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Transforming Introductory Sociology with Team-Based Learning: Sufficient Value and Surmountable Challenge?
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Bulanda, Jennifer Roebuck; Frye, Shelby – Teaching Sociology, 2020
Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a highly structured, immersive teaching strategy that emphasizes active learning through peer teams. Despite its many potential benefits for teaching introductory sociology, it has been slow to gain traction in the discipline. Instructors may debate whether the value of TBL is sufficient to justify its challenges,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Sociology, Teamwork, Cooperative Learning
Introducing IT Strategy in an Introductory Course
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Woods, David M. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2016
Professionals working in technology fields face continuing challenges to be involved in the decision-making process about how technology is used by organizations rather than just implementing these decisions. Developing skills for thinking and acting strategically are key skills for our students. This has been recognized by the addition of an IS…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Introductory Courses, Decision Making, Thinking Skills
Creation and Assessment of an Active e-Learning Introductory Geology Course
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Sit, Stefany M.; Brudzinski, Michael R. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2017
The recent emphasis in higher education on both student engagement and online learning encouraged the authors to develop an active e-learning environment for an introductory geohazards course, which enrolls 70+ undergraduate students per semester. Instructors focused on replicating the achievements and addressing the challenges within an already…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Electronic Learning, Introductory Courses, Geology
Effectiveness of Different Tutorial Recitation Teaching Methods and Its Implications for TA Training
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Koenig, Kathleen M.; Endorf, Robert J.; Braun, Gregory A. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2007
We present results from a comparative study of student understanding for students who attended recitation classes that used different teaching methods. Student volunteers from our introductory calculus-based physics course attended a special recitation class that was taught using one of four different teaching methods. A total of 272 students were…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Physics, Introductory Courses, Science Instruction