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Melanie Shores, University of Alabama at Birmingham<br />
Michael Sloane, University of Alabama at Birmingham<br />
This research in honors study generated an initial model relating student, curricular, and<br />
institutional measures in honors. The initial model of student characteristics included motivation,<br />
learning strategies and goal-achievement orientation. Significant correlations occurred between<br />
self-handicapping and goal avoidance with honors implications. Institutional factors may correct<br />
or enhance engagement.<br />
Honoring Our Promise: Honors <strong>College</strong> Practice and the Student Experience<br />
Ivy Bohnlein, Arizona State University<br />
The research discussed in this session used qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze<br />
honors college practice and how it contributes to the student development of gifted<br />
undergraduates. Participants will examine the study’s outcomes and how they can adapt its<br />
methodology to examine their institution’s policies as experienced by their students.<br />
Study Abroad Options in Honors<br />
Saturday, October 23<br />
11:00 AM – 12:10 PM<br />
Marriott Tower 3rd Floor, Lester Young A<br />
Gen, Stu Gen, T&L<br />
Student Moderator: Tammy Edmonds, Georgia Perimeter <strong>College</strong> *<br />
Getting Away and Going Your Own Way: Studying Abroad Honors Style<br />
Caroline L. Hill, <strong>Westminster</strong> <strong>College</strong> *<br />
Cassidy L. Jones, <strong>Westminster</strong> <strong>College</strong> *<br />
Studying abroad tests and expands interdisciplinary education through experiential learning in<br />
another country. It also presents major challenges for honors students itching to get away while<br />
staying on track in honors curriculums. Two 2010 study abroad participants discuss turning<br />
travel bugs into honors-conducive field-based experiences in Madagascar and Scotland.<br />
Missionary Trips as Study Abroad What Honors Can Do with Non-Academic Foreign Travel<br />
Caleb Armbrust, Eastern Kentucky University *<br />
Kelsey Edmondson, Eastern Kentucky University *<br />
Kathryn Engle, Eastern Kentucky University *<br />
Ron Messerich, Eastern Kentucky University<br />
Jesse Orloff, Eastern Kentucky University *<br />
Lauren Rice, Eastern Kentucky University *<br />
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