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Rubric, Helen Ross

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

Rubric expansion which ties a significant course assignment with overall course objectives and provides greater clarity to students relative to teacher expectations and assessment.

Social Research (Soc 3070) Final Research Project, Jurgita Abromaviciute, Emily K. Carian

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This article describes a final research project for use in social research and/or sociology methods courses. The assessment is based in principles of project-based, cooperative, and process-oriented learning. The article includes a summary of the pedagogical frameworks that guide the assessment; a description of the assessment; instructions, rubrics, and materials for use in the classroom; and a plan for instructors to evaluate the effectiveness of the assessment.

Q2s Enhancing Pedagogy: Reflections On Teaching Soc3020 Introduction To Community-Based Research, Ethel Nicdao

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This article is a reflection on exploring pedagogical strategies to develop and design content for a new course, SOC3020 Introduction to Community-Based Research (CBR). Content includes interdisciplinary discussion on CBR, reflections on undergraduate research, and considerations for teaching CBR to undergraduate Sociology majors.

Acue Certificate In Effective College Instruction Reflections, Zachary A. Powell

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

Pursuant to the university’s mission to enhance pedagogy for the upcoming Q2S transition, I decided to enroll in the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) program to pursue a Certificate in Effective Teaching Practices. This program was offered through the Teaching Resource Center and entailed 25 online modules of 50-75 hours of online coursework. The program requires participants to implement lessons from the modules in the classroom, reflect upon the successes and challenges of implementation, and outline plans for future refinement.

Participation in the course focused on five content areas: Designing an Effective Course and Class, Establishing a Productive …

Public Perceptions Toward The Current Economy: A Report To The U.S. Congress, King-To Yeung

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This is an instruction of a writing assignment for a Sociology course on survey research. The assignment asks students to decipher survey results from a national poll. Findings are given to students, presented in tables and figures. Students will write a report on these findings for the U.S. Congress (an imagined audience).

Project Based Learning: Applying Pbl In A Social Theory Course, Karen Robinson

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This course outline provides a plan for implementing Project Based Learning in a Social Theory course for sociology majors. SOC 311 (SOC 3110) is a required course for sociology majors that introduces students to sociological theory. Most students do not like this course because sociological theory is perceived to be very dry, irrelevant to their lives, and difficult to apply. The typical final project for sociological theory courses involves a paper comparing theorists and applying to a social issue. Instead, I want to incorporate a semester long project that will result in a podcast or a short documentary in which …

Project Based Learning In A Sociology Qualitative Research Course: Campus Climate And Students' Strategies For Success, Paloma Villegas

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This course employs Project Based Learning Strategies to teach Qualitative Research Methods. The course project focuses on campus climate and students' strategies for success. Students in the course engage in two types of data collection and analysis (content analysis of university texts and interviews with CSUSB students). The course emphasizes the Buck Intitute for Education PBL gold standard, particularly critique and revision, reflection, student voice and choice, challenging problem or question, authenticity and sustained inquiry.