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All portfolios with the keyword "analytical writing"

Title Author Discipline Keyword(s)
Finding Comfort in Uncertainty via Low-Stakes Close Reading Practices in Global Environmental Literature—Phillip Drake (2019) Drake English analytical writing, assignment design, critical reading, group work, student presentations, undergraduate students, writing, writing assignments
Promoting Critical Thinking and Analysis in an Undergraduate-Level Course — Maya Stiller (2017) Stiller Art History analytical writing, assignment design, critical thinking, undergraduate students
Getting Students to Write Like Historians in HIST 319 “History of Women and Diversity in the United States” — Kim Warren (2017) Warren History analytical writing, assignment design, research methods, research skills
Engaging the Whole Musical Self Through Expert Music Analysis Processes — Robin Attas, Elon University (2017) Attas Music Theory analytical writing, course design, critical thinking, live performance assessment, research skills
Transforming Social Media Curriculum: Data Hub for Evidence-based Teaching—Sean Gullickson (2019) Gullickson Spanish & Portuguese analytical writing, critical reading, critical thinking, poster, reading assignments
Active Learning Through Performance in a Music History Course—Colin Roust (2017) Roust Music analytical writing, hands-on learning, poster, student engagement
Improving Critical Analysis Skills in Introductory World Literature — Author F Kerrigan English analytical writing, critical reading, critical thinking
Incorporating Writing into an Engineering Course—Rémy Lequesne (2014) Lequesne Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering analytical writing, graduate students, scaffolding, writing, writing assignments
Increasing Student Engagement in a Survey Course on Communicative Disorders—Nancy Brady (2010) Brady Speech-Language-Hearing analytical writing, exams, films, reading assignments, rubrics, student surveys, undergraduate students

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