A study asked college faculty (n=253) to evaluate six recommendations for college instructional improvement drawn from the literature. Recommendations addressed student-teacher contact, systematic advisement, feedback on student performance, faculty knowledge of students, classroom egalitarianism and tolerance, and demonstrated concern for…

States that many students enroll in the introductory history survey course soley because of curricular requirements. Discusses assignments and content of the course, including topics and teaching strategies. Focuses on group activities that engage students and prompt them to participate. (CMK)

Presents the results of two studies that evaluated the academic skill exposure of individual students who completed the psychology major. Uses a skills-experience inventory: (1) a skills-experience comparison of seniors and freshmen psychology majors; and (2) a skills-experience comparison among academic areas. (CMK)

Presents a study that reviewed introductory psychology textbooks to examine the perception of extensive similarity. Focuses on six dimensions: (1) chapter topics, organization, and extent of topic coverage; (2) core concepts and key terms; (3) pedagogical aids and data graphs; (4) critical-thinking programs; (5) reference citations; and (6) level…

Discusses the guidelines for two class projects used in an undergraduate cognitive psychology class: (1) Museum of the Mind, where students created interactive museum-like displays; and (2) the Cognition Book, an edited book about cognition. Finds that students enjoyed the former activity but learned more from the latter. (CMK)

Examines the use of computerized quizzes in a life span human development class that included 29 sophomores and juniors. States that students who use the quizzes as a way to learn the materials, as opposed to using the strategy of prepare-gather feedback-restudy, would not be as successful. (CMK)

Presents a literature review that focuses on undergraduate discussion. Describes a teaching method in which undergraduate sociology students are assigned to create an open-ended question and write a one- to three-page answer every one- to two-weeks. Addresses the positive and negative aspects of the method. (CMK)

Examines the differences in the undergraduate student experience of direct and re-entry students focusing on undergraduate students (n=112). Used a questionnaire to gather data to investigate the impact of age, gender, past school experiences, and motivation for participating in higher education based on academic self-esteem, self-concept, and…

Presents a study that explored the relationship between music and nonmusic majors' real-time responses to a piece of twentieth century music. Explains that the undergraduate nonmusic majors and undergraduate and graduate music majors manipulated a Continuous Response Digital Interface dial. (CMK)

Describes a course designed to teach students qualitative methods and to engage them in collecting data and reflecting on the experiences of students at their college. Explains that during the semester course, students spent one month engaged in participant observation followed by one month conducting qualitative interviews. (DAJ)

The need to incorporate a foreign-language component in international business curricula is examined. The value of foreign language is analyzed from the perspectives of international business executives, managers, and other employees, national commissions on education, and academic administrators and faculty. It is concluded that language study…

Discusses the graduate route to professional qualification in library and information science in North America. Examines the 70-year shift from bachelor's to master's programs; existing undergraduate library science programs, the debate over undergraduate programs, and the establishment of new undergraduate programs in specialized areas like…

Presents the results of a study where researchers noted the correct answers on quizzes, returned the quizzes and allowed students to grade them, and noted discrepancies in the scores. Reveals that cheating is unrelated to gender, religion, or overall grade point average, but positively associated with poor performance in class. (MJP)

Highlights the need to make the undergraduate physics laboratory more exciting and commensurate with the time assigned for it in the curriculum. Suggests establishing a model undergraduate physics laboratory at one place then reproducing it in five places for a massive reorientation program for teachers. Contains brief outlines of 30 experiments…

Examines student psychological need satisfaction as a predictor of positive teacher-course evaluations. Presents results from two studies that examined different groups of students: (1) a sample of undergraduate students (n=268); and (2) a sample of introductory journalism students (n=179). Includes references. (CMK)