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An investigation into the use of an undergraduate journal club as an engagement tool to encourage students’ interaction with scientific literature.
(2016-08-31)
The purpose of this action research study was to investigate the use of an undergraduate journal club as an engagement tool to encourage/facilitate students’ interaction with primary scientific literature. Engagement with ...
Active and collaborative learning items on the Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE); Interpretations of, and responses to by students and staff of the Department of Science at LYIT
(2016-08-31)
This study focusses specifically on questions on collaborative learning within the area of ‘Active learning’ in the Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE) which was piloted in Ireland in 2013 and was rolled out in full ...
An investigation of the effectiveness of Reusable Learning Objects as a blended learning tool in an undergraduate engineering design module.
(2016-08)
Blended learning is an emerging trend across many educational settings, adopting the purposeful integration of traditional face-to-face and online teaching to establish an engaging learning experience for the students. ...
To explore the learning experience of first year undergraduate nursing students in relation to their first encounter of the preceptorship model of nursing education
(2016-07-29)
Rationale: In recent years nursing has undergone changes in the way student nurses
are educated from the Apprenticeship Model to the Preceptorship Model of clinical
education. The Preceptorship Model is now an important ...
An investigation into the Influence of Affective Factors in Mathematical Performance in a Sample of Irish Post – Primary Pupils
(2016-08-31)
The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of affective factors in the mathematical performance in a sample of Irish Post-Primary Pupils’. Affective factors in mathematics are a popular topic of research for ...
An Examination of Assessment Practices
(2016-08-31)
The principal objective of this dissertation is to exam the different assessment practices in the training environment of restaurant service education in third level programmes in Ireland.
The hospitality sector is one ...
‘An investigation into the use of rubric-based self-assessment and written feedback as an effective teaching tool for the enhancement of student learning in the practical element of a food science degree module’.
(2016-06-24)
This action research took place over ten weeks of laboratory practical work within a Food
Microbiology module at Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT). The customary method
of assessing laboratory practical work is ...
What is the perception in Academia to graduate internships within the Creative Industries?
(2016-08)
This study looks at the proliferation of unpaid graduate internships within the creative
industries and asks if they are worthwhile or are graduates being taken advantage of?
Do they perpetuate the cycle of privilege ...
Access/Preparatory Studies Programmes at LYIT – Students’ Perspectives
(2016-08)
There is little available research about the opinions and experiences of students who undertake Access/Preparatory Studies programmes in Ireland. This is an exploratory project which attempts to address this lack of ...
An Exploratory study of ‘Grit’ in Higher Education
(2016-08)
Academic success may not be wholly dependent on the cognitive ability of the student. Recently, other non-cognitive factors such as grit, tenacity and perseverance have been identified as important factors in the long term ...