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Glazier, Rebecca A.; Bowman, Warigia M. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Students studying political science, public administration, public service, and related fields are increasingly expected to engage with local communities in their eventual careers. Providing curriculum-based opportunities for such engagement, however, can be challenging. Are the costs worth the benefits? In 2016, faculty from two universities in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, School Community Relationship, Cooperation
Young, Lance Brendan – Communication Teacher, 2017
Courses: Qualitative research methods, health communication, organizational communication, or any course that could incorporate advocacy or social change into the content area. Objectives: On completion of this assignment, students will (1) understand why and how action research is undertaken; (2) develop skill in perceiving and representing the…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Action Research, Assignments, Student Research
Sharen, Colleen; Feltham, Mark; Braecker, Michelle – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2017
This essay describes an undergraduate research project involving collaboration among two professors and a student. The result, a business case about the student's workplace, was ultimately presented at an academic conference and is now under consideration for publication. We describe the circumstances that led to the project, its outcomes, and our…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Assignments, Class Activities, Case Studies
Kamphorst, Jan Cornelis – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2018
Today, multidisciplinary cooperation is an important objective of higher vocational education in Europe as well as other countries. The aim of this study was to explore how, and to what extent, fourth year bachelor students from different domains cooperate in multidisciplinary teams at two research centers. Data for 71 students were collected with…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes
Mayo, Michael; Howell, William; De Masi, Sara – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2018
Educators have long sought how to prepare students to develop a global mind set and to work under conditions of complexity and uncertainty common in many world markets. The purpose of this study was to support educators in this cause by providing them with a "hands-on" exercise readily adaptable across the business curriculum to identify…
Descriptors: International Trade, Teaching Methods, Business Administration Education, Cultural Differences
LaCosse, Jennifer; Ainsworth, Sarah E.; Shepherd, Melissa A.; Ent, Michael; Klein, Kelly M.; Holland-Carter, Lauren A.; Moss, Justin H.; Licht, Mark; Licht, Barbara – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
The current investigation tested the effectiveness of an online student research project designed to supplement traditional methods (e.g., lectures, discussions, and assigned readings) of teaching research methods in a large-enrollment Introduction to Psychology course. Over the course of the semester, students completed seven assignments, each…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Research Methodology, Large Group Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Crist, Courtney A.; Duncan, Susan E.; Bianchi, Laurie M. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2017
A Wiki research project was created in the Functional Foods for Health (FST/HNFE 2544) as an instructional tool and assignment for improving undergraduate students' proficiency in evaluating appropriate information sources for rapidly evolving science and research. The project design targeted improving students' information literacy skills…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Food, Information Sources, Information Literacy
Deitering, Anne-Marie; Gronemyer, Kate – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
Undergraduate students are expected to find, evaluate, and use peer-reviewed or scholarly literature, but they rarely learn about the process of creating new knowledge or the roles the literature plays in the work of scholars. A desired outcome of undergraduate education is the understanding that knowledge is created, evolving, and contextual…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
Imler, Bonnie; Eichelberger, Michelle – College & Research Libraries, 2011
This study focuses on a quantitative assessment of undergraduate student use of SFX citation linking software. The study seeks to reveal whether or not students are using SFX, and, if so, how they are using it. Study participants were Penn State Altoona students, all of whom had received basic library instruction. Their research sessions were…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Citations (References), Courseware
Leibiger, Carol A. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2011
Googlitis, the overreliance on search engines for research and the resulting development of poor searching skills, is a recognized problem among today's students. Google is not an effective research tool because, in addition to encouraging keyword searching at the expense of more powerful subject searching, it only accesses the Surface Web and is…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Information Literacy, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Problem Based Learning
McDonough, Beth Allsopp – Online Submission, 2014
More than two decades of debate since the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the term information literacy have been marked by ongoing criticism of its associated definitions and standards. Some scholars and practitioners have argued for a critical information literacy, which applies the precepts of critical pedagogy to…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Educational Practices, Undergraduate Students, Critical Theory
Marfleet, B. Gregory; Dille, Brian J. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2005
The "Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education" generated by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL 2000) provides a plausible set of pedagogical goals to guide the construction and implementation of an undergraduate research methods course. We argue that the context of the undergraduate methods…
Descriptors: Assignments, Courses, Political Science, Research Methodology