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Direct linkGravett, Emily O. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2018
One of the most illuminating finds in Barbara E. Walvoord's "Teaching and Learning in College Introductory Religion Courses" (2008) is what she calls "the great divide," a mismatch between instructors' goals for their courses, which are academic, and the students' reasons for taking them, which relate to their personal…
Descriptors: Religion Studies, College Students, Introductory Courses, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedKnutson, Elizabeth M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Reviews research demonstrating that reading texts with a particular perspective facilitates comprehension and increases reader interest. Suggests approaches to the teaching of texts that provide learners with purpose, including student-generated text collections, communicative tasks with reading components and interest tasks. (31 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Objectives, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Eggers, Paul; And Others – Journal of Intensive English Studies, 1995
Discusses design issues raised during an in-house review of undergraduate English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) writing courses at the University of Nebraska. Issues covered include the purpose of teaching ESL in a university environment, the autonomy of instructors, focus of the writing curriculum, and the value of student effort versus student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Course Objectives, Curriculum Design
