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Carolyn M. Shaw is Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Wichita State University. Her publications include Cooperation, Conflict and Consensus in the Organization of American States (2004), and articles in the Journal of Human Rights , the Review of International Studies , Latin American Politics and Society , International Studies Perspectives , the Journal of Political Science Education , and the Journal of Conflict Studies . She has served as the president of the Active Learning in International Affairs section (ISA) and is a member of the Political Science Education section (APSA).
! Kay Gibson has taught at Wichita State University since 1998 in the areas of curriculum, instruction, and gifted education. Prior to that, she taught at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia for nine years. Kay completed her PhD in Curriculum Studies at the University of New England in Australia. Her research interests include the design of curriculum and instruction related to the development of global citizens in K-20 classrooms, and assessing higher-order thinking and creativity in active-learning curricula. She has published articles in international and national journals, chapters in edited books, and presented at numerous international, national, and state conferences about her research interests.
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Gibson, Kay and Carolyn M. Shaw. "Assessment of Active Learning." The International Studies Encyclopedia . Denemark, Robert A. Blackwell Publishing, 2010. Blackwell Reference Online. 04 January 2012