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Samuel M. Clevenger; Jaime R. DeLuca – Sport Management Education Journal, 2024
Journaling assignments are generative practices for the sport management classroom because they can help students process course content through self-reflection and relate their acquired knowledge to their experiences and worldviews. This essay presents journaling as an example of contemplative pedagogy, an educational technique that supports the…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Athletics, Business Administration Education, Reflection
Qianqian Zhang-Wu; Alison Stephens; Neal Lerner – Composition Studies, 2023
Our research explores the meaningful writing experiences of 325 undergraduate students who self-identify as multilingual. Through qualitative coding of open-ended survey data, we found that respondents considered their writing meaningful when it allowed them to make personal and relevant connections and learn new skills and strategies. Our…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Multilingualism, Writing Instruction, Writing Assignments
Reynders, Gil; Lantz, Juliette; Ruder, Suzanne M.; Stanford, Courtney L.; Cole, Renée S. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2020
Background: Process skills such as critical thinking and information processing are commonly stated outcomes for STEM undergraduate degree programs, but instructors often do not explicitly assess these skills in their courses. Students are more likely to develop these crucial skills if there is constructive alignment between an instructor's…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Undergraduate Students
Wackerly, Jay Wm. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
An approach is described that gradually transitions second-year organic chemistry students to writing full "The Journal of Organic Chemistry" ("JOC") style lab reports. The primary goal was to introduce students to and build rhetorical skills in scientific and technical writing. This was accomplished by focusing on four main…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Organic Chemistry, Research Reports, Writing Skills
Lohmann, Sam; Diller, Karen R.; Phelps, Sue F. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2019
This case study discusses an assessment project in which a rubric was used to evaluate information literacy (IL) skills as reflected in undergraduate students' research papers. Subsequent analysis sought relationships between the students' IL skills and their contact with the library through various channels. The project proved far longer and more…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Information Literacy, Undergraduate Students, Research Papers (Students)
Kelly, Matthew A.; West, Robert L. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2017
The task of turning undergrads into academics requires teaching them to reason about the world in a more complex way. We present the Argument Complexity Scale, a tool for analysing the complexity of argumentation, based on the Integrative Complexity and Conceptual Complexity Scales from, respectively, political psychology and personality theory.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Persuasive Discourse, Difficulty Level
Wendt, Maria; Åse, Cecilia – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Essay-writing is generally viewed as the primary learning activity to foster independence and analytical thinking. In this article, we show that independent research projects do not necessarily lead to critical thinking. University-level education on conducting independent projects can, in several respects, counteract enhanced analytical skills.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Essays, Research Projects
Boutet, Isabelle; Vandette, Marie-Pier; Valiquette-Tessier, Sophie-Claire – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
There is ample theoretical justification for incorporating reflection exercises as a tool for preparing students for life beyond university, yet the utility of such exercises needs to be documented if resources are to be devoted to their implementation. This study describes the implementation and evaluates the effectiveness of a reflection…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Psychology, Reflection
Arshavskaya, Ekaterina – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2015
This article makes a case for using creative writing in a second language course. Creative writing increases students' enthusiasm for writing skills development and supports students' creativity, which is a fundamental aspect of education. In order to engage less motivated students, a series of creative writing assignments was implemented in a…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Motivation Techniques
Bernstein, Daniel; Greenhoot, Andrea Follmer – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2014
Helping students achieve advanced critical thinking and writing skills in large undergraduate classes is a challenge faced by many university faculty members. We addressed this challenge in a three-year project using team course design, built around a cognitive apprenticeship model, to enhance undergraduates' writing, critical thinking, and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Writing Instruction, Writing Improvement, Critical Thinking
Ullyot, Michael; O'Neill, Kate E. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
This article explores the degree to which student collaborations on research and writing assignments can effectively realize learning outcomes. The assignment, in this case, encouraged students to contribute discrete parts of a research project in order to develop their complementary abilities: researching, consulting, drafting, and revising. The…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Student Research, Research Projects, Writing Assignments
Lopes, António – Research-publishing.net, 2013
The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) at the Brigham Young University website has been used in the English as a Foreign language (EFL) classroom to help learners better understand how language works at different levels of analysis and also to develop their writing skills. However, it also allows learners to explore culture-related…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness
Kraft, Nicole; Seely, Natalee – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2015
Journalism students can no longer focus on being just writers or photographers or videographers. They must leave college with a multitude of media skills to have the greatest potential for career success. The development of the iPad and supporting apps has created a "one-stop shop" of journalistic tools that enable students to learn…
Descriptors: Journalism Education, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Use Studies
Zhang, Xihui – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2010
Java is an object-oriented programming language. From a software engineering perspective, object-oriented design and programming is used at the architectural design, and structured design and programming is used at the detailed design within methods. As such, structured programming skills are fundamental to more advanced object-oriented…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Programming Languages, Programming
Elmhorst, Jeanne – 1993
This paper describes the rationale and purpose of a library assignment (suitable for 100- and 200-level communication courses) designed to expose students to concepts about communication research. The assignment encourages students to explore the library, enhances their understanding of the research process and scholarly journals, helps them…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Research, Higher Education, Library Instruction