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Date of this Version
2010
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Editorial Policy . . . . . . . . . . 5
Submission Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dedication to Donzell Lee . . . . . . . . . . 7
Editor’s Introduction (Ada Long) . . . . . . . . . . 9
Research Matters
Conducting Research in Honors (Emily C. Walshe) . . . . . . . . . . 17
Is Originality an Appropriate Requirement for Undergraduate Publication? (Nathan Hilberg) . . . . . . . . . . 57
Individual Achievement in an Honors Research Community: Teaching Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (Kaitlin A. Briggs) . . . . . . . . . . 61
Student-Guided Thesis Support Groups (Jennifer Beard, Ryan D. Shelton, Amanda Stevens, George H. Swindell IV, and Raymond J. Green) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Curriculum Matters
More than a COIN Flip: Improving Honors Education with Real Time Simulations Based on Contemporary Events (Kurt Hackemer) . . . . . . . . . . 75
To Discuss or Not to Discuss: Integrating Pedagogies for Honors and Mathematics (William Griffiths, Nancy Reichert, and L.R. Ritter) . . . . . . . . . . 85
French à la carte: Maintaining a Language Program on a Shoestring (Sheilagh Margaret Riordan) . . . . . . . . . . 101
The Value of Extending the Honors Contract Beyond One Semester: A Case Study with Smithsonian Dinosaurs (Alyce DiLauro, Teron Meyers, and Laura Guertin) . . . . . . . . . . 109
Service Learning and Skunkworks in a Senior Honors Colloquium (Michael Cundall) . . . . . . . . . . 117
Beyond the Great Books: Increasing the Flexibility, Scope, and Appeal of an Honors Curriculum (Matthew C. Altman) . . . . . . . . . . 125
Programmatic Matters
Students Engaging Students in the Honors Experience (Sara Brady, Hesham Elnagar, and Shane Miller) . . . . . . . . . . 143
Ad Tracking, Brand Equity Research, and . . . Your Honors Program? (William A. Ashton, Barbara Ashton, Renny Eapen, and Erzulie Mars) . . . . . . . . . . 163
From the White House to Our House: The Story of an Honors College Vegetable Garden (Michael Lund and Geoffrey Orth) . . . . . . . . . . 177
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) . . . . . . . . . . 189
Fertile Ground: Reflections on Collaborative Student-Faculty Research in the Arts (Mimi Killinger and Aya Mares) . . . . . . . . . . 203
Looking Back Matters
Teamwork for NCHC (Lydia Lyons) . . . . . . . . . . 209
When It Comes Time Not to “Jump the Shark”: Stepping Down as Director (Nick Flynn) . . . . . . . . . . 215
Celebrating Twenty Years of Honors through Oral History: Making an Honors Program Video Documentary (Catherine Irwin) . . . . . . . . . . 221
Becoming Part of a Story (Ted L. Estess) . . . . . . . . . . 235
About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . 243
NCHC Publication Order Forms . . . . . . . . . . 254
Comments
Published in Honors in Practice, Volume 6. Copyright 2010 National Collegiate Honors Council