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Direct linkZrull, Mark C.; Rocheleau, Courtney A.; Smith, M. Corinne; Bergman, Shawn M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
This article focuses on curriculum-based learning communities (LCs). In these LCs, manipulation of the curriculum is intentional and often innovative, with the overarching goals of developing meaningful connections among students, between students and faculty, and between students and their coursework. The variety of curriculum-based models…
Descriptors: College Students, Communities of Practice, Intellectual Disciplines, Curriculum Enrichment
Nolan, Laurence J.; Jenkins, Steve M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
At Wagner College, students are required to participate in a series of three curriculum-based learning communities (C-BLCs) as the core of the undergraduate curriculum known as the Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts. This article describes the senior learning community (LC) in psychology at Wagner College, which is an example of a…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Transitional Programs, Undergraduate Study, Psychology
Taylor, Beverley A. P.; Bakker, Andrea I.; Nadler, Marjorie Keeshan; Shore, Cecilia; Dietz-Uhler, Beth – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
In 2006, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) launched a major initiative, the Top 25 Project, to embed inquiry-guided learning (IGL) into its largest-enrollment courses across the university. These are generally entry-level classes and thus affect many students: 75 percent of incoming students on its main campus in 2010 were in at least one Top 25…
Descriptors: Models, Large Group Instruction, Formative Evaluation, Instructional Design
Perkins, Ross A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
Instructional designers working in international settings are often interested in reports on how particular courses or programs have been implemented in other contexts; doing so either confirms or extends their own experiences. In the hope that such information can benefit the larger design community, this article specifically shows how contextual…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Formative Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction
Peer reviewedTebo-Messina, Margaret; Van Aller, Chris – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Winthrop University (South Carolina) has linked classroom research with program accountability in its Learning Research Project, which focuses on general education. The pilot and implementation phases of the project are described, noting problems, frustrations, and rewards in each. The experiment has convinced administration and faculty that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Classroom Research, College Instruction, Formative Evaluation
Peer reviewedStack, Connie; Peterson, Joel – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Classroom assessment and classroom research in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is traced to 1989 when the terms entered the community-college faculty-development vocabulary. They are now household words among the 500 faculty participating regularly in faculty development. Problems encountered and positive results are…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges
