Honors in Practice, Volume 6 (complete issue)

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Date of this Version

2010

Document Type

Article

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© Copyright 2010 by the National Collegiate Honors Council.
International Standard Book Number 978-0-9825207-1-0
International Standard Serial Number 1559-0151

Abstract

CONTENTS

Editorial Policy

Submission Guidelines

Dedication to Donzell Lee

Editor’s Introduction • Ada Long

RESEARCH MATTERS

Conducting Research in Honors • Emily C Walshe

Is Originality an Appropriate Requirement for Undergraduate Publication? • Nathan Hilberg

Individual Achievement in an Honors Research Community: Teaching Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development • Kaitlin A Briggs

Student-Guided Thesis Support Groups • Jennifer Beard, Ryan D Shelton, Amanda Stevens, George H Swindell IV, and Raymond J Green

CURRICULUM MATTERS

More than a COIN Flip: Improving Honors Education with Real Time Simulations Based on Contemporary Events • Kurt Hackemer

To Discuss or Not to Discuss: Integrating Pedagogies for Honors and Mathematics • William Griffiths, Nancy Reichert, and LR Ritter

French à la carte: Maintaining a Language Program on a Shoestring • Sheilagh Margaret Riordan

The Value of Extending the Honors Contract Beyond One Semester: A Case Study with Smithsonian Dinosaurs • Alyce DiLauro, Teron Meyers, and Laura Guertin

Service Learning and Skunkworks in a Senior Honors Colloquium • Michael Cundall

Beyond the Great Books: Increasing the Flexibility, Scope, and Appeal of an Honors Curriculum • Matthew C Altman

PROGRAMMATIC MATTERS

Students Engaging Students in the Honors Experience • Sara Brady, Hesham Elnagar, and Shane Miller

Ad Tracking, Brand Equity Research, and Your Honors Program? • William A Ashton, Barbara Ashton, Renny Eapen, and Erzulie Mars

BIG IDEAS MATTER

From the White House to Our House: The Story of an Honors College Vegetable Garden • Michael Lund and Geoffrey Orth

Studies in Cyberspace: Honors, Professional Teacher Development,Curricular Development, and Systemic Change in Louisiana • Brian C Etheridge, Galen Turner, Heath Tims, and Christian A Duncan

Fertile Ground: Reflections on Collaborative Student-Faculty Research in the Arts • Mimi Killinger and Aya Mares

LOOKING BACK MATTERS

Teamwork for NCHC • Lydia Lyons

When It Comes Time Not to “Jump the Shark”: Stepping Down as Director • Nick Flynn

Celebrating Twenty Years of Honors through Oral History: Making an Honors Program Video Documentary • Catherine Irwin

Becoming Part of a Story • Ted L Estess

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