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Hunter, Peggi E.; Botchwey, Nisha D. – Innovative Higher Education, 2017
Higher education and K-12 school partnerships are typically designed with an end-goal that serves the instructional needs of one group over the other. For this project, a university professor and elementary school instructor used problem-based and project-based learning strategies to design a curriculum that served the academic needs of both…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Undergraduate Students, Elementary School Students
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Özpolat, Koray; Chen, Yuwen; Hales, Doug; Yu, Degan; Yalcin, Mehmet G. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2014
Business students appreciate working on classroom projects that are both enjoyable and useful in preparing them for future careers. Promoting competition among project teams is also used as a method to motivate students. The Humanitarian Logistics Project (HLP) teaches undergraduate students the logistical implications of unsolicited material…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Competition, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Nichols, Maura – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2012
The implementation of the Common Core Standards has just begun and these standards will impact a generation that communicates with technology more than anything else. Texting, cell phones, Facebook, YouTube, Skype, etc. are the ways they speak with their friends and the world. The Common Core Standards recognize this. According to the Common Core…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Alignment (Education), Core Curriculum, State Standards
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Hager, Lisa D. – Teaching of Psychology, 2011
To understand the relevance of cognitive psychology, students in a cognitive psychology course were required to complete a detailed plan for a public service announcement focusing on environmental issues. The final exam was a Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentation incorporating at least eight concepts from the course. Students in the course…
Descriptors: Public Service, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Methods, Sustainable Development
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Koch, Erika J.; Lomore, Christine D. – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
We present an assignment that requires students to apply their knowledge of the social psychology of attitudes and persuasion to critique and redesign a public service announcement. Students in a 200-level social psychology course evaluated the assignment by indicating their overall attitudes toward the assignment. Students rated the assignment…
Descriptors: Social Psychology, Public Service, Advertising, Persuasive Discourse