Making It Count: Using Real-World Projects for Course Assignments

Abstract

Previous scholarship has demonstrated the value of high-impact practices of community engagement, inquiry-based pedagogy, and collaborative learning for engagement and learning in sociology courses, especially undergraduate research methods and statistics. This article explores the changes made to an upper-division undergraduate course focused on applied...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Teaching and Learning in Sociology

Resource Type(s):

Assignment

Class Level(s):

Any Level

Class Size(s):

Medium

Usage Notes

The ASA journal Teaching Sociology (TS) and TRAILS: the Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology share a common mission to disseminate effective teaching strategies and promote scholarly teaching. This article citation is brought to you through a collaborative project in which Teaching Sociology resources are integrated into TRAILS to...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Increase literacy and ability in conducting applied sociological research.
2. Increasing confidence and engagement with methods and statistics.
3. Work effectively as a team.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Assessment of projects
2. Course evaluations
3. Survey