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Course-Based Research Assignments: Annotated Bibliography and Proposal to Support Thesis Research (Engl 598)
(2021-02-23)I used a traditional short essay to check student skills in “primary research” (reading and interpreting texts to develop and support an argument). I then developed two new assignments, included here, to meet the range of ... -
Course-Based Research Assignment: Cultural-Psychological Foundations of Mind (PSYC 545)
(2021-02-23)The purpose of the project is to provide students with experience in all aspects of the research cycle for investigations in Cultural Psychology. Students ranked their preferences for a menu of nine pre-designed projects ... -
Course-Based Research Assignment: COVID-19 and the American Family (SOC 308)
(2021-02-23)Knowing how we do our craft as sociologists is an important part of how students develop a sociological imagination and build research skills. Actively learning research by doing and receiving immediate feedback from both ... -
Course-Based Research Assignment: Material Characterization of Common Wood Materials Used for Small- to Medium-Sized UAV Construction (AE 510)
(2021-02-23)This assignment was created for AE 510: Aerospace Materials and Processes which is a senior-level capstone class, but this project could be adapted for a sophomore or junior level class in mechanics or materials. Students ... -
Course-Based Research Assignment: Decoding Political Claims About the Environment (EVRN/GEOG 371)
(2021-02-23)These final project instructions describe the sequential steps that the class followed and identify the objective of each step and what, exactly, is due to complete each step. Providing the full set of instructions for the ... -
Course-Based Research Assignment: Human Variation Infographic (ANTH 340)
(2020-02-17)This assignment was developed for ANTH 340: Human Variation and Evolution, but can be adapted to other subject areas where communicating complex material to the public is a learning goal. The first document are the guidelines ... -
Course-Based Research Assignment: Using Scholarly Political Communication Research (COMS 335)
(2020-02-17)In upper-division courses, I typically assign peer-reviewed academic journal articles rather than textbooks. Some students, however, have not encountered much writing like this before taking my class. Further, I assign an ... -
Course-Based Research Assignment: Research with Kansas City School for the Blind (ARCH 508)
(2020-02-17)In this architecture design studio, students were required to create questions to ask the Kansas City School for the Blind to understand their needs for a new educational facilities design. The research had an immediate ... -
Course-Based Research Assignment: Age of Clusters (ASTR 591)
(2020-02-17)Students use observations from Gaia and python jupyter notebooks to measure the ages of open and globular clusters. They select cluster members from a catalog (provided) using parallax and angular distance. They plot a ... -
Course-Based Research Assignment: Chapbook Assignment (ENGL 352)
(2020-02-17)In this assignment, students learned about chapbooks by visiting the Spencer Research Library and then wrote, designed, and constructed their own poetry chapbooks. Students presented their projects in a poetry reading and ... -
Course-Based Research Assignment: Diversity Analysis of the Student Newspaper (JOUR 534)
(2020-02-17)The Diversity in Media class partnered with the University Daily Kansan during the fall 2019 semester to create a comprehensive research report regarding diversity in the campus newspaper. The ultimate goal was to create ...