November 15, 2009
A Teaching Experiment Shows Students How to Grasp Big Concepts
Instructors at Indiana U. break student-stumping concepts into small, evidence-focused steps
Ben Weller for The Chronicle
David Pace is a director of Indiana U.'s History Learning Project, a course-redesign effort that is drawing attention from scholars in many disciplines.
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Ben Weller for The Chronicle
David Pace is a director of Indiana U.'s History Learning Project, a course-redesign effort that is drawing attention from scholars in many disciplines.
Bloomington, Ind.
Why were Nazi critiques of Weimar-era art persuasive to many Germans? What historical experiences predisposed some Germans to share the Nazi perspective on modernist culture?
All too often, undergraduate history students make a hash of essay questions like those. They fill their blue books with disconnected strings of names and dates. Or they sketch a plausible argument but leave out supporting evidence.
Several years ago, a small group of faculty members at
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