Instructor’s Name

Thomas Ambrosio

Course No., Name, and Call#

PolS110, Introduction to Political Science, 13676

Semester Taught

Fall 2002

No. of Students

137

Type of Active Learning (AL): Cases/CL/ PBL/etc.

This is a large lecture class and did not actively use AL.

Frequency of AL: Used in how many percentage of your class.

10%

Brief Description of AL methods? How did you use them? Your reflection on how effective the methods were in enhancing student learning?

I had students fill in charts in class on a number of topics — e.g., comparing democratic political institutions in the U.S., France, U.K., and Germany.

Active student participation was necessary to fill in these charts. I think that it was effective since it forced students to conceive of differences and similarities across a number of cases.

Please rate

Considering the types of active learning methods (cooperative learning, problem-based learning, etc.) and how often they were used in your class, please rate the overall usage of AL method(s) in your current class as (please bold one): 1) Never, 2) Occasionally, 3) Often, and 4) Very often

If applicable, rate the overall usage of AL method(s) in your class taught in the previous semesters as (please bold one): 1) Never, 2) Occasionally, 3) Often, and 4) Very often

Class Score on the Survey of Student Engagement

2.17

Course URL (if any):

http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/ambrosio/intro_poli_sci/pols110.html

Other Comments

I did not intend to use AL in this lecture class.

Instructor’s Name

Thomas Ambrosio

Course No., Name, and Call#

PolS494, International Law, 13790

Semester Taught

Fall 2002

No. of Students

25

Type of Active Learning (AL): Cases/CL/ PBL/etc.

(Very Often) Cases, (Often) PBL, (rarely) CL.

Frequency of AL: Used in how many percentage of your class.

80%

Brief Description of AL methods? How did you use them? Your reflection on how effective the methods were in enhancing student learning?

This course relied very heavily on the case method — examining real-life international law cases, and attempting to deduce international rules and politics from them.

This is an effective way to teach law classes and actively prepares students for law school.

Please rate

Considering the types of active learning methods (cooperative learning, problem-based learning, etc.) and how often they were used in your class, please rate the overall usage of AL method(s) in your current class as (please bold one): 1) Never, 2) Occasionally, 3) Often, and 4) Very often

If applicable, rate the overall usage of AL method(s) in your class taught in the previous semesters as (please bold one): 1) Never, 2) Occasionally, 3) Often, and 4) Very often

Class Score on the Survey of Student Engagement

3.05

Course URL (if any):

http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/ambrosio/il/il.html

Other Comments

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