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A National Survey of American Higher Education Capstone Practices in Sociology and Psychology
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Hauhart, Robert C.; Grahe, Jon E. – Teaching Sociology, 2012
Previous research on capstones in sociology and psychology has suggested that there is a typical capstone experience required by three quarters of all four-year colleges and universities in the United States. This article reports results from a national survey that confirm that sociology and psychology capstone courses conform generally to a…
Descriptors: Sociology, Psychology, National Surveys, Educational Practices
Responding to the Quantitative Literacy Gap among Students in Sociology Courses
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Wilder, Esther Isabelle – Teaching Sociology, 2009
The Integrating Data Analysis (IDA) approach to undergraduate education developed by the American Sociological Association (ASA) and the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) has been embedded in the undergraduate sociology curriculum at Lehman College, The City University of New York (CUNY), since 2003. This study draws on student and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Numeracy, Active Learning, Sociology
Beyond the Classroom: An Exploratory Study of Out-of-Class Learning in Sociology
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McKinney, Kathleen; Vacca, Karey; Medvedeva, Maria A.; Malak, Janice – Teaching Sociology, 2004
In this article, we report on a study about the experiences of graduating sociology majors with out-of-class learning opportunities (OOCLO). Research questions included the following: (1) What is the nature of participation in out-of-class learning for our sociology majors? (2) What barriers do students see to engaging in such experiences? (3)…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Sociology, Barriers, Correlation