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Smith, Andrew H. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
An emerging body of literature seeks to design, implement, and analyze best practices in service-learning at undergraduate universities. What scholars have not examined as well as service-learning as applied to students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI's). Given that students at such universities are in unique learning environments, there is…
Descriptors: Political Science, Service Learning, Minority Serving Institutions, Hispanic American Students
Cizmar, Anne M.; Holt, Benjamin Tyler – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
Reading is critical to success in college. Faculty members often decry students who come to class without reading, and unprepared for the lessons of the day. Yet, relatively little empirical research assesses how to best stimulate collegiate reading and what types of reading assessments provide the best student learning outcomes. This paper…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Randomized Controlled Trials, Critical Reading, Assignments
Martin, Beth; Redmond, Melissa; Woodside, Liz – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
The benefits of experiential learning are well-documented, but large course enrollment can be seen as a barrier to providing meaningful experiential learning experiences. Political science literature on experiential learning in large undergraduate classes has prioritized simulations of political processes over direct student engagement in actual…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Large Group Instruction, Class Size, Experiential Learning
Cattapan, Alana – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
In the Winter of 2020, my introductory Canadian politics class started to develop its own online, collaboratively-built, open-access, introductory "textbook" on Canadian politics. Drawing on the principles of critical pedagogy, the assignment engages students in group work to generate plain-language primers that can connect with an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Introductory Courses, Political Science, Textbook Preparation
Burt, Lindsay; Klotz, Audie – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) who run independent sections for larger lecture courses typically receive insufficient feedback. Course evaluations, already flawed by numerous biases, offer an amalgam of student reactions to lecture and section, even when comments specifically laud or criticize section instructors. Course designs also vary…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, International Relations, Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants
McQueen, Shannon – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
Should educators teach diversity courses in online formats? Courses covering sexism, racism, ethnocentrism, or homophobia are increasingly part of the curriculum requirements for college students. This study compares student surveys from six sections of the author's introductory Diversity in Politics course; three of these sections are taught…
Descriptors: Online Courses, In Person Learning, Diversity, College Instruction
Spitzer, Scott J.; Weber, Lori M. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
The Town Hall Meeting (THM) program at California State University, Fullerton has been annually incorporated into several Introduction to American Politics course sections since 2011, to improve academic performance and promote civic engagement among enrolled students. This article provides a detailed analysis of results from a 2017…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Political Science, Citizen Participation, Academic Achievement
Silva, Ana Paula Maielo; Barbosa, Gabriela Gonçalves; Alves, Elia Elisa Cia; Carvalho Pacheco, Cristina – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
This article presents the "modus operandi" of a game, the so-called Game of Shapes, which can be used as an active learning tool to teach Constructivism to introductory International Relations courses. While sharing our own experience of the development and application of the game in a laboratory with International Relations students,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Constructivism (Learning), Active Learning, International Relations
Mitchell, Nathan K.; Moore, Quincy C.; Monroe, Billy W. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
Over the course of 3 years, the Political Science and Biology Programs at a regional HBCU have built a curricular learning community centered on a mock trial competition, where a microbiology course was paired with an introductory legal studies course. Over the course of a semester, students enrolled in both courses studied a real appellate case…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Teaching Methods, Black Colleges, Competition
Jansa, Joshua M.; Ringsmuth, Eve M. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
Introduction to American Government is a foundational general education course meant to promote understanding of democracy and students' ability to participate in it. But, there is substantial variation in how the course is structured: it can enroll anywhere from a dozen students to hundreds; it can be delivered online, face-to-face, or in hybrid…
Descriptors: Political Science, Self Efficacy, Knowledge Level, United States Government (Course)
McBeth, Mark K. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
Critics like to call students in Generation Z (those born in 1995 onward) "coddled" and resistant to ideas that they disagree with. A series of high profile protests at universities have led to the impression that Generation Z is political intolerant of those who they disagree with. At the same time, Generation Z is a more diverse, more…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Political Attitudes, Age Groups, College Students
Mallinson, Daniel J.; Cruz, Laura – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
Scholars and commentators are increasingly concerned about the erosion of democratic norms in the United States. Political science education stands at the forefront of higher education's mission to create an educated citizenry, and civic education is linked to outcomes like civic engagement and trust in government. Much of the research on civic…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, United States Government (Course), Vignettes, Democracy
Humphreys, Carrie; Rasool, Adnan – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
The theories of international relations (IR) are often difficult topics for students to understand: What are these and how are they useful? This is especially true among students who have likely never taken a political science class, are not political science majors, and are attending a rural regional university with limited exposure to the world.…
Descriptors: International Relations, Political Science, Instructional Innovation, Music
Brown, Christopher L.; Grussendorf, Jeannie; Shea, Michael D.; DeMas, Clark J. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
Adaptive learning (AL) courseware holds promise for helping break down challenges students face in college. In 2016-2017 we developed an AL Political Science course, Global Issues, implemented it across 51 classes and more than 5,200 students over the next two academic years, and initiated a study to assess student perceptions and performance. In…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Political Science, Introductory Courses, Courseware
Lovell, Darrell; Khatri, Cassandra – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Simulation methodology has moved toward using different types of real-world scenario-based learning constructs to improve applied understanding of political science concepts and theories. This type of active learning has become popular in the upper divisions of undergraduate and graduate political science. This reflection addresses the variance in…
Descriptors: Political Science, Community Colleges, Introductory Courses, Simulation