ERIC Number: EJ1135169
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jul
Pages: 16
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ISSN: EISSN-1931-4744
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Evaluation of a Classroom Exercise on Social Distance and Discrimination
Maurer, Trent W.
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v7 n2 Article 18 Jul 2013
This project evaluated a class activity on social distance and discrimination using the Bogardus Social Distance Scale. Students [N = 266] in six sections of a family development course received either lecture or lecture plus the activity and completed two pretest and posttest measures. Results revealed greater positive shifts on the Scale for students who received the activity, but equivalent changes in attitudes toward the target group as students in the lecture only group. Students in the activity group rated the activity plus lecture as highly as students in the lecture only group rated the lecture. Discussion focused on future directions for development, expansion, and adaptation of this activity to other classes and contexts.
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Evaluation, Social Distance, Social Discrimination, Lecture Method, Pretests Posttests, Intermode Differences, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Attitude Change, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Consumer Science, Student Surveys, Likert Scales, Multivariate Analysis
Centers for Teaching & Technology at Georgia Southern University. IJ-SoTL, Georgia Southern University, Henderson Library 1301, Statesboro, GA 30460. e-mail: sotlij@georgiasouthern.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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