In "Improve Student Learning the Old-Fashioned Way: Have Them Read the Textbook," Daniel Maher, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, describes a successful strategy for getting students better prepared for classroom discussions-text notes.
In "Writing is a Key to Learning," Doug Baker, Associate Professor of History at Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City, describes a research paper assignment that develops students' writing skills and offers them opportunities to discover history's fascinations for themselves.
Richard Degus
Executive Assistant to the President
11/12/2003 |