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Different Preferences in Learning between American and French Learners in a Multinational Corporate Setting
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Grossi, Roberta – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The way training is delivered in a corporate environment has a tremendous effect on its results. This study investigated the role of culture in the learning styles of adult French and American learners working in an international corporate setting. The assumption was that Americans prefer to learn from action-oriented methods and are more…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Preferences, Hypothesis Testing, Adult Learning
Assuming Identities, Enhancing Understanding: Applying Active Learning Principles to Research Projects
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Williams, Victoria C. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2006
This paper describes a pedagogical technique employed for an interdisciplinary course on Cold War America. Students had to "become" a fictional person and discuss how political and social changes during the Cold War era would have impacted that person. By doing a semester-long project that required primary source research, this…
Descriptors: United States History, Conflict, Active Learning, Primary Sources
Conflict Resolution and History: The War with Mexico as a Case Study.
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Gardner, Arlene L.; Chambers, John W. – Social Education, 2001
Discusses how to incorporate conflict resolution into history focusing on the Conflict Resolution in History project. Provides a case study depicting how to use conflict resolution by presenting a lesson plan exploring the 1846 War between the United States and Mexico. (CMK)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Educational Strategies