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Direct linkYifeng Fan; Bahar Javadizadeh; Mariya Gavrilova Aguilar – Journal of Management Education, 2024
In the constantly evolving career landscape, knowledge about human resource management practices could prove very beneficial for undergraduate college students who want to construct protean careers. With its broad content coverage, the introductory HR course is best suited to teach students about key HR functions and practices instrumental to…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Courses, Personnel Management, Employment Practices
Alexis Buzzell; Timothy J. Atherton; Ramón Barthelemy – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection in Investigating and Improving Quantum Education through Research.] The modern physics course is a crucial gateway for physics majors as it provides an introduction to concepts beyond the scope of the K-12 education. This study collected 167 modern physics syllabi from 127 U.S. research-intensive…
Descriptors: Physics, Course Content, Science Instruction, Required Courses
Jeff Witmer – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2024
The introductory statistics course has gotten better over the years, but there are many content areas in STAT 101 that should be reconsidered.
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Statistics, Introductory Courses, Course Content
Lydia Horne; Amanda Manzanares; Nicholas Babin; Emily A. Royse; Lee Arakawa; Eunice Blavascunas; Lisa Doner; Daniel Druckenbrod; Ennea Fairchild; Meghann Jarchow; Barry R. Muchnick; Prajjwal Panday; Denielle Perry; Rebecca Thomas; Anne Toomey; Brian H. Tucker; Camille Washington-Ottombre; Shirley Vincent; Steven W. Anderson; Chelsie Romulo – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
Interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability (IES) programs are different from other fields because they focus on a complex integration of humanities, social, and natural sciences concepts centered on the interactions of coupled human and natural systems. The interdisciplinary nature of IES programs does not lend itself to traditional…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Higher Education
Ryan D. Shaw; Stuart Chapman Hill – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2025
In this article, we analyze a course type common to music education degree plans: the "introduction to music education" (IME) course. Known as "intro to music ed" or by a variety of other names related to "foundations" and foundational thinking, this course type is ubiquitous. However, the aims, content, and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Introductory Courses, Course Content, Music Teachers
Sarah F. Small – Journal of Economic Education, 2024
The author of this article describes an exercise for introductory economics courses in which students are exposed to the breadth of economic study using JEL codes. JEL codes have historically been used to classify economic subject matter and ultimately document the ever-evolving scope of economics. This discussion assignment provides an…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Introductory Courses, Learning Activities, Assignments
James W. Paxton; Sandy Bardsley – History Teacher, 2024
Experimental archaeology is a vibrant and fascinating field that offers great opportunities for hands-on student learning in history. Although it is typically taught by archaeologists and anthropologists, it is certainly accessible and easily adapted to history courses. In addition to teaching "Introduction to Experimental Archaeology"…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, History Instruction, Archaeology, Experimental Curriculum
Michael Kaplowitz; Yuqing Liu; Matt Raven; Crystal Eustice – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the impact on diverse students' social equity outcome measures that result from incorporating social justice education and inclusive practices into an introductory course on sustainability offered online asynchronously, online synchronously and in-person. Design/methodology/approach: From fall 2020 to fall 2021,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Curriculum Enrichment, Inclusion, Introductory Courses
Taback, Nathan; Gibbs, Alison L. – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2023
Can a "nudge" toward engaging, fun, and useful material improve student attitudes toward statistics? We report on the results of a randomized study to assess the effect of a "nudge" delivered via a weekly E-mail digest on the attitudes of students enrolled in a large introductory statistics course taught in both flipped and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Statistics Education, Electronic Mail, Introductory Courses
Radmehr, Farzad; Nedaei, Mahboubeh; Drake, Michael – PRIMUS, 2022
Mathematics education faculty working in mathematics departments are commonly involved in teaching undergraduate mathematics courses, teaching and supervising postgraduate students of mathematics education, and developing mathematics teachers (pre-service and/or in-service). This paper proposes a new elective course that can be taken by either…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Majors (Students), Elective Courses, Course Selection (Students)
Download full textKleb Dale G. Bayaras – Online Submission, 2023
In course design, topic outline organization encompasses the structuring and sequencing of topics to be delivered in a learning environment. Recent studies in topic outline optimization revolve around massive open online courses (MOOCs) due to their abundance but not much has been studied on the traditional courses. This study investigates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Introductory Courses, Programming
Amy VanScoy; Heidi Julien; Alison Harding – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2024
This article reports on the third phase of a project studying the integration of information behavior theories and concepts into professional education for reference and information service (RIS). It also provides a synthesis of the results of all studies in the project, including a syllabus study, an interview study, and the survey. Results of…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Information Services, Library Science, Library Education
Mallory Avery; Jane Caldwell; Christian D. Schunn; Katherine Wolfe – Journal of Economic Education, 2024
The presentation of economics in introductory courses has been highlighted as potentially exacerbating the underrepresentation of women in economics. The authors study the impact of a gender-neutral change in content and instruction in introductory economics courses intended to increase student engagement. By implementing meaningful applied…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Course Content, Females, Educational Experience
Barger, J. Bradley; Resuehr, David; Edwards, Danielle N. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2023
Incorporation of radiology training into anatomy education from community college to health professional schools is becoming increasingly popular. However, anatomy educators generally lack training in common radiology modalities, including X-ray, CT, MRI, and ultrasound. Professional development or continuing education courses provide current and…
Descriptors: Radiology, Anatomy, Online Courses, Training
Gaiser, J. Christopher; Roberts, Michael F. – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2022
We describe a novel, university-level, introductory biology course that uses evolution as a narrative framework. Our course conveys the content in an introductory biology course by telling the story of the evolution of life on Earth. We begin with early Earth environments in which biological molecules and processes evolved and led to the first…
Descriptors: Biology, Evolution, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
