Day To Day Integrative Learning
Assignments listed here are designed to be completed in one class period or less or for a simple homework assignment.
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Assignment Title: Fast Track to A Degree
Course:Math Prep or Developmental Math course Author: Jennifer Polm, Mathematics Summary: This is a homework assignment that asks students to review the math requirements for their intended major, including any math prerequisites and then develop a semester by semester academic plan for their math sequence. Additionally, students reflect on the planning process and results. Course Outcomes: Integrative Learning Elements: Connections to Experience, Connections to Discipline, Transferable and Applicable, Reflective Other Elements: Writing in the Disciplines, Student Success and Completion
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Assignment Title: Exploring Gendered Heteronormativity through Breaching Experiments
Created for: Intro to Sociology Author: M. Bess Vincent, Sociology Summary: This short exercise invites students to explore the interconnectedness of gender and sexuality by violating gender norms and judging others’ reactions. Integrative Learning Elements: Connections to Experience, Reflective Other Elements: QuantitativeReasoning in the Disciplines |
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Assignment Title: Calculus Applications of Optimization Assignment
Created For: Applied Calculus Author: Jennifer Polm, Mathematics Summary: A short essay assignment in which student identy real world problems that would benefit from optimization techniques Possible Usage: Applied Calculus, Calculus I, or Multivariable Calculus Integrative Learningg Elements: AAC&U Integrative Learning Value Rubric: Connections to Experience, Connections to Discipline, Transfer Other Elements: Writing in the Disciplines
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Assignment Title: The Prisoner’s Dilemma
Created for: International Relations Author: Jennifer Haydel, Political Science Summary: This assignment uses a brief and accessible poem to help students understand and apply the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Integrative Learning Elements: Connection to Discipline, Transfer, Integrated Communication Other Elements:Writing in the Disciplines, Quantitative Reasoning in the Disciplines
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Assignment Title: Poetry, Mandela, and Leadership
Created for: Learning Community combining Comparative Politics with Introduction to Literature.
Authors: Joan Naake, English, and Jennifer Haydel, Political Science
Summary: This class session analyzes Maya Angelou’s poem “His Day Is Done” to help students apply literary techniques and terminology and engages students in a discussion about the nature of leadership.
Integrative Learning Elements: Connections to Discipline, Transfer, Integrated Communication
Other Elements: Learning Communities, Writing in the Disciplines
Assignment presented at the League for Innovation in Community Colleges Conference, 2015
Created for: Learning Community combining Comparative Politics with Introduction to Literature.
Authors: Joan Naake, English, and Jennifer Haydel, Political Science
Summary: This class session analyzes Maya Angelou’s poem “His Day Is Done” to help students apply literary techniques and terminology and engages students in a discussion about the nature of leadership.
Integrative Learning Elements: Connections to Discipline, Transfer, Integrated Communication
Other Elements: Learning Communities, Writing in the Disciplines
Assignment presented at the League for Innovation in Community Colleges Conference, 2015
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Assignment Title: Grammar, Interpretation, and the Virginia Traffic Code
Created For: American Government Author: Jennifer Haydel, Political Science Summary: This assignment asks students to identify a grammatical error in the Virginia Traffic Code. The resulting discussion introduces students to debates about statutory and constitutional interpretation. Integrative Learning Element: Connection to Experience, Connection to Discipline
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