Expanding Depth and Breadth

Capital Case Study

In this activity, Nicole Deterding used a case study in her Sociology of Education section to integrate and apply theories of different types of capital (human, social, and cultural) and to clarify student understanding.

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Case Study for the Regulation of Financial Institutions

Law students present a case study to their peers, simulating real-world cases young lawyers might face.

Chalk Talks

In Systems Biology 201, in an effort to prevent paper regurgitation, students were pre-assigned to present "chalk talks" of the reading at each session.

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Chinese Re-Education through Labor Simulation

In this three-stage simulation, the Chinese government considers the reform of its re-education through labor regime.

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Choose Your Own Fish

In Patterns & Processes in Fish Diversity (OEB 130), Professor George Lauder's students create entries for the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).

Civil War Curiosity Cabinet

In Megan Kate Nelson's course on the American Civil War, students complete a final class project and paper that involves primary document research and public history activities to present history through objects and documents.

Close Reading

In her classes, Professor Judith Ryan teaches students close reading by having them identify the important words in a text as a class.

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Clue Language Game

In this "murder mystery" activity, a beloved professor has been murdered in his mansion. The students have to take on the roles of different characters and, using Portuguese past verb tenses and relevant vocabulary, solve the mystery.

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Cognitive Mapping of Boston

Students collect cognitive maps of safe and dangerous parts of Boston via street interviews and write research papers on their original findings.

Conceptual Mapping for the Big Picture

In this activity, students work as a group to create one large conceptual map that includes many or all of the key concepts from the course using large Post-it notes and dry easer markers.

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Crime, Justice, and the American Legal System: Case Study Preparation

Throughout the term students prepared three case studies in order to engage with information on the American legal system.

syllabus.pdf

case study part a.pdf

case study part b.pdf

case study part c.pdf

Cumulative Fairy Tale Essays

Students experience what it is like to be an expert in a field by focusing their research and writing on a single fairy tale and its adaptations throughout the course of a semester.

syllabus.doc

essay 1.pdf

essay 2.pdf

Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science

This course teaches students the skill and process of solving problems in discrete mathematics through active participation in every class.

Discursive Violence Discussion

In this activity students will discuss, in groups, discursive violence by responding to a specific prompt situated in different, real-world scenarios where discursive violence is taking place.

Drawing Our Galaxy

In this activity, students will create an illustration of the Milky Way galaxy from multiple perspectives.

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Expanding Depth and Breadth

Capital Case Study

In this activity, Nicole Deterding used a case study in her Sociology of Education section to integrate and apply theories of different types of capital (human, social, and cultural) and to clarify student understanding.

Case Study for the Regulation of Financial Institutions

Law students present a case study to their peers, simulating real-world cases young lawyers might face.

Chalk Talks

In Systems Biology 201, in an effort to prevent paper regurgitation, students were pre-assigned to present "chalk talks" of the reading at each session.

Chinese Re-Education through Labor Simulation

In this three-stage simulation, the Chinese government considers the reform of its re-education through labor regime.

Choose Your Own Fish

In Patterns & Processes in Fish Diversity (OEB 130), Professor George Lauder's students create entries for the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).

Civil War Curiosity Cabinet

In Megan Kate Nelson's course on the American Civil War, students complete a final class project and paper that involves primary document research and public history activities to present history through objects and documents.

Close Reading

In her classes, Professor Judith Ryan teaches students close reading by having them identify the important words in a text as a class.

Clue Language Game

In this "murder mystery" activity, a beloved professor has been murdered in his mansion. The students have to take on the roles of different characters and, using Portuguese past verb tenses and relevant vocabulary, solve the mystery.

Cognitive Mapping of Boston

Students collect cognitive maps of safe and dangerous parts of Boston via street interviews and write research papers on their original findings.

Conceptual Mapping for the Big Picture

In this activity, students work as a group to create one large conceptual map that includes many or all of the key concepts from the course using large Post-it notes and dry easer markers.

Crime, Justice, and the American Legal System: Case Study Preparation

Throughout the term students prepared three case studies in order to engage with information on the American legal system.

Cumulative Fairy Tale Essays

Students experience what it is like to be an expert in a field by focusing their research and writing on a single fairy tale and its adaptations throughout the course of a semester.

Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science

This course teaches students the skill and process of solving problems in discrete mathematics through active participation in every class.

Discursive Violence Discussion

In this activity students will discuss, in groups, discursive violence by responding to a specific prompt situated in different, real-world scenarios where discursive violence is taking place.

Drawing Our Galaxy

In this activity, students will create an illustration of the Milky Way galaxy from multiple perspectives.

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