EAN: 9781119705406

ENGAGING IDEAS - JOHN C BEAN DAN MELZER KARTONI...

Use your course's big ideas to accelerate students' growth as writers and critical thinkers The
newly revised third edition of Engaging Ideas delivers a step-by-step guide for designing
writing assignments and critical thinking activities that engage students with important
subject-matter questions. This new edition of the celebrated book (now written by the co-author
team of Bean and Melzer) uses leading and current research and theory to help you link active
learning pedagogy to your courses' subject matter. You'll learn how to: * Design formal and
informal writing assignments that guide students toward thinking like experts in your
discipline * Use time-saving strategies for coaching the writing process and handling the paper
load including alternatives to traditional grading such as portfolio assessment and contract
grading * Help students use self-assessment and peer response to improve their work * Develop
better ways than the traditional research paper to teach undergraduate reading and research *
Integrate social media  multimodal genres  and digital technology into the classroom to promote
active learning This book demonstrates how writing can easily be integrated with other critical
thinking activities such as inquiry discussions  simulation games  classroom debates  and
interactive lectures. The reward of this book is watching students come to class better
prepared  more vested in the questions your course investigates  more apt to study purposefully
and more likely to submit high-quality work. Perfect for higher education faculty and
curriculum designers across all disciplines  Engaging Ideas will also earn a place in the
libraries of graduate students in higher education.

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