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Nwokah, Eva E.; Leafblad, Stefanie – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2013
In this study 44 undergraduate students in a language development course participated in service learning with preschool homeless and low-income children as a course requirement. Students completed a survey, questionnaires, reflective journaling, and small-group debriefing sessions. Based on current views on brain-based learning from cortical…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children
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Abdalkhani, Javad; Menon, Ramakrishnan – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1998
Describes use of focused prompts with student journals in a college mathematics course at Ohio State University. Students were asked to complete two writing tasks weekly to describe what they had learned from specific topics, and work out one problem in detail, with explanatory notes describing errors and false starts. Students' attitude toward…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Metacognition