Play Your Cards Right: A Narrative of First-Year Students' Reader-Responses.

Blackmore, Tim

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ERIC Number: EJ650975

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Play Your Cards Right: A Narrative of First-Year Students' Reader-Responses.

Blackmore, Tim

Journal of General Education, v51 n1 p43-66 2002

Suggests ways in which instructors can engage students in large classes. States that short weekly written student responses can ameliorate the problems of dealing with large classes. Explains that such responses help students gain power over the material and assists in developing competence. (Contains 19 references.) (NB)

Descriptors: Academic Education, Active Learning, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, College Students, Community Colleges, General Education, Learning Activities, Responses, Teaching Methods, Two Year Colleges

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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