Upcoming Teaching Concepts with Concept
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All academic disciplines have core concepts that students must learn to advance in their understanding of the field. However, students often face challenges in learning and communicating those core concepts. This is particularly true in disciplines with formal research methods course requirements. In this article, I outline the use of the board game Concept to train students to review and communicate about core disciplinary concepts in research methods courses. The method can be adapted to multiple disciplines and non-methods courses and offers an active learning technique that motivates and engages students.
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