The impact of student retention is widely recognized by colleges and universities as extending well beyond financial, and retention is an issue that researchers have increasingly been turning to. Recently many have been focused on analytic methods, especially predictive models based on data mining techniques. Generally, these models use data on demographics, academic performance, socio-economic...

Tutorial dialogue is a highly effective way to support student learning. It is widely recognized that tutor dialogue moves can significantly influence learning outcomes, but the ways in which tutor moves, student affective response, and outcomes are related remains an open question. This paper presents an analysis of student affective response, as evidenced by multimodal data streams, immediate...

The use of mobile technology in language learning has increased considerably, with an unprecedented adoption of mobile tablets in K-12 and higher education settings. Despite the number of recent smallscale studies that have found increased student motivation and engagement in learning as a result of using mobile tablets, there is a need to further examine the impact of these devices on student ...

Over the past decade, instructors in colleges and universities increasingly have used Student Response Systems (SRSs)--typically in large classes to increase the level of student engagement and learning. Research shows that both students and instructors perceive SRSs to be beneficial, although evidence of improved learning has been less clear. Experts emphasize that instructors must consider ho...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Chester Community Physical Therapy Clinic (clinic) is a student-led pro bono clinic that provides physical therapy services to uninsured and underinsured community members. The purposes of this administrative case report are to describe the creation and implementation of a student-led pro bono clinic model designed to meet student and community needs and to consider i...

Students express widespread dissatisfaction with academic feedback. Teaching staff perceive a frequent lack of student engagement with written feedback, much of which goes uncollected or unread. Published evidence shows that audio feedback is highly acceptable to students but is underused. This paper explores methods to produce and deliver audio feedback to a range of students engaged in a vari...