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129 results for "Proposal"

129 results for "Proposal"

Junior Tutorial Workshopping

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For Rachel Meyer's junior tutorial on Social Class, students read each other's research proposals before class and then participated in an in-class workshop to discuss each proposal. Before the workshop, the students circulated their research proposals to...

Unobtrusive Experiments

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In Joshua Greene's course, "Social Psychology," students design and run their own original "unobtrusive experiments" as the final project for the class. Students read and conduct background research to get ideas, write a proposal and refine it with the...

Writing the Methods Section

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In her Expos section, Jerusha Achterberg teaches how to clearly describe the methods that will be used in a subsequent paper. This activity was motivated by the fact that students were having trouble writing the methods section in their final paper...

Action Memos for World Leaders

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In Chuck Freilich's Freshman Seminar, "Comparative National Security of Middle Eastern Countries," each student writes four action memos for world leaders in the Middle East on security topics. Here are the instructions from the syllabus. See below for...

Science and Cooking Final Project

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Pia Sörensen detailed out this month-long procedure for Science and Cooking students' final projects, which involve a report and a presentation on a food science related topic of a student groups' choice. Sörensen outlines the process like so: week 1...

Civil War Curiosity Cabinet

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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. As a class, the students...

Simulated Investment in Genome Editing Technology

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In this simulation activity, students decide which of two companies, each using a different CRISPR genome-editing technology, to invest in. They engage with research on CRISPR genome editing to understand how unintended consequences of one technology used...

Humanitarian Funding Simulation

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For one activity used in SW24: Global Health Challenges, students participate in a simulation of groups proposing grants to a funding agency to deal with a humanitarian crisis. Before the activity, students are expected to have completed the assigned...

Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Reduction Plan

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Students develop a greenhouse gas inventory and reduction plan for a business, non-profit, government entity, or other institution by working with the organization to understand their sources of emissions and find practical methods of reducing them. Goals...