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Michael E. Ellis; K. Mike Casey; Geoffrey Hill – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2024
Large Language Model (LLM) artificial intelligence tools present a unique challenge for educators who teach programming languages. While LLMs like ChatGPT have been well documented for their ability to complete exams and create prose, there is a noticeable lack of research into their ability to solve problems using high-level programming…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages, Programming, Homework
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Sull, Errol Craig; Clements, Kurtis – Distance Learning, 2023
The blog and distance learning: the former can enhance, enlighten, and elevate the educational experience for the student and the teaching experience for the instructor. And blogs are especially suited for the asynchronous environment where nearly everything is written and remains throughout the course, so students can continually refer to the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Electronic Journals, Student Journals, Distance Education
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Carmen Saunders-Russell – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2023
The author explains how using creative assignments reinforces invention, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills in undergraduate health administration students. While several studies look at the use of creative assignments to help students develop these skills, few studies exist on their use in health administration. In addition, the use of…
Descriptors: Creativity, Assignments, Innovation, Problem Solving
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Ghorashi, Bahman – Chemical Engineering Education, 2023
Due to the structured format of most engineering courses, the number of opportunities for engineering students to view matters differently from the traditional ways is limited. Therefore, a mandatory requirement was introduced into three engineering courses for students to propose an out of the ordinary solution to certain technical problems,…
Descriptors: College Students, Engineering Education, Creativity, Assignments
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Amy David – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2024
This article details an art assignment given to undergraduate management students in an introductory supply chain management course. Students were asked to choose a supply chain ethics issue, create a work of art that responded to the issue, then write an artist's statement that discussed the thought process and choices made in creating their…
Descriptors: Art Education, Creativity, Assignments, Undergraduate Study
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Galbraith, Jeanne – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2022
Although research supports play for children's learning and development, many teachers and schools do not support play or relinquish it to recess or "If time." Teachers need to experience how they learn through play to advocate for play in their classrooms. It is not enough to say, "play is learning"; they need to learn through…
Descriptors: Play, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Heather J. Hether – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2023
Problem-solving is an essential undergraduate learning outcome that also supports students' professional success. The creative problem-solving model (CPS) (Isaksen et al., 2011) facilitates the development of these skills and aligns well with the scope of public relations (PR). The current study investigates student perceptions of an assignment…
Descriptors: Creativity, Problem Solving, Undergraduate Students, Outcomes of Education
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Draper, Jenna T.; Freeling, Benjamin S.; Connell, Sean D. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2021
World-class science requires inspiration, so how can we spark creativity in the modern university environment? Creativity does not come automatically: in the modern age, factors from electronic devices to time pressure can stifle creative thought. Yet, to solve the major problems of the future, it will be essential to stimulate creativity in…
Descriptors: Creativity, Science Education, College Science, College Students
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Jinxin Guo – Journal of Chemical Education, 2025
Our organic chemistry course enrolls students from the medicine major. As future healthcare professionals, medical students should also take on the responsibility of publicizing scientific knowledge related to human health. Therefore, starting from 2020, we have designed an assignment that tasked students with writing a popular science essay for…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Writing Assignments, Medical Education, Medical Students
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Andrew S. Taylor – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2024
This essay shows how one professor teaching "Introduction to Buddhism" sought to counteract his students' view that Chinese and Tibetan forms of Buddhism represented a deviation from a "pure" Indian Buddhism rather than worthwhile forms of creativity and religiosity in themselves. A simple comparative assignment that asked a…
Descriptors: French, English, Translation, Singing
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Ramel, Frédéric; Vergonjeanne, Anaëlle – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
Although the esthetic turn in International Relations (IR) has recently expanded to teaching, with professors promoting the mobilization of artistic material in the classroom, its use in students' productions and examinations has received scarce attention. Drawing on a course at Sciences Po Paris dedicated to IR normative theory and given for five…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, International Relations, Fiction, Learning Processes
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Miller, Angie L. – Creativity Research Journal, 2023
This study explores how exposure to creative coursework during one's education can influence a variety of educational, career, and community involvement outcomes for arts alumni. Data were drawn from over 40,000 undergraduate-level arts alumni from the 2015, 2016, and 2017 administrations of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP). A…
Descriptors: Creativity, Predictor Variables, Outcomes of Education, Alumni
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Hongyan Yang; Miriam B. Larson; Rachel M. Wong – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2024
This design case centers around a creative assignment given to graduate students studying instructional design. The goal of the assignment is to facilitate mastery of learning theories through the theory-based evaluation of an instructional product, using both research and imagination. By applying learning theories in a practical and engaging…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Imagination, Research, Graduate Students
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Chekurov, Sergei; Wang, Meng; Salmi, Mika; Partanen, Jouni – Education Sciences, 2020
The purpose of this article is to present a design for additive manufacturing assignment focused on creativity rather than functionality and to analyze its results (N = 70) acquired during five years. The assignment teaches the unique advantages of additive manufacturing to engineering students and encourages learning from failure to achieve…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Manufacturing, Computer Peripherals
Lori Anne Palmer – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Art Appreciation is often a course that undergraduate students take to meet their general education requirements. However, many students have little interest or value of art due to a lack of previous art experiences and often choose the course because they feel it will be relatively easy. This qualitative, naturalistic inquiry focused on students'…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Appreciation, Teaching Methods, Aesthetics
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