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Towards a Conceptual Map of Academic Libraries\u27 Role in Student Retention

, 2014
Academic libraries, like other academic departments, are developing strategies to retain students given the high cost of withdrawing to both students and institutions.
Allen, Seth
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Effect of concept mapping instructional strategy on senior secondary school students’ retention level in biology in Kwara State

Assimilation
Cell Division topic in Biology is often challenging for students due to poor understanding. The study investigated how concept mapping impacts the retention of senior secondary school biology students in Kwara State, Nigeria.
Waheed Tunde Oyeyemi, Adekunle Solomon Olorundare, Hameed Olalekan Bolaji   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retention of Undergraduate Minority Students in Institutions of Higher Education [PDF]

, 1983
This article is concerned with the retention of minority undergraduate students, offering recommendations which contribute to a higher rate of student retention in postsecondary institutions.
Jenkins, Verdia, Terrell, Melvin
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Dexamethasone for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Prevention in Pediatric Patients: International Consensus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An international Delphi panel of experts developed consensus statements to delineate the circumstances where the risks of dexamethasone as an antiemetic do and do not outweigh its benefits. Procedure Experts in supportive care of pediatric patients were invited to participate.
Negar Shavandi, Paula D. Robinson, Shana Jacobs, L. Lee Dupuis, the International Pediatric Dexamethasone Panel, Sameer Bakhshi, Tiene Bauters, Eva Brack, Simone Cesaro, Claire Fosbrook, Jason Freedman, Tamara MacDonald, Eloise Neumann, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Rod Rassekh, Florian Slimano, Johnathan Soggee, Joel Thompson, Marianne van de Wetering, Milena Villarroel, Jasper Wong   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attrition Risk and Resilience Among Sexual Minority College Students

Columbia Social Work Review, 2012
Retention is one of the most frequently studied issues regarding college students. Most of this research has focused on majority college students, e.g., White, middle-class. More recently, retention literature has expanded to look at reasons why minority
Olivia Mancini
doaj   +1 more source

Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine, Ofélie Trudeau‐Ferrin, Caroline Laverdière, Patrick Hamel, Rosanne Superstein, Bénédicte Koukoui, Carole Provost, Paul C. Nathan, Vijay Ramaswamy, Furqan Shaikh, Brenda Gallie, Ashwin Mallipatna, Stephanie Kletke, Helen Dimaras, Hallie Coltin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of running first year and final year electronics laboratory classes in parallel [PDF]

, 2010
First electronics courses are considered difficult by students because of the circuit theory content, and retention of students in electronics is a problem worldwide.
Harlow, Ann, Peter, Mira, Scott, Jonathan B.   +2 more
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Retention in Kindergarten: A Case Study of Teacher Perceptions and Practices

The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography, 2016
The educational practice of retention – holding a student back to repeat a year – is a strategy used in many schools in the USA to improve outcomes for students, even at the kindergarten level.
Haley Wofford
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The Analysis of the Grade 10 Students’ Retention Level of Basic Biology Concepts and Terminologies in Relation to their Learning Styles

IJCER (International Journal of Chemistry Education Research), 2023
Science subjects, or specifically biology, contain many concepts and terminologies that require extensive effort in memorizing. As a result, students are employing their own learning styles to learn things in the best possible way.
James Ollero
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source