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Binh Nguyen Thanh; Diem Thi Hong Vo; Minh Nguyen Nhat; Thi Thu Tra Pham; Hieu Thai Trung; Son Ha Xuan – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2023
In this study, we introduce a framework designed to help educators assess the effectiveness of popular generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in solving authentic assessments. We employed Bloom's taxonomy as a guiding principle to create authentic assessments that evaluate the capabilities of generative AI tools. We applied this framework…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Models, Performance Based Assessment, Economics Education
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Zumbach Harken, Nichole; Price-Williams, Shelley – Journal of Experiential Education, 2022
Background: This research outlines important factors in the development of a for-credit internship program by providing a historical context of internship work dating back to the original case of "Walling v. Portland Terminal" (1947), which outlined acceptable non-paid work of trainees, to more current applications of these labor laws in…
Descriptors: Program Development, Internship Programs, Educational History, Court Litigation
Atar, Cihat; Kir-Cullen, Elif; Denkci-Akkas, Ferdane – Online Submission, 2020
At Turkish universities, schools of foreign languages provide compulsory and voluntary language education for college students before they start their programs. This study aims to evaluate the program implemented for the English preparatory classes at Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Foreign Languages during 2016-2017 academic year. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Nelson, Trudi J. – English Journal, 2011
As teachers consider ethics, they find that it may often look like a student issue. It may be discussions of plagiarism, social justice, honesty, bullying, privacy, child labor, free speech, inequity. However, even as teachers struggle with ways to model ethics or "teach" ethics, they find that their teaching practices may warrant reflection. One…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Ethics, Teaching Methods
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Ludwig, Matthew A.; Bentz, Amy E.; Fynewever, Herb – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2011
In this article, the authors describe how a syllabus can be used to set the stage for effective use of assessment-for-learning principles. Nearly all college instructors use a syllabus, but this document typically dwells on logistics and evaluation. Research has suggested that courses should go beyond evaluation to include aspects of assessment…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Course Descriptions, Evaluation, Higher Education
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Zhou, Wenyi; Simpson, Elizabeth; Domizi, Denise Pinette – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
Google Docs, an online word processing application, is a promising tool for collaborative learning. However, many college instructors and students lack knowledge to effectively use Google Docs to enhance teaching and learning. Goals of this study include (1) assessing the effectiveness of using Google Docs in an out-of-class collaborative writing…
Descriptors: Assignments, Word Processing, Collaborative Writing, Undergraduate Students
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Junior, Nyasha; Edwards, Amy – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2011
This essay describes a web site evaluation project which served as the final assignment for an undergraduate "Introduction to Religion" course. The essay discusses lessons learned from the design and implementation of this web-based research assignment over three consecutive semesters. It includes insights from an instructor and a reference…
Descriptors: Religion, Internet, Web Sites, Evaluation
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Crews, Tena B.; Wilkinson, Kelly – Business Communication Quarterly, 2010
Undergraduate business communication students were surveyed to determine their perceived most effective method of assessment on writing assignments. The results indicated students' preference for a process that incorporates visual, auditory, and e-handwritten presentation via a tablet PC. Students also identified this assessment process would…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Assignments, Business Communication, Handheld Devices
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Shannon, Sarah; Winterman, Brian – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2012
Primary literature is our main mode of communication in the sciences. As such, it is important for our undergraduates in the discipline to learn how to read primary literature. Incorporating primary literature into undergraduate science courses is often difficult because students are unprepared to comprehend primary articles. Learning to read and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Assignments, Scientific Methodology, Pattern Recognition
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Holler Phillips, Carissa M. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2011
Student consulting is a form of problem-based learning through which students work on strategic issues for organizations. To explore how students perceive their research-related tasks, 15 student consultants were asked to evaluate their comfort levels with seven tasks--adapted from the Association of College and Research Libraries' Information…
Descriptors: Assignments, Student Attitudes, Consultants, Problem Based Learning
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Garland, Libby; Kolkmeyer, Kevin – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2011
The authors are faculty in history and English, respectively, at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York. What their students want and need, and what the institution's role in the community should be, remain open questions, with policy implications at the departmental, college, city, and even national level. Indeed, President Obama…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Higher Education, Evaluation, Two Year Colleges
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Handley, Karen; Williams, Lindsay – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2011
Feedback is central to pedagogic theory, and if feedback is to be effective, students need to engage with it and apply it at some point in the future. However, student dissatisfaction with feedback--as evidenced in the National Student Survey--suggests that there are problems which limit student engagement with feedback, such as their perception…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Assignments, Surveys, Tutors
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Lewis, Scott E.; Shaw, Janet L.; Freeman, Kathryn A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
Creative exercises (CEs) are a form of assessment in which students are given a prompt and asked to write down as many distinct, correct, and relevant facts about the prompt as they can. Students receive credit for each fact that they include that is related to the prompt and distinct from the other facts they list. With CEs, students have an…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Science Instruction, Evaluation
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Gross, Melissa; Latham, Don – Library Quarterly, 2011
This investigation examines experiences with and perceptions of information reported by first-year college students whose level of information literacy skill is known. Participants were identified as having either proficient or below-proficient information literacy skills based on an objective test of their abilities. Interviews were performed…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Objective Tests
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Gibson, Laura – College Teaching, 2011
Student engagement and retention is a concern of many university professors. To engage sophomore-level students in a Sociology of Aging class, I challenged them to design the course in a way that would make the outcome personally meaningful to them. The class was asked to identify specific learning objectives related to the university's course…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Feedback (Response), Assignments, Course Content
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