upper-division students. Insightful solutions were achieved by about 4% of the participants under Condition I with no cues as a control, about 3% under Condition II where an unsolvable Pythagorean equation with two unknown sides was given, about 13% under Condition III giving a solvable Pythagorean equation with two sides of known lengths, and about 16% under Condition IV with an instructional cue that diagonals of a rectangle are equal. The last condition and the combined results suggest insightful solution increases with educational status. Two types of noninsightful responses were noted: empty or no answer and wrong response or incorrect approach through computations. The first type tends to increase, while the second to decrease from high school to college status probably due to a growing cautious deliberation with maturity and higher education. A training program on “the formation of insight sets” is proposed.

“My Counselors Were Never There”: Perceptions from Latino College Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0901200
Author(s):  
Vela-Gude Luti ◽  
Javier Cavazos ◽  
Michael B. Johnson ◽  
Fielding Cheryl ◽  
Alyssa G. Cavazos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Differential Treatment ◽  
High School Counselors ◽  
Latino College Students ◽  
Individual Counseling ◽  
Low Expectations

Eight Latino college students were interviewed to determine their perceptions of the role of their high school counselors. The findings revealed the following themes: (a) inadequate advisement, (b) lack of availability, (c) lack of individual counseling, (d) differential treatment, and (e) low expectations or setting limits. Despite insufficient services from school counselors, participants developed a sense of resilience and succeeded in higher education. A discussion is provided and implications for school counselors are presented.

scholarly journals Encountering Adulthood

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Len Fleischer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Rite Of Passage ◽  
American Life ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School

The transition from high school to college has become a de facto rite of passage in modern American life. There is an absence of consensus in the culture of what might constitutie authentic markers of movement from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Thus, higher education is faced with the challenge of initiating adolescents into intentions, dispositions, and habits of character and intellect that might comport with what is understood to be healthy adulthood (Arnett, 2004; Elbot & Fulton, 2008; Fleischer, 2005).

scholarly journals Service-learning in the Philippines: The University of Santo Thomas’ National Service Training Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heiden C Anorico
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Training Program ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Loop Model ◽  
National Service ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Service Training ◽  
The University

Service-learning in the educational sector has shown increased impact on student lifelong learning and institutional commitment to the community over the past decade. Universities in the Philippines provide various service-learning programs for their partner communities, to address students’ understanding of real-life community needs. However, there has been little study on students’ service-learning in geriatric institutions. This article first discusses higher education in the Philippines, noting the impact of the National Service Training Program on institutions’ programs. It then describes how one university, the University of Santo Tomas, has responded to this policy framework with the development of community programs that also meet its goals for social transformation. One particular program is examined – a service-learning program involving college students and a geriatric institution in Manila. Early qualitative feedback provides an understanding of college students’ perceptions of the elderly and the service-learning implemented by the university. It also offers a strong foundation for continuing to improve the current service-learning program. From this study an 8-loop model has been developed for future evaluations of the service-learning program in this geriatric institution. Keywordsservice-learning, elderly, geriatric institution, Philippines higher education

Saved by College

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranita Ray
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Marginalized Youth ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School

This chapter highlights how marginalized youth attempt to mobilize resources they acquire from school, at work, and through nonprofits and churches in order to facilitate their transition from high school to college. It shows how these institutions generate resources, but they also impede young people’s opportunities for upward mobility. Having to balance the demands of school and work regularly overburden youth, making it difficult for them to succeed in school. Moreover, while organizations and institutions are occupied with educating marginalized youth, they also—and sometimes more importantly—discipline and police them. While the school and community construct the policing of youth as necessary to prepare them for a bright future, this chapter shows how and why the policing agenda often pose obstacles to their higher educational opportunities. In sum, while available resources collectively facilitate their college goals in some ways, such as admission and homework completion, they fall short of preparing them for the myriad daily struggles involved in succeeding in institutions of higher education. Meanwhile, open access to certain institutions of higher education—combined with the organization of labor in the service industry—allows youth to hold on to their aspirations of a college degree and white-collar jobs.

scholarly journals Study of Life Education for College Freshmen in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Zhang ◽  
Xuefei Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Life Attitudes ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Life Education

<p class="apa">Based on student-centred teaching strategy, the complete higher education should include the knowledge acquisition and the comprehensive development of college students. Life education is able to help college freshmen to establish an attitude towards respecting life, to cultivate lofty ideals and to stimulate learning motivation. In China, to assist freshmen in adapting campus life as soon as possible, the work of freshmen education is widespread in most universities. Base on the results of “Chinese college students’ life attitudes”, the convergence between life education and freshmen education is analyzed and it is feasible to carry out life education for college freshmen; meanwhile, the approaches of life education are explored and the curriculum system is established; therefore, the education perspective can be broadened and the content of freshmen education will be beneficially supplemented.</p>

Teaching Effectiveness of Traditional Logic and the Venn Diagram: A Programed Introduction

1969 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 587-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Thomas Elder ◽  
Leonard I. Krimerman ◽  
Victor J. Cieutat ◽  
Bart F. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Venn Diagram ◽  
Achievement Scores ◽  
Traditional Logic ◽  
Composite Scores

Teaching effectiveness is evaluated for a linear programed introduction to traditional logic, requiring constructed and multiple-choice responding, prepared for high school seniors and college freshmen. Within an introductory philosophy course 29 volunteer freshmen college students ( M, 19.3 yr.) studied 19 chapters out of class and were tested on them at 2-day intervals. Test scores ranged from 86% to 99%, with a median of 93%. This sample was comparable to U. S. college freshmen based on Composite Scores of the American College Testing Battery. There was no significant correlation between Composite Scores and achievement scores for any chapter.

The Persistence of Unaligned K–12 and Higher Education Systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 655 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura W. Perna ◽  
Michael Armijo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
College Readiness ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Situational Characteristics ◽  
K 12

High rates of academic remediation among college students suggest that many states have still not aligned high school and college curricular standards and assessments to ensure college readiness. One structure created by many states that is designed to improve this alignment is the P–20 Council. To understand why the lack of alignment persists despite the creation of this, and other, structures, this article draws on data collected through case studies of P–20 councils in ten states to explore these councils’ origins, implementation, and outcomes. Analyses pay particular attention to the ways that state leaders contribute to these stages of the policy process. The analyses also point to situational characteristics that have limited the effects of P–20 councils on P–20 policy reform.

scholarly journals What Is the Cause of Graduates’ Unemployment? Focus on Individual Concerns and Perspectives

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youngsik Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
Graduate Unemployment ◽  
To Receive

The graduate unemployment rate is one of the current issues being discussed by higher education scholars. College students spend their time and money in order to receive educational advantages unavailable to high school graduates. So if they face unemployment, they are more vulnerable to unfavorable economic conditions because they have already spent their resources pursuing higher education. This paper examines the reasons why college graduates are facing unemployment in the competitive market. There are several factors that explain their unemployment status, and this paper identifies each component at an individual level. With specific analysis of the unemployment phenomena, this paper provides direction for further research.

Visually Impaired Students in Higher Education in Norway

1987 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 482-484
Author(s):  
E.M. Haugann
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
High School To College ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
Visually Impaired Students

A sample of 40 visually impaired college students and older people were surveyed to determine areas for improvement in the educational system for visually impaired people in Norway. The survey found a strong need for career counseling services offering a wider range of occupations. Many of the respondents saw the need for a more diversified curriculum, ensuring a smoother transition from high school to college.

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