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Minor, Jesse; McCourt, Matt – Geography Teacher, 2021
Field trips, field courses, and other forms of field-based pedagogy have a long and storied history in geography and are frequently described as essential components of geographic education at the college, secondary, and primary levels. A recent and expanding literature on best practices for field-based geographical education provides instructors…
Descriptors: Role, Assignments, Learner Engagement, Geography Instruction
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Murphy, Laurie; Eduljee, Nina B.; Croteau, Karen – Pedagogical Research, 2020
This study examined undergraduate college students' perceptions, general preferences, emotional responses, and comment themes with the transition to a virtual learning classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic from a college in the northeast United States. A total of 148 students (44 males, 104 females) completed an 18-item transition to virtual…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses, Distance Education
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Boyle, Margaret; Hall, Crystal – Hispania, 2016
This current study describes an object-based learning approach to teaching "Don Quixote" as part of the curriculum for Spanish majors at a small liberal arts college. In order to maximize students' engagement with the narrative and the material culture of the novel, students worked with rare books, collaborative translation using Google…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Spanish, Majors (Students), Second Language Learning
Walters, Kirk; Smith, Toni M.; Leinwand, Steve; Surr, Wendy; Stein, Abigail; Bailey, Paul – Nellie Mae Education Foundation, 2014
Today, far too many students see mathematics as a subject that must be endured, not a source of inspiration or a way of thinking that can enrich their understanding of the world. Advocates of student-centered instruction argue that good teachers have the ability to transform mathematics classrooms into lively, engaging learning environments in…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, High School Students