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Knowing Where You're Going: Planning for Meaningful Course Closure
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Burgess-Van Aken, Barbara – College Teaching, 2017
A literature review on approaches to a final course session reveals a dearth of attention to the issue. Options for last-day activities fall into three categories: professor-centered, activity-focused, and student-driven. Using the criterion that meaningful course closure calls for last-day activities that engage students in reflection not only…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Lesson Plans, Learning Activities, Behavioral Objectives