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Brase, Gary L.; Du, Meixuan – Teaching of Psychology, 2023
Introduction: Psychology instructors face decisions about adopting new approaches to lectures, readings, and assessment in their courses. Statement of the Problem: These choices about course structure can be both intimidating and confusing in terms of the costs and benefits for different options. Literature Review: As framed by anecdotal and…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Psychology, Teaching Methods, Reading Assignments
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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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Leda Cempellin – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2024
Art and design students in higher education often prioritize design skills over written communication. With the opportunity to restructure courses around increased asynchronous flexibility arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the author of this manuscript (who is also the course instructor) has developed a hybrid-blended course design in the art…
Descriptors: Courses, Art Education, Design, COVID-19
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Tracey, Monica W.; Hutchinson, Alisa – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2018
Design thinking positions designers as the drivers of the design space yet academic discourse is largely silent on the topic of professional identity development in design. Professional identity, or the dynamic narratives that individuals construct and maintain to integrate their personal qualities with professional responsibilities, has not been…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Design, Reflection, Writing Assignments
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Anderson, LaKesha N. – Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2019
This article explores the foundations and the content areas that ground the introductory public relations course. Examples of two assignments designed to help students think critically, apply knowledge, and improve their writing skills are offered, as well as the identification of several challenges both students and instructors face and a brief…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Public Relations, Critical Thinking, Writing Skills
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Murphree, Daniel S. – History Teacher, 2014
Taking introductory history courses and writing analytical essays are not the favorite activities of most first-year university students. Undergraduates, seemingly, would rather enroll in classes that pertain only to their majors or job-preparation regimen. If forced to take General Education Program (GEP) courses, students typically favor those…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Introductory Courses, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students
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Willis, Holly; Anderson, Steve – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2013
Randy Bass, Executive Director of Georgetown's Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, recently made the provocative claim that we inhabit a "post-course era." Building on the findings of the National Survey of Student Engagement that show that the places in which undergraduate students demonstrate the highest degree of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Majors (Students), Media Literacy, Higher Education
McGaughy, Charis; Hopper-Moore, Greg; Fukuda, Erin; Phillips, Rachel; Rooseboom, Jennifer; Chadwick, Kristine – Educational Policy Improvement Center, 2016
"Understanding Entry-Level Courses in American Institutions of Higher Education" outlines a study conducted by Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) that empirically identifies the characteristics of work at the college- and career-readiness level in English/language arts, science, and social sciences courses. Using a previously…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Higher Education, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Bell, Stephanie; Lewis, J. P. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
In recent years, the pressure for educators to cultivate civic participation among Canada's apathetic youth voters has been mounting. Between 1998 and 2007, a national wave of curriculum reform introducing or enhancing civic engagement education occurred at the secondary level. In this study, we explore the role and place of civic engagement in…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Course Descriptions, Assignments, Curriculum
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Trumpower, David L. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2013
Students' informal inferential reasoning (IIR) is often inconsistent with the normative logic underlying formal statistical methods such as Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), even after instruction. In two experiments reported here, student's IIR was assessed using an intuitive ANOVA task at the beginning and end of a statistics course. In both…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Intuition, Inferences, Thinking Skills
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Bati, Tesfaye Bayu; Gelderblom, Helene; van Biljon, Judy – Computer Science Education, 2014
The challenge of teaching programming in higher education is complicated by problems associated with large class teaching, a prevalent situation in many developing countries. This paper reports on an investigation into the use of a blended learning approach to teaching and learning of programming in a class of more than 200 students. A course and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning, Educational Technology
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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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Frank, Ronald L. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
Information Systems curricula should provide project management (PM) theory, current practice, and hands-on experience. The schedule usually does not allow time in Analysis and Design courses for development oriented project management instruction other than a short introduction. Similarly, networking courses usually don't put project management…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Introductory Courses, Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods
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Larseingue, Matt; Sawyer, Chris R.; Finn, Amber N. – Communication Education, 2012
Although previous research has linked students' expected grades to numerous pedagogical variables, this factor has been all but ignored by instructional communication scholars. In the present study, 315 undergraduates were presented with grading scenarios representing differing combinations of course rigor, teacher immediacy, and student…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Componential Analysis, Assignments
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Dickovick, J. Tyler – Journal of Political Science Education, 2009
This paper outlines an integrative approach to teaching (qualitative) comparative methods at the introductory undergraduate level. The integrative approach does not view methodological instruction as a topic to be treated cursorily at the outset of a course, but rather one to be intertwined throughout an academic term as students simultaneously…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Social Sciences, Methods, Teaching Methods
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