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Do Student Learning Styles Translate To Different "Testing Styles"?, Anika Leithner
Do Student Learning Styles Translate To Different "Testing Styles"?, Anika Leithner
Political Science
Professors seem to be more aware of different student learning styles than ever before and are utilizing various teaching techniques in order to appeal to different students in their classes. Unfortunately, presenting materials is only one side of the coin, while the other side—assessment—has not received the same amount of attention. After all, if teachers can agree that students have different methods for learning, does it not stand to reason that they have different methods of reproducing this knowledge as well? This article makes a case for more diverse assessment techniques within the same course, connecting our knowledge on individual …
How (And What) Political Theorists Teach: Results Of A National Survey, Matthew J. Moore
How (And What) Political Theorists Teach: Results Of A National Survey, Matthew J. Moore
Political Science
The article reports the results of a 2008 national survey of political theorists concerning what and how they teach. The results are based on 1,086 responses from professors at accredited, four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The responses include information about which thinkers are currently being taught, the status of non-Western political thought in political theory education, the relative degrees of implementation of various teaching methodologies, demographic information about the respondents, information about the kinds of texts theorists use to teach, and finally a ranking of undergraduate programs in terms of their strength in theory.