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Edmunds, Julie – SERVE Center at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2006
This paper addresses some real assessment challenges that teachers have identified: (1) Figuring out what really is important for students to know and be able to do in history; (2) Teaching the skills of "doing history" in a world of testing that often seems to value only factual knowledge; (3) Identifying and using assessments that provide…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, History Instruction, Course Objectives, Check Lists
Ulmer, M. B. – 2000
This paper discusses the author's personal experiences in developing and implementing a problem-based college mathematics course for liberal arts majors. This project was initiated in response to the realization that most students are dependent on "patterning" learning algorithms and have no expectation that self-initiated thinking is a…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Students, Course Content, Course Descriptions