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Selig, Suzanne M.; Perlstadt, Harry – Teaching Sociology, 1985
In a medical sociology course composed of health care students with little sociology background and sociology students with no health care background, a paired observation exercise was given. Health care and sociology students were paired, and each pair observed the same medical encounter and reviewed each other's papers. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Observational Learning, Peer Teaching, Physician Patient Relationship

Stevens, David; VanNatta, Michelle – Teaching Sociology, 2002
Discusses the use of critical thinking and critical observation methods as applied to teaching sociology courses. Discusses how students are taught to evaluate situations holistically. States that critical observation is the ability to identify assumptions and stereotypes interpreted by behavior. Provides an assessment of an exercise model that…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing, Educational Research, Higher Education