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Richlin, Laurie; Wentzell, Gregg W. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1998
Introduces the seven articles in this issue, noting that four focus on unusual methods for encouraging and assessing the learning of college student and three explore pedagogical methods for understanding and assisting students' learning. (DB)
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Abdalkhani, Javad; Menon, Ramakrishnan – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1998
Describes use of focused prompts with student journals in a college mathematics course at Ohio State University. Students were asked to complete two writing tasks weekly to describe what they had learned from specific topics, and work out one problem in detail, with explanatory notes describing errors and false starts. Students' attitude toward…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Metacognition
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Akister, Jane; Kim, Christine – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1998
Describes the use of poster presentations as an alternative to written assignments for assessing student learning in a family and marital therapy in social work class at Anglia Polytechnic University (England). Reports positive responses by both students and instructors. Includes two poster examples. (DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Allison, Ian – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1998
Reports on an evaluation of seminars run by three cohorts of final-year undergraduates at Nottingham-Trent University (England) using both qualitative and quantitative information. Evaluation showed that students who participated actively in the seminars averaged significantly higher final examination scores than those who participated passively…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Seniors, Course Evaluation, Foreign Countries
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Sandy, Leo R. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1998
Discusses the concept of permeability as knowledge flow into and out of the classroom and applies it to three college courses taught by the author at Plymouth State College (New Hampshire). Experiential knowledge comes into the classroom through interviews, guest speakers, and panel presentations, and flows out through service-learning students…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Epistemology, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
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Cooney, Margaret H.; Nelson, Jane V.; Williams, Karen Cachevki – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1998
Reports on a collaborative, qualitative evaluation of a teaching and learning strategy based on storytelling and acting in an early childhood education course at the University of Wyoming. Concludes that the storytelling and acting strategy elicits a high level of student engagement and that this strategy is most effective when used in combination…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Course Evaluation, Dramatics, Early Childhood Education
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Brown, Elinor L. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1998
Describes a social-cognitive instructional model to help teacher education students at the University of Akron (Ohio) develop multicultural values and teaching strategies. Identifies the model's four phases: (1) self-examination, (2) cross-cultural inquiry, (3) ethical reflection, and (4) multicultural classroom strategies. Seven appendices…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education
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Griffin, Bryan W.; Quinn, Gwendolyn P. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1998
Undergraduate students (n=53) in an introductory educational psychology course at the University of South Florida completed the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and were randomly assigned to cooperative learning groups. Comparison with final course grades indicated that student course satisfaction and grades were related to student needs for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Educational Psychology, Higher Education
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