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Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleEmployability Skill Acquisition among Malaysian Community College StudentsM. K. Omar, A. R. Bakar, A. Mat RashidThe objective of this study was to assess the acquisition of employability skills among Malaysian community college students. The sample size of the present study 325 students selected randomly. Employability skills were measured using an instrument developed by the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). The overall mean of employability skills among community college students was 3.63 (S.D. = … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 31 Aug 2012 · 8,929 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCreating New Spaces for Learning: Fostering Experiential and Service Learning, Journeys through the African American PastDolapo Adeniji-NeillProblem statement: Experiential education and service learning are interchangeable. They are defined as an approach to education that implicitly trusts the learner’s ability to learn through experience, rather than a movement for change that seeks to challenge mainstream education. While literature, research, communities and schools recognize the importnce of experiential education, controversies exit as to their efficacies in learning processes. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 25 Feb 2012 · 9,090 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Trend of Smoking Behavior and its Relation to Health Knowledge among Medical and Literature CollegesWijdan Akram, Selwa Elias Yacoub, Ali Abed Ali Al Saedi, Yousif Abdul RaheemProblem statement: Smoking is a major public health problem all around the world, especially in developing countries when smoking behavior among college students is a major concern to the society. Object of this study to estimate the prevalence of smoking among university students of medical and literature colleges and to assess the students’ knowledge about the health effects of smoking … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 30 Sep 2011 · 8,169 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvaluating Experiential Learning in Organizational Behavior: Taking Measure of Student Perception Regarding Group ExperienceRoxanne Helm-Stevens, Orlando GriegoProblem statement: The purpose of this study was to determine undergraduate student perceptions in the areas of group experience within the context of an undergraduate organizational behavior business class community service assignment. College students, as part of an in-class service-learning project, were assigned to teach business related curriculum to at-risk high school students. Approach: Students, enrolled in the required senior … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,474 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvolution of a Graduate Environmental Science ProgramWill Focht, Talya HendersonProblem statement: Environmental science programs vary widely in their curricula and pedagogical approaches. In part, this is due to the lack of a unified agreement on field identity. However, program differences are also the product of variable program histories. Approach: This essay described the founding and subsequent history of the Environmental Science Graduate Program at Oklahoma State University, its oldest … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Apr 2009 · 7,010 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractStudy of Educational Adjustment and Educational Motivation in Military and Non-Military StudentsKhodabakhsh Ahmadi, Ali Fathi-AshtianiStudents abilities to transfer from the community colleges into baccalaureate granting colleges and universities have become a global issue. The rise in students' college attendance has brought about new challenges in the area of academic motivation depriving them from educational pursuit despite proper qualifications. This comparative-descriptive study has been designed in order to compare between military and non-military students in … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2008 · 7,977 accessesView PDFCite