scholarly journals What Do Undergraduate Students Know about Scholarly Communication?: A Mixed Methods Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Fraser Riehle ◽  
Merinda Kaye Hensley
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Mixed Methods Study

scholarly journals ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP DOMAINS AND STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 1791-96
Author(s):  
Syed Muslim Abbas ◽  
Abid Ashar
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
National Level ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Medical Undergraduate

Objective: To explore medical undergraduate students’ perceptions pertaining to the key domains of leadership and highlight strategies to enhance leadership skills in undergraduate studies. Study Design: Mixed methods study. Place and Duration of Study: Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine & Dentistry, Lahore, from Sep to Oct 2019. Methodology: A total of 207 medical students were recruited from the first and final year by purposive sampling to fill out a structured questionnaire. Three focus group discussions were conducted comprising of twelve students in each group. All focus groups were audio-recorded, anonymized and transcribed verbatim before the analysis by framework analysis technique. Results: Total fifty percent of the first-year students were of the view that ensuring patient safety was an important component of the leadership domain of improving services whereas only 11% responded as critically evaluating as a component of this domain. The themes that emerged pertaining to the strategies to enhance leadership skills included increasing awareness, role models depicting change, cultural challenges, and supplementing existing practices. Conclusions: The validated essential domains of leadership and its associated competencies should be streamlined strategically and prioritized in accordance with the level of training of the undergraduate medical students. A multicentre study is suggested to gather data at the national level which could inform further development of inclusion of leadership domains within undergraduate MBBS curriculum.

Do Sociology Courses Make More Empathetic Students? A Mixed-Methods Study of Empathy Change in Undergraduates

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 284-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Rockwell ◽  
Chris M. Vidmar ◽  
Penny Harvey ◽  
Leanna Greenwood
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Student Surveys ◽  
Introductory Sociology ◽  
Empathy Development

Assessing course goals is often challenging; assessing an abstract goal, like empathy, can be especially so. For many instructors, empathy is central to sociological thinking. As such, fostering empathy in students is a common course goal. In this article, we report the initial findings of a semester-long assessment of empathy change in undergraduate students ( N = 619). We employ a mixed-methods research design that utilizes qualitative instructor data to determine independent instructor-level variables and student surveys to measure student empathy change. We compare empathy change between students enrolled in introductory sociology classes to students not enrolled in sociology classes and test which student and instructor variables predict empathy change. We find that students taking sociology classes have positive empathy change compared to those who do not. We interpret these findings as evidence that study of sociology promotes empathy development and discuss implications for the classroom and further research.

scholarly journals The Dispositions, Abilities and Behaviours (Dab) Framework for Profiling Learners’ Sustainability Competencies in Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frida Besong ◽  
Charlotte Holland
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Limited Availability ◽  
Good Potential

Abstract The concepts of sustainability and sustainability competence are controversial, complex, difficult to define and measure, and have varied meanings for different people and practices. Given the complex nature of sustainability, there is limited availability of paradigmatic frameworks to guide educators in assessing sustainability competencies. This paper introduces the Dispositions, Abilities and Behaviours (DAB) framework, which influenced the design of an intervention in 2013-2014 that profiled sustainability competencies among final year undergraduate students in a higher education institution. The results of the mixed methods study indicate that the DAB framework has good potential as a guide to educators or researchers in understanding and profiling sustainability- related abilities, attitudes and actions (areas of performance) of cohorts of students within higher education settings.

Narrative Gerontology in Practice: Students’ Experiences With Conducting Autoethnography

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-434
Author(s):  
Othelia E. Lee ◽  
Laneshia Conner ◽  
Boyd Davis
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
The Life Course

This study examines the benefits of introducing autoethnographic writing as part of an ageism intervention to familiarize students with the life course. In this mixed-methods study, 186 graduate and undergraduate students conducted interviews with a grandparent or older adult and subsequently assumed the identity of the grandparent to write introductions of themselves as if they were that grandparent, using “I” statements in an online discussion forum. Most assumed grandparents were women (78.0%), and White (63.8%) with an average age of 77.3 ( SD = 12.3). Emerging themes were categorized into three levels: structural, familial, and individual. The number of times a certain theme was mentioned was counted and major themes were analyzed. Findings indicated how autoethnographic reflections can promote student examination of self-awareness, cultural heritages, and personal growth. This technique is encouraging as an educational ageism intervention and warrants further adaptation and testing.

scholarly journals Student-Centered Design: Creating LibGuides Students Can Actually Use

2021 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Amy Barker ◽  
Ashley Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
State University ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Design Organization ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Aesthetic Design ◽  
Design And Implementation

In this mixed-methods study, librarians at Kennesaw State University Library System conducted a year-long design research project to create a flexible subject guide “blueprint” for undergraduate students using LibGuides. Methods included a card sorting study with 18 undergraduate students and usability testing with 40 undergraduate students. The study’s goals were to identify what content, aesthetic design, organization, and structure students preferred on a subject guide. This paper addresses the current literature on research guides usability, overviews the design and implementation of the study, and highlights practical results that will easily be transferrable to other libraries.

scholarly journals Definition of intercultural competence (IC) in undergraduate students at a private university in the USA: A mixed-methods study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. e0196531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lioba Gierke ◽  
Nadine Binder ◽  
Mark Heckmann ◽  
Özen Odağ ◽  
Anne Leiser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Private University ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
The Usa ◽  
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