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Direct linkBraxton, John M.; Jones, Willis A.; Hirschy, Amy S.; Hartley, Harold V., III – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2008
Active learning, which entails any class activity that "involves students doing things and thinking about the things that they are doing," stands as an important pedagogical practice. Discussion, the types of questions faculty ask students in class, role playing, cooperative learning, debates, and the types of questions faculty ask on examinations…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Private Colleges, Role Playing, Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewedWillemsen, Eleanor W. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
The role of metacognition in fostering or inhibiting success in introductory quantitative college courses is examined. One teacher's efforts to build student confidence in an elementary statistics course for psychology are described, and student resistance to active learning methods is discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Active Learning, Classroom Techniques
Kinzie, Jillian; Gonyea, Robert; Shoup, Rick; Kuh, George D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2008
Significant progress has been made over the past four decades in enrolling more students from historically underrepresented groups in U.S. colleges and universities. While total enrollment increased by about 40% overall, minority student enrollment increased by 146%, with Hispanic undergraduate enrollment greatly outpacing other racial/ethnic…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Ethnic Groups, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
