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Primary Literature in Undergraduate Science Courses: What Are the Outcomes?
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Sloane, Jeremy David – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2021
Primary literature--consisting of novel peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings--has been associated with several positive outcomes for students within undergraduate science courses. Primary literature is the principal method of written scientific communication and emphasizes the development of scientific knowledge. It also provides a…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Undergraduate Students, Science Instruction, Outcomes of Education
The Accounting Undergraduate Capstone: Promoting Synthesis, Reflection, Transition, and Competencies
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Johnson, Grace F.; Halabi, Abdel K. – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
The authors review 24 midwestern institutions that have an undergraduate capstone course. Specifically they focus on accounting capstone courses, discovering that these are used to promote personal and functional skill development in 8 areas: research, problem solving, critical thinking, reflection, synthesis, teamwork, communication, and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Skill Development, Undergraduate Study, Curriculum
Wikipedia Uses in Learning Design: A Literature Review
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Fessakis, Georgios; Zoumpatianou, Maria – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2012
This paper is a literature review report concerning educational uses of Wikipedia in the first 10 years of its existence. The aim of the work is the tracing and the presentation of published and validated educational applications of Wikipedia in a manner that could inform learning design by teachers or researchers. For the review, 24 scientific…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing, Literature Reviews
On Developing Independent Critical Thinking: What We Can Learn from Studies of the Research Process.
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Stotsky, Sandra – Written Communication, 1991
Examines studies of what students do as they select and narrow a topic, locate sources, sift through these sources, and develop a central research question or thesis statement. Notes limitations of a related body of research focusing on other kinds of academic writing. Raises conceptual and methodological issues for researchers to address in…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Literature Reviews, Research Methodology, Research Papers (Students)
The Research Paper and Postmodernist Pedagogy.
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McDonald, James C. – 1990
The freshman research paper is the most institutionalized writing assignment in the academy, with the possible exception of the dissertation, and the research paper in general (of which the dissertation may be a species) is the most institutionalized genre of student writing, at least in the humanities. First, the research paper is the most…
Descriptors: College English, Critical Thinking, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Preservice Teacher Education: Research on the Application of the Scientist-Practitioner Model in an Undergraduate Program.
Brent, Linda J. Buehner; Hodges, Rosemary – 1988
In this discussion of reform and improvement in teacher education, the feasibility of developing a scientist-practitioner model for teacher education programs is considered. This model advocates the development of research skills through a programmatic focus on research, with the application of these skills to practice. It is pointed out that the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills, Educational Change, Higher Education