YCN Program Assistant and Social Media Lead Catherine is equipped with socio-legal knowledge and intersectional perspectives of Canadian law. Her honours thesis explores animal welfare laws, specifically the ethics of surgical sterilization in dogs. For her capstone project, Catherine and her team produced a documentary film to address social, labour, and health disparities provoked by […]
What is York Capstone Day? Capstone Day is an annual showcase, at which students from any Faculty at York can present their completed capstone and pre-capstone projects and compete for awards. This is a great opportunity for students to showcase their project experience and develop professional skills to enhance their career readiness. To further recognize student […]
1 2 Undergraduate Public Health Capstone Course: Teaching Evidence-Based Public Health “Student success was evident to the instructors in the quality of the products created and in the majority of student attitudes and level of ... course satisfaction...With individualized instructor feedback and completion of all the learning exercises, the final products showed comprehension and skill […]
1 2 Full Speed Ahead: Using a Senior Capstone Course to Facilitate Students' Professional Transition “Results from the survey indicated that students felt more confident (gave a higher rating) in the following professional development areas after ... completing the course: (1) resume writing, (2) job searching, (3) interviewing, (4) verbal communication, and (5) research skills. […]
1 2 Perceived autonomy-support, expectancy, value, metacognitive strategies and performance in chemistry: A structural equation model in undergraduates “However, in the present study, the positive effects from autonomy support to expectancy and value variables were higher for perceived ...importance and utility, and lower for expectancy and interest.” (p.648) “...Perceived autonomy support positively predicted expectancy, importance, […]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Preparation of Engineering Students for Capstone Design Experience through a Microprocessors Course “The approach relies on providing the students the freedom to choose their own project area as well as the utilized technology...Data collected, ...over five consecutive course offerings, shows that this approach is an effective method to […]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Development of the Processfolio: Promoting Preservice Music Teacher Reflection Through Authentic Assessment “Findings indicated (a) processfolios became a lens through which students focused their growth as reflective teachers; (b) a lack of examples and ... confusion over specific processfolio requirements was stress inducing; (c) the collaborative nature of […]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Benefits of Pass-Fail Grading on Stress, Mood, and Group Cohesion in Medical Students “Pass-fail grading may reduce stress and increase group cohesion in medical students compared with traditional 5-interval grading.” (p.1443) Choosing letter grade evaluations: The interaction of students’ achievement goals and self-efficacy “We examined how achievement […]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Comparison of faculty assessment and students’ self-assessment of performance during clinical case discussions in a pharmacotherapy capstone course “Student performance covering a specific course topic subsequently reinforced by a JITT exercise was found to be measurably higher (>9%) than a ... control group who did not receive the […]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Constructing motivation through choice, interest, and interestingness “These are the first studies to demonstrate that offering an individual the opportunity to choose aspects of a task may be most beneficial when the ... individual feels some initial interest for the activity at hand or when the task is […]