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Direct linkOslawski-Lopez, Jamie; Kordsmeier, Gregory – Teaching Sociology, 2021
We investigate student listening compliance, preference for audio versus print content, and exam performance when professionally produced podcasts are assigned as "readings" and provided in both audio and print formats. Listening/reading compliance for the assigned podcasts was high compared with figures reported in previous research.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Best Practices
Hatteberg, Sarah J.; Steffy, Kody – Teaching Sociology, 2013
A common source of frustration for college instructors is getting their students to read. Since the 1970s, studies have shown that no more than 30 percent of students complete a reading assignment on any given day. But what can be done? What strategies can instructors use to make certain that their students read? Do pop or announced quizzes work…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Compliance (Legal), Content Area Reading, Reading Assignments
Slusser, Suzanne R.; Erickson, Rebecca J. – Teaching Sociology, 2006
Research has documented that collaborative learning groups improve student learning and increase the likelihood that students will have positive attitudes about both the subject matter and their peers. However, researchers know much less about how collaborative learning groups may influence student behavior and the extent to which their utility…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Student Behavior, Testing, Cooperative Learning
Howard, Jay R. – Teaching Sociology, 2004
In the process of collecting assessment data in the author's introductory sociology course, he made a startling and disappointing discovery. For the most part, students simply were not bothering to read the basics version of the introductory survey textbook that he assigned. This discovery presented him with two related challenges. First, he had…
Descriptors: Sociology, Introductory Courses, Undergraduate Students, Data Collection
Livingston, Kathy – Teaching Sociology, 2004
In this paper, the author discusses an exercise she uses requiring students to view a popular film that portrays a particular mental disorder or a character with a mental disorder. Students analyze the film and write two papers, one about the sociological model of mental illness and a second about possible links between media images and the…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Mental Disorders, Films, Sociology
Hartman, Cheryl J. – Teaching Sociology, 2005
The author has been teaching Introduction to Sociology for several years, and each semester new students bring their own perspectives to the study of sociology, making the content fresh and new. In order to help students understand sociological concepts in more experiential ways and to give them a glimpse into a culture that may be different from…
Descriptors: African Culture, Sociology, Novels, Cultural Context
