Here students are specifically exposed to primary sources. They work through the research sources, critically review them, and then discuss them in class. Subsequently, a paper is written based on the student's research. Every student as well as the Professor reads every paper. The professor discusses the paper with the student, then with the class.
Assessment takes place through the discussion process at every stage.
Many students produce papers that are read at regional and national meetings, and two in the past few years have won national prizes. Assessment Results Discipline-Specific Knowledge Restructuring each of the foundation courses to four hours has increased student exposure to a more detailed reconstruction of the past and expanded their specific knowledge base. Medium-level students continue to be tied to the idea that history is simply a chronology. Poorer student still have not a clue. There is some evidence that student writing has improved both in the clarity of expression and in the grasp of historical analysis.