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"How Different Can We Be?": Using "Tuesdays with Morrie" and Intergenerational Interactions to Promote Positive Views of Older Adults among College Students

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Atkins, Melissa S. – Educational Gerontology, 2018

This article reports the results of an Adult Development course assignment. This assignment required that undergraduate students interact with an older adult on two occasions, provide written reflection on these interactions, and read and review the book, "Tuesdays with Morrie". The goals of this assignment were for students to…

Descriptors: Older Adults, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Interaction

Students' Perceptions of Reading Through Peer Questioning in Cooperative Learning

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Tanaka, Makiko; Sanchez, Edward – TESL-EJ, 2016

This study investigated perceptions of a class of 20 first-year Japanese college students on peer questioning in cooperative reading activities. After the instructor gave an hour of interactive explanations of the reading, in which students were encouraged to interact actively with the instructor in interpreting the reading material, students were…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Peer Relationship, Cooperative Learning