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Sloan, Thomas; Lewis, David – Journal of Education for Business, 2011
The authors report the results of a cross-class project involving sophomore-level students in an Operations Analysis (OA) class with junior-level students in an Operations Management (OM) class. The students formed virtual teams and developed a simulation model of a call center. The OM students provided the management expertise, while the OA…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Operations Research, Virtual Classrooms, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Clary, Renee M.; Wandersee, James H. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
Mixed methods research conducted across three semesters in introductory college geology classes (n=187, 190, 138) attempted to ascertain whether integrated study of petrified wood could serve as a portal to improved student geobiological understanding of fossilization, geologic time, and evolution. The Petrified Wood Survey[TM] was administered as…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Introductory Courses, College Students
Assani, Sydney P. – 1989
A study was made of how to integrate science instruction (specifically, science for Zimbabwe syllabus number 50006) and woodworking. In order to formulate its recommendations, the study sought to analyze course syllabi; collect data on teachers' years of teaching within and without their areas of specialization (woodworking and science); analyze…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Research, Developing Nations
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Post, Jerrold M. – 1994
This is the final report of a three-year project at George Washington University (District of Columbia) that was intended to develop an understanding of the knowledge and skills required of a political psychologist and to design a model interdisciplinary graduate curriculum in political psychology that could be exported to other universities. The…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Curriculum Design
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Avens, Cynthia; Zelley, Richard – 1992
QUANTA is a year-long interdisciplinary program at Daytona Beach Community College (Florida) that seeks to establish a learning community of students and teachers. Three courses (English, Pyschology, and Humanities) are integrated around a common theme each semester of the freshman year, and are taught using a collaborative teaching model. This…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, English Instruction
Olds, Barbara M.; Miller, Ronald L. – 1996
This document describes the development of a project called "Connections," at the Colorado School of Mines. "Connections" is an integrated series of active-learning courses and seminars that allow first-year engineering and science students to connect studies in engineering, physical science, social science, and humanities via…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Active Learning, College Freshmen, Communication Skills