Using structured reading groups to facilitate deep learning

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-370

  Parrott, Heather Macpherson ^a   Cherry, Elizabeth ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

active learning; classroom participation; reading; scholarship of teaching and learning; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053486124     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X11418687     Document Type: Article

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