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Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses.
Enrich your students and the institution with a high-impact practice Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses is a practical, research-backed guide to creating a course that is valuable for both the student and the school. The book covers the design, administration, and teaching of caps...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley,
2014.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; The Authors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Overview of the Capstone Course; The History of the Capstone Course in the College Curriculum; Sources of Modern Influence; Where Things Stand: The Capstone Course in the New Millennium; The Importance of Examining the Negative Case; Supporting the Disciplinary versus the Interdisciplinary Capstone; Conclusion; Chapter 2 The Role of the Capstone Course in the Curriculum; Capstone Curricular and Learning Objectives; Capstone Goals in Sociology: An Illustrative Case Study.
- Consensus Voices: Seeking Curricular Legitimacy through the Senior CapstoneMuddling Along: Forging a Path without a Rudder or Compass; Pulling It All Together in the Senior Capstone Experience; Process and Result: Lessons Learned from Sociology's Self-Examination; Contemporary Capstone Goals Viewed across the Liberal Arts Curriculum; Connecting Capstone Goals to the Rest of the Curriculum; Connecting Capstone Goals to Life after Graduation; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Characteristics of the Capstone Course; Multidisciplinary, Multi-Institutional Studies.
- Defining the Typical Contemporary Capstone CoursePercentage of Institutions Offering Capstone Experiences; Types of Capstone Experiences; The Prominence of the Major Project Capstone; Administering the Capstone Course; Course Credit; Class Size; Location and Method of Delivery; Classroom Activities; Completing the Major Paper; Characteristics of the Major Paper; Grading; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The Role and Design of Research Projects Leading to the Capstone Experience; Capstone Experiences and Undergraduate Research Opportunities.
- The Range of Undergraduate Research Opportunities in the CurriculumExtending Undergraduate Research across Disciplines; The Rationale for Undergraduate Research: High-Impact Practice; Types of Research Experiences and Differential Outcomes; Costs and Benefits of Undergraduate Research Projects; The Literature Review as Independent Project; The Meta-Analysis; The Research or Grant Proposal as a Major Project; Case Studies and Program Evaluations; Empirical Data-Gathering Theoretical Projects; The Performance-Artistic Project as a Research Experience.
- Incorporating Undergraduate Research in the CurriculumDepartmental Considerations; Faculty Instructor or Mentor Resource Allocation; Student Controlling Factors; Mapping Student Journeys onto the Generic Undergraduate Research Project; Undergraduate Research as Preparation for the Capstone Course; Communication about the Capstone Experience to Students; Guiding the Research Course Project and Sequence; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Research Project Impediments and Possibilities; A Crisis of Confidence in Empirical Research; Impediments to Successful Project Completion.