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Ghoshal, Raj A. – Teaching Sociology, 2023
This teaching note presents an assignment in which students write an op-ed on a course-related issue and submit it to a newspaper. I argue that an op-ed assignment dovetails with pedagogical goals around democratic citizenship and public sociology. I explain the project's objectives, instructions, and timeline. I present evidence from three…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Opinions, Writing Assignments, Newspapers
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Batra, Madan M.; Klein, Andreas – Journal of Education for Business, 2021
We conducted a survey of about ten different pedagogical tools with students of seven different small undergraduate business classes with average class size of 27 students. We propose that the higher the students' agreement with specific pedagogical methods the higher their motivation as well as their learning outcomes. A statistical significance…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students, Small Classes, Teaching Methods
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Danowitz, Amy M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Peer learning has become a central feature in many postsecondary classrooms. Many peer learning activities feature near-peer instructors who had previously completed the course and who later serve as peer leaders. There are relatively few examples of activities in which students in a course act as true peer instructors for their classmates. One…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, College Science, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Park, Ho-Ryong; Kim, Michelle Soonhyang; Mukherjee, Keya; Ates, Burcu – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2021
Due to advancements in technology and the demand for flexible instruction, online educational opportunities are increasing. However, instructors still need guidance to teach students effectively in different types of online courses. This article provides context- and delivery-specific guidelines for those teaching asynchronous, synchronous, and…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Guidelines, Teacher Effectiveness, Synchronous Communication
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St. Clair, Priscilla Cooke; Hunnicutt, Lynn; Travis, Karen – Journal of Economic Education, 2020
It is challenging for economics major programs to support an undergraduate research capstone where the goal is for all majors to complete a research project that creates new knowledge. Our program has found a way to achieve this for all of our majors in the face of resource constraints and varying student skill levels, and has done this without…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Economics Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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Cumins, Amy; Peña, Amanda Nicole; Montoya, Maria Ramirez – English in Texas, 2019
English teachers should write and share their writing. The authors analyze how composing sonnets added to understanding of poetic genre, literary terminology, and state standards. This article argues on behalf of more creative writing in English language arts and explains the benefits of teachers and students sharing their writing.
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Teachers, Literary Genres, Poetry
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Glodowski, Kathryn; Thompson, Rachel – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2018
Guided notes covering lectures have been shown to improve note quality and increase scores on quizzes covering lecture material. We sought to determine whether guided notes would also be beneficial in helping students prepare for quizzes covering assigned readings. We evaluated the efficacy of guided notes for reading assignments on…
Descriptors: Tests, Scores, Psychology, Introductory Courses
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Bloom, Matthew – Open Praxis, 2019
This article presents the results of a 2016 classroom research study assessing the impact of open pedagogy on student skills mastery in English 101, a first-year undergraduate composition course at a two-year community college in North America. Ninety-two students in five sections used the same free OER course materials, but two sections were…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Skill Development, Mastery Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
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Shellito, Cindy – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
Students in introductory college science courses often have a simplified understanding of the scientific method. To introduce students to the complexity of the scientific process and the value of empirical observations, I implemented a semester-long assignment that required introductory-level college science students to build and calibrate weather…
Descriptors: Weather, College Science, Measurement Equipment, Science Equipment
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Clarke, Theresa B.; Murphy, Jamie; Wetsch, Lyle R.; Boeck, Harold – Marketing Education Review, 2018
Instructors may find it difficult to stay abreast of the rapidly changing nature of search engine marketing (SEM) and to incorporate hands-on, practical classroom experiences. One solution is Google Ad Grants, a nonprofit edition of Google AdWords that provides up to $10,000 monthly in free advertising. A quasi-experiment revealed no differences…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Marketing, Experiential Learning, Nonprofit Organizations
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Ashirbayev, Nurgali K.; Torebek, Yerlan Z.; Madiyarov, Nurlibay K.; Abdualiyeva, Marzhan A. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
In the context of rapid technological changes and modernization of society, the issue of ensuring adequacy of content in secondary education based on the use of advanced information technologies (ICT) is being updated. The necessity of an appropriate level of primary intellectual activity development in a person in terms of the current trends in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Geometry
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Zarzosa, Jennifer; Fischbach, Sarah – Marketing Education Review, 2017
Sponsored content, in-feed ads, and advertorials are innovative ways to promote brands. However, there are limited resources on how to use these advertising techniques. The Native Advertising project and debate helps students (a) gain knowledge and experience with current advertising practices and (b) engage in deliberation regarding a promotional…
Descriptors: Advertising, Ethics, Debate, Student Projects
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Sego, Sandra A.; Stuart, Anne E. – Teaching of Psychology, 2016
Many students, particularly underprepared students, struggle to identify the essential information in empirical articles. We describe a set of assignments for instructing general psychology students to dissect the structure of such articles. Students in General Psychology I read empirical articles and answered a set of general, factual questions…
Descriptors: Psychology, Introductory Courses, Journal Articles, Content Area Reading
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Konieczny, Piotr – Teaching Sociology, 2017
This paper presents an analysis of my experiences with a teaching activity that engages students in publishing in Wikipedia on issues relating to globalization. It begins with a short overview of some of the current debates revolving around teaching globalization, which lay ground for the assignment. I discuss how this teaching tool fits with a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Global Approach, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
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Odom, Mary Lou – Across the Disciplines, 2013
The writing across the curriculum movement has rightfully gained recognition as a transformative force in how teachers conceive of, use, and assign writing in their classes throughout various disciplines. Drawing on data from the first three years of an ongoing study of faculty "WAC fellows" at a large, comprehensive state university,…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Reading Processes, Reading Assignments, Reading Writing Relationship
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