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Teresa Thonney – College Teaching, 2024
This article describes the results of a survey of community college instructors who were asked about the writing they assign in non-English courses. The 171 respondents, representing 140 colleges, identified the kinds of writing they assign and the challenges that come with assigning writing. These challenges included finding time to grade…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Writing Instruction
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Trachman, Matthew; Bluestone, Cheryl – College Teaching, 2005
One of the most basic tasks in introductory social science classes is to get students to reexamine their common sense assumptions concerning human behavior. This article introduces a shared assignment developed for a learning community that paired an introductory sociology and psychology class. The assignment challenges students to rethink the…
Descriptors: Sociology, Psychology, College Instruction, College Students