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Revising General Education: Assessing a Critical Thinking Instructional Model in the Basic Communication Course
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Mazer, Joseph P.; Hunt, Stephen K.; Kuznekoff, Jeffrey H. – Journal of General Education, 2007
This study examined critical thinking instruction in a required introductory communication course (N = 324). Experimental group participants received enhanced instruction using various active learning strategies, activities, and assignments. Results indicate significant improvement in their critical thinking skills. Implications for pedagogy and…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Education Courses, General Education, Learning Strategies
Multicultural Literature in a Children's Literature Course: Opening a Discussion on Diversity.
Smith, J. Lea – 1995
This paper outlines how one teacher educator explored the use of children's literature to introduce multiculturalism to her preservice teachers. It highlights how the teacher set the tone, structured the curriculum, identified books, and organized the book readings. Data were gathered from a personal teaching journal during the 5-month semester,…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Education Courses, Elementary Secondary Education
Reading Field Experience Program.
Ceaser, Lisbeth – 1993
The lessons included in this collection were written by California Polytechnic State University Reading Specialist Credential candidates in the Salinas Cohort Project of 1992 as partial fulfillment for an education course titled "Bilingual Special Education Reading Problems." Each lesson is research-based. A rationale describes the…
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, Creative Dramatics, Education Courses, Elementary Secondary Education