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Carter, Jackie; Brown, Mark; Simpson, Kathryn – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
In British social science degree programmes, methods courses have a bad press, and statistics courses in particular are not well-liked by most students. A nationally-coordinated, strategic investment in quantitative skills training, Q-Step, is an attempt to address the issues affecting the shortage of quantitatively trained humanities and social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Social Sciences, Social Science Research
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Richards, Adam S. – Communication Education, 2012
This case study of the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland demonstrates the need to consider course sequencing in the communication curriculum. The investigation assessed whether the order in which undergraduates took courses predicted grade performance. Students' (N = 6,166) grade data from earlier courses were used to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Introductory Courses, Curriculum Development, Social Sciences
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Johnson, R. E. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1990
Discusses the use of quantitative methods in historical research. Maintains that numbers are essential to understanding certain historical phenomena and contends that statistical sources must be approached with a critical stance. Describes the integration of quantitative methods into the history curriculum, and the establishment of an…
Descriptors: Course Content, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
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Matthews, Stephen A.; And Others – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1995
Presents seven brief papers reflecting workshops given at the 1994 Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Each workshop presented a teaching module concerning issues in medical geography. Methodological issues included interpretations of vital statistics and epidemiological diffusion. Theoretical issues included womens' health data…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Curriculum Development, Data Interpretation, Educational Change
Hojak, Joseph L. – 1975
Goal IX of the Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) deals with appreciating human accomplishments. The assessment instruments concentrate on attitudes that measure the degree of value students place on areas of human accomplishment and the willingness of students to explore environments where firsthand experiences are available. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Correlation, Cultural Enrichment