Enrich your students and the institution with a high-impact practice Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses is a practical, research-backed guide to creating a course that is valuable for both the student and the school.
Enrich your students and the institution with a high-impact practice Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses is a practical, research-backed guide to creating a course that is valuable for both the student and the school.
ROBERT C. HAUHART is a professor and former chair of the Department of Society and Social Justice for Saint Martin's University in Lacey, Washington. JON E. GRAHE is a professor of psychology at Pacific Lutheran University, western regional vice president of Psi Chi, and an executive editor of the Journal of Social Psychology.
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Preface: The Importance of Senior Capstones in Contemporary American Higher Education ix
The Authors xxi
Acknowledgments xxiii
1 Overview of the Capstone Course 1
2 The Role of the Capstone Course in the Curriculum 15
3 Characteristics of the Capstone Course 39
4 The Role and Design of Research Projects Leading to the Capstone Experience 61
5 Research Project Impediments and Possibilities 89