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Wolinsky-Nahmias, Yael; Auerbach, Arthur H. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
Scholarship on the role of professional development opportunities for undergraduate students has highlighted the growing importance of internship programs. Different designs of internship programs have emerged as their numbers proliferate. Internship programs vary on key dimensions including integration of academic content, development of…
Descriptors: Political Science, Program Design, Program Evaluation, Internship Programs
Brown, Christopher L.; Grussendorf, Jeannie; Shea, Michael D.; DeMas, Clark J. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
Adaptive learning (AL) courseware holds promise for helping break down challenges students face in college. In 2016-2017 we developed an AL Political Science course, Global Issues, implemented it across 51 classes and more than 5,200 students over the next two academic years, and initiated a study to assess student perceptions and performance. In…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Political Science, Introductory Courses, Courseware
Baranowski, Michael – Journal of Political Science Education, 2020
Satirical news shows such as "The Daily Show" are popular with students, but are they appropriate for classroom use? In this two-group, pretest-posttest study, I examine differences in engagement, political knowledge, and political attitudes between two American Government classes: one assigned to watch "The Daily Show" and the…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Periodicals, Information Sources, Political Issues
Ye, Wangbei; Ye, Fei – Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
Existing political socialization studies assert that one's important political attitudes are shaped early in life. However, these studies have difficulty explaining why China has greatly reduced Marxist political education in basic education in recent years, while enhancing it at the college level. This article compares 43 Economics students and…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Political Attitudes, Socialization, Comparative Analysis
Jose, Betcy; Berry, Michael; Andrews, Leah – American Journal of Distance Education, 2019
This study investigates whether differences in learning styles exist between students in online and face-to-face (FTF) sections of political science courses taught by three instructors. Some studies suggest that student preferences regarding online or FTF formats are influenced by their preferred modes of learning. Independent learners, for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Political Science, Cognitive Style, Online Courses
Khazaal, Edhah Numan – Arab World English Journal, 2019
The study aims to find out the impact of intensive reading strategy on English for specific purposes college students' in developing vocabulary. To achieve the aim of the study, 40 ESP College students were randomly chosen from the college of political sciences at A-Nahrain University in Iraq, the participants were in the second grade during the…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Teaching Methods, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning
Hall, John Powell – Journal of Political Science Education, 2018
Sexual orientation continues to be an explosive issue in American classrooms. Increasing the political knowledge of students can reduce the volatility of this explosive issue by increasing tolerance toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. This relationship between political knowledge and political tolerance has been…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Prosocial Behavior, Sexual Orientation, Political Science
Shannon, Amanda; Shannon, Vaughn – Journal of Political Science Education, 2016
We test whether and how well the presence of an embedded librarian improves the quality of student research. Students in introductory-level courses tend to have very low levels of research skills and experience. Though faculty are frustrated by this lack of skills, both students and faculty tend to have only a peripheral knowledge of the role…
Descriptors: Student Research, Research Skills, Librarians, Political Science
Ewell, William Henry; Rodgers, Robert R. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2014
Student preparation for class is an integral part of the college learning experience. In order to incentivize student preparation outside class, professors have employed such techniques as reflection papers, quizzes, and group discussion, to name but a few. This article explores the benefits of using a technique known as "course preparation…
Descriptors: Homework, Writing Assignments, Active Learning, College Students
Inoue-Smith, Yukiko – Cogent Education, 2016
This study reexamined PowerPoint's potential to enhance traditional pedagogical practices in higher education. The study addressed (1) the conditions under which PowerPoint meets students' needs in typical lecture-based classrooms, (2) whether professors consider PowerPoint-based lectures more effective than lectures supported by material on…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids, Computer Software
Russell, Robert Lowell, Jr. – 1999
This study tests for correlation between two journal ranking methods--citation rankings and expert opinion surveys. Political science professors from four major universities were asked to rank a list of the 20 most highly cited political science journals. Citation data were taken from the "Social Sciences Citation Index Journal Citation…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Citation Analysis, Citation Indexes, Citations (References)
Messina, Susan; Simas, Robert J.; White, Diane – 1995
Solano Community College (California) developed interdisciplinary, team-taught classes. The program included three classroom components administered in each of the six semesters to both program-supported integrated classes and to content area control class sections: a standardized reading test, an essay writing test, and a student survey. Subjects…
Descriptors: Biology, College English, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Straw, Joseph E. – 1993
This is a study of the research communities in history and political science at Kent State University (Ohio). The purpose is to provide a profile of historians and political scientists and to discover the kinds of information they use for research. A survey/questionnaire was circulated to the history and political science departments. Information…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Educational Resources