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Nell Trautner, Mary; Borland, Elizabeth – Teaching Sociology, 2013
The sociological imagination is a useful tool for teaching about plagiarism and academic integrity, and, in turn, academic integrity is a good case to help students learn about the sociological imagination. ?We present an exercise in which the class discusses reasons for and consequences of dishonest academic behavior and then examines a series of…
Descriptors: Sociology, Imagination, Ethical Instruction, Integrity
Messinger, Adam M. – Teaching Sociology, 2012
Content analysis is a valuable research tool for social scientists that unfortunately can prove challenging to teach to undergraduate students. Published classroom exercises designed to teach content analysis have thus far been predominantly envisioned as lengthy projects for upper-level courses. A brief and engaging exercise may be more…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Teaching Methods, Questionnaires, Pretests Posttests
Touzard, Giselle – Teaching Sociology, 2009
This article describes an in-class activity that helps undergraduate students to understand the effects of their socio-economic position on the formulation, pursuit, and achievement of goals. Social stratification and inequality have an initial impact on the formulation of goals. Through this exercise students will perceive the effects of having a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Goal Orientation, Barriers, Role Playing
Wills, Jeremiah B.; Atkinson, Maxine P. – Teaching Sociology, 2007
The American Institutes for Research (2006) recently reported that 20% of U.S. students graduating from four-year colleges and universities and 30% of those completing two-year degrees have quantitative literacy skills at only a basic level. Sociologists are currently working on a variety of approaches to incorporate quantitative literacy into…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Data Analysis, Research Skills, Sociology
Rohall, David E.; Moran, Catherine L.; Brown, Cliff; Caffrey, Elizabeth – Teaching Sociology, 2004
Teachers have incorporated active-learning techniques into the sociology classroom for many years, but the types of applications and evaluations are quite varied. In this paper, the authors quantitatively test a particular form of active learning that they call "living-data exercises," which instructors can use to introduce sociological research…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Sociology