Eisenstein, James and Christopher Reenock. 1997. "Active Learning Across Disciplines: A Report on Integrating American Government, English Writing, and Library Studies Classes."

Conference Papers

Eisenstein, James and Christopher Reenock. 1997. "Active Learning Across Disciplines: A Report on Integrating American Government, English Writing, and Library Studies Classes." Paper prepared in connection with presentation of a Poster Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 28-31, 1997.

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This paper describes an effort to integrate the teaching of an introductory American
government class with a required introductory English composition class and a Library studies
class. The design and implementation of this integration effort sought to achieve several goals.
The first goal was to assist the Pennsylvania State University in running its Learning Edge
Academic Program. L.E.A.P. provides incoming freshman with a summer program designed to
facilitate their transition from high school by providing a variety of workshops and seminars (for example, teaching them how to use their computer accounts) and by offering a number of
integrated classes that emphasize active and collaborative learning. The same students, called a "Pride," enroll in two (or more) courses in different departments, live in the same dorm, and
receive assistance from upper-level undergraduate "mentors." We were responsible for
designing the coursework for the Political Inquiry Pride.

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