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Gray, Jennifer B. – College Teaching, 2022
Literature reviews are often used as part of teaching undergraduates about secondary research. The assignment, however, presents challenges for inexperienced researchers and writers and can be difficult for instructors to read and grade. This "quick fix" piece offers an alternative assignment to begin students in gaining secondary…
Descriptors: Research Skills, Research, Assignments, Scoring Rubrics
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Eric Tsui; Nikolina Dragicevic; Irene Fan; Meina Cheng – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
The paper introduces an approach that facilitates whole-class curriculum co-creation and presents a case study conducted in a higher education institution in Hong Kong where it was implemented. The approach enables students to actively contribute to constructing a curriculum in partnership with teachers and practitioners, using scenario…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Higher Education, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
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Weiser, Hannah R. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2023
For a business law class at any level or format, a field trip to a court is critical to bridge the gap between theory and practice. This article encourages legal studies instructors to utilize field trips to a court as an experiential learning opportunity for business law and legal studies courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels for…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Law Related Education, Courts, Business Administration Education
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Leonard, Michael S. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
A bridge course intended to ease the transition from Organic Chemistry I to II was designed for a January term that spans 2 weeks and features sharply focused topics courses. In the first week, key topics from Organic Chemistry I are revisited to ensure that students have a firm foundation on which to build. During the second week, a selection of…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study
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Metzger, Kelsey J.; Smith, Brittany A.; Brown, Ethan; Soneral, Paula A. G. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2018
This study describes the development and implementation of an iterative diagnostic and intervention routine designed to elicit and quantitatively describe aspects of student metacognition, affect, and study habits in a first-year undergraduate biology course. The Student Metacognition, Affect, and Study Habits (SMASH) inventory is a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Metacognition
Beins, Bernard C. – 1992
The two-part activity outlined in this paper reveals to undergraduate students that assumptions made in theory building remain unquestioned until one steps outside the initial realm of expectations, and that theories adopted have a demonstrable impact on behaviors. Part I defines a theory, describes the roles of assumptions and knowledge in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Expectation, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
Lipson, Alberta; McGavern, Norma – 1993
This report describes what has been learned from three surveys about undergraduate academic dishonesty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The surveys involved 891 undergraduates, approximately 490 faculty, and 481 graduate teaching assistants. Cheating was examined as a literal reality rather than as an abstract concept.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cheating, College Students, Discipline Problems
Heher, Rosemary Pataky – 1988
In an attempt to explore the prevalence, intensity and effects of mathematics anxiety at Salisbury State College (Maryland) approximately 350 student volunteers from two diverse introductory mathematics courses participated in this survey. The Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Anxiety and Confidence Scales and a portion of the Test Anxiety Profile were…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Mathematics, College Students, Cultural Influences
Kupin, Jane L.; Whittington, Beverly R. – 1988
To gather information for its response to the issue whether to allow the use of hand-held calculators on standardized mathematics tests, the staff at Educational Testing Service (ETS), under the sponsorship of the College Board, developed a questionnaire to poll teachers of college-level mathematics about calculator and microcomputer use in…
Descriptors: Calculators, College Entrance Examinations, College Mathematics, Computer Uses in Education
Reittinger, Donna Lis; Crowley-Long, Kathleen – 1992
A study was conducted at the College of Saint Rose, in Albany, New York, to evaluate the effectiveness of a student workbook that accompanies the 5th edition of the textbook "Introduction to Psychology: Exploration and Application," by Dennis Coon. The study examined the academic performance and attitudes of 106 undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Northeast Missouri State Univ., Kirksville. – 1991
This study examined whether students at the Northeast Missouri State University felt the present Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Study requirements allowed enough freedom in choosing classes, and how students would respond to more free electives. Responses of 508 students were obtained to a questionnaire addressing the following areas: (1) how…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Course Selection (Students), Educational Change, Elective Courses
Parks, Julia Etta – 1987
Documenting the history of the Reading Program offered by the Department of Education at Washburn University, Kansas from its inception in 1937 to 1987, this document contains information related to the undergraduate reading requirements for the completion of the Elementary and Secondary Education Degrees and the graduate requirements for the…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements, Educational History
Miller, Ronald L.; Olds, Barbara M. – 1992
This project was designed to develop a curricular and pedagogical model for teaching multidisciplinary engineering design to senior-level undergraduate students at the Colorado School of Mines. The two-semester course sequence involved students from seven engineering disciplines working in multidisciplinary teams under the direction of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Engineering Education
Peterson, Marvin W.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Einarson, Marne K.; Vaughan, Derek S. – 1999
This monograph, part of a series on student assessment, reports on the results of a national survey that examined institutional support for undergraduate student assessment. It provides a national profile of student assessment initiatives at baccalaureate institutions and compares it to assessment practices and support patterns found in all types…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Administrator Role, Bachelors Degrees, College Role
Saks, Norma Susswein, Ed.; Killeya, Ley A., Ed.; Rushton, Joan, Ed. – 2000
This study skills curriculum is part of a "pipeline" program designed to recruit, matriculate, and graduate educationally disadvantaged students at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ-RWJMS). It is an integral part of the Biomedical Careers Program (BCP) and the Science…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Counseling, College Bound Students