Teaching Sociology
1998 Volume 26, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 2
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Profits and Pitfalls: Thoughts on Using a Laptop Computer and Presentation Software To Teach Introductory Social Statistics
Janet Wilmoth & John Wybraniec
Provides an overview of the issues associated with using a laptop computer and presentation software during lectures. Illustrates from authors' experience, as well as end-of-semester grades and... More
pp. 166-78
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Using Computer Assignments To Promote Active Learning in the Undergraduate Social Problems Course
Theodore D. Fuller
Reports on an experience using a teaching technique designed to promote active learning in an undergraduate social-problems course through student analysis of real social data. Discusses course... More
pp. 215-21