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Yang, Min; Webster, Beverly; Prosser, Michael – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
This study explored qualitative variation in first year undergraduates' induction into the discipline in four dimensions: (1) induction into disciplinary knowledge; (2) induction into disciplinary research; (3) integration of learning from different courses; and (4) induction into disciplinary skills. Data were drawn from focus groups with…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Orientation, School Orientation, Intellectual Disciplines
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Hawes, Kathryn S. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1998
Describes how college-reading and study-skills instructors can use the Internet as an extension of classroom activities. Discusses teaching students to use the computer, to search the Internet, to read the sources critically, to communicate, and to write opinion papers. Notes two useful articles that deal with instructional applications of the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Internet, Reading Instruction
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Gareis, Karen C. – Teaching of Psychology, 1995
Describes a writing assignment where students summarize and critique an empirical research article cited in their textbook. Students relate the article to course materials and compare it with the textbook's presentation of the research. Participants praise the assignment's efficacy in teaching about psychology research and encouraging critical…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Content Analysis, Critical Thinking, Evaluative Thinking