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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 reviewedPincus, Karen V. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
A new approach to introductory accounting at the University of Southern California teaches students to view issues from varied perspectives, broadens exposure to unstructured problems with more than one solution approach, and places accounting in real-world context. It has increased enrollment and persistence and attracted new students to the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Active Learning, College Instruction, Course Descriptions
