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Direct linkPalmer, Michael S.; Wheeler, Lindsay B.; Aneece, Itiya – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2016
Essentially, the syllabus is a physical artifact outlining key structural elements of a course. It often serves contractual, record keeping, and/or communication functions. It is the place where faculty describe what content they will cover, what books and articles their students will read, the assignments they will complete, dates when things are…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Course Content, Courses
Saville, Bryan K.; Zinn, Tracy E.; Brown, Allison R.; Marchuk, Kimberly A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2010
Although syllabi provide students with important course information, they can also affect perceptions of teaching effectiveness. To test this idea, we distributed 2 versions of a hypothetical course syllabus, a brief version and a detailed version, and asked students to rate the teacher of the course on qualities associated with master teaching.…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
Bush, H. Francis – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
Classroom management systems, such as Blackboard, provide both students and faculty software to enhance the education experiences, but at the same time require the faculty to learn the new procedures and to transfer all digital class material to the new platform. Surveys assessed the experiences and preferences of both faculty members and students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Classroom Techniques, Management Systems, Integrated Learning Systems
Download full textLee, James Melvin – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
Probably the chief advantage which a democracy has over other forms of government and society lies in the fact that it constitutes within itself a great school, stimulating its citizens to the acquisition of information about public affairs and training them in intelligent thinking on all subjects of public-interest. In this school the public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Journalism, Democracy, Journalism Education
Houston, Charles A.; Hoyer, Robert W. – 1975
This report correlates the college transfer mathematics courses in the Virginia community colleges with their counterparts at 13 state four-year colleges and universities. Data were collected by examining four-year college catalogues, correlating this information with course descriptions in the Virginia Community College Curriculum Guidelines…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Mathematics, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCrampton, Jeremy – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1998
Describes the rationale and structure of a distributed learning course on African regional geography at three Northern Virginia universities. Outlines the creation and holdings of a shared virtual library of course resources. Notes problems with integrating Web material into the curriculum, ensuring a high degree of interactivity, and site…
Descriptors: African Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Course Descriptions
