Planning Introductory College Courses

2002 ◽  
pp. 127-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan S. Stark
Keyword(s):  
College Courses ◽  
Introductory College

Improving Political Education in the Schools

1981 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
Mary A. Hopburn
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Political Education ◽  
The Political ◽  
College Courses ◽  
National Assessment ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Incoming Freshmen ◽  
Introductory College

National surveys of the political knowledge and attitudes of young Americans conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress document broad deficiencies in political education in the schools (NAEP, 1973; 1976). Political science professors who teach introductory college courses can attest to these shortcomings in the political knowledge and skills of many incoming freshmen. The main response of the political science profession has been to attempt to improve the quality of the content of civics, government, or citizenship courses by developing improved curriculum materials. Two major federally-supported, APSA-sponsored curriculum projects in the 1970s produced quality textbooks for high schools and instructional guides for middle schools (See APSA, DEA News Supplement, Spring 1974; and DEA News Supplement, Winter 1976).

Mathematics Textbooks for the Introductory College Courses

1944 ◽  
Vol 51 (1P1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
H. P. Evans
Keyword(s):  
College Courses ◽  
Mathematics Textbooks ◽  
Introductory College

Designing scalability in required in-class introductory college courses

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 103263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Piccoli ◽  
Marcin Łukasz Bartosiak ◽  
Biagio Palese ◽  
Joaquin Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
College Courses ◽  
Introductory College

Mathematics Textbooks for the Introductory College Courses

1944 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
H. P. Evans
Keyword(s):  
College Courses ◽  
Mathematics Textbooks ◽  
Introductory College

Effectiveness of Clicker Classroom Response Systems in Small College Courses

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Becker ◽  
Jeana L. Magyar-Moe ◽  
Christina A. Burek ◽  
Amber K. McDougal ◽  
Autumn N. McKeel
Keyword(s):  
College Courses ◽  
Classroom Response Systems ◽  
Small College ◽  
Response Systems ◽  
Classroom Response

The effects of learn units on student performance in two college courses.

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ara John Bahadourian ◽  
Kai Yung (Brian) Tam ◽  
R. Douglas Greer ◽  
Marilyn K. Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
College Courses ◽  
Learn Units

A comparison of factual teaching and conceptual teaching in introductory college astronomy

1966 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin B. Strope ◽  
A. L. Braswell
Keyword(s):  
College Astronomy ◽  
Conceptual Teaching ◽  
Introductory College

The Small Mammal Project: Engaging Students as Scientists

2017 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-206
Author(s):  
Erika V. Iyengar ◽  
Paul T. Meier ◽  
Rachel E. Hamelers
Keyword(s):  
College Courses ◽  
Scientific Process ◽  
Scientific Creativity ◽  
Scientific Investigations ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Multiple Species ◽  
Dissemination Of Results ◽  
Scientific Questions

This article describes a sustained, student-driven, inquiry-based set of activities meant to illuminate the scientific process from the initial scientific questions to oral dissemination of results. It is appropriate for science majors and nonmajors, advanced high school through upper-level college courses. Involving students in hands-on, self-driven investigations will allow them to see the challenges of quantitative scientific investigations, and the role of scientific creativity in experimental design and interpretation. This project allows a large group of students to engage in the type of research project often only available to students working one-on-one with instructors or in research labs. This activity requires skeletons of multiple species of small mammals, but there are many ways to alter the project to suit available resources. We expect that students involved in hands-on, self-directed scientific investigations early in their academic careers are less likely to view science as a mere accumulation of facts and more likely to be empowered to participate later in more sustained scientific investigations.

scholarly journals How Do We Measure Success in Introductory College Chemistry?

2017 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert J. Pienta
Keyword(s):  
College Chemistry ◽  
Introductory College
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