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case study

the study of a single instance of a phenomenon either for its own sake (e.g. a particular person or a strike), or as an exemplar or PARADIGM case of a general phenomenon, perhaps as a test of a general proposition (e.g. de TOCQUEVILLE's study of America, 1835-40).
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Virtually all law schools rely on the case method of instruction to teach and test legal analysis, which lawyers and academics refer to as thinking like a lawyer, say Bergman, Goodman, and Holm, but for decades, most law professors have left it to students to work out for themselves what legal analysis consists of and how the case method develops analytical ability.
Cracking the Case Method: Legal Analysis for Law School Success, 2nd Edition
In this pilot study, physicians received intensive training in the CASE method and motivational interviewing, and then they implemented these strategies with vaccine-hesitant parents encountered in practice.
Talking with vaccine-hesitant parents takes training and finesse
Although the role of case method is extensively documented, and this pedagogical tool has become ubiquitous in marketing discipline; there is a dearth of empirical studies that test the effectiveness of case methods.
The Role of Theoretical Breadth and Student Engagement in the Use of Case Methods in Marketing Pedagogy
Harvard maintains a web presence to support the case method of teaching (cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/pages/content/casemethodteaching).
Studying case studies
The case method started in Moral Theology as the casus conscientiae, which moved on to the law school as the precedent method and moved on to the business school and lately to the medical school.
Asian Institute of Management
In addition to a few other schools around the country, HBS uses the case method for teaching, which, according to Harvard, "is a profound educational innovation that presents the greatest challenges confronting leading companies, nonprofits, and government organizations -- complete with the constraints and incomplete information found in real business issues -- and places the student in the role of the decision maker." For students, Cohen admits, it's one of the scariest parts of the HBS experience.
Life settlements in the Ivy League
Hans Klein, former president of the World Association for Case Method Research and Application, has written, "During the past 30 years, the case method has enjoyed a steady and continuing increase in popularity and use.
CASE STUDY USE IN UNIVERSIY CLASSES
Demirel (2006) presented 'the lecture method', 'the discussion method', 'the case method', 'the demonstration-performance method', 'the problem solving method', and 'the independent study method' as the common teaching methods used in education faculties.
Prospective foreign language teachers' preference of teaching methods for the language acquisition course in Turkish higher education
of Illinois at Chicago) introduces undergraduate criminal justice students to criminal law through a case method that incorporates classic and contemporary cases, legal issues, facts, and public policy.
Contemporary criminal law; concepts, cases, and controversies, 3d ed
ERIC Descriptors: Design; Engineering; Art; Theories; Methods; Problem Solving; Computer Assisted Design; Case Method (Teaching Technique); Engineering Education
Engineering Design vs. Artistic Design: Some Educational Consequences
This paper discusses one particular form of participant-centered learning, the "case method," and recounts the author's own attempts to introduce it into the classroom.
Pedagogical synergies between Austrian economics and the case method
The history of the Harvard Law case method, developed in the 1870s by Christopher Columbus Langdell, is well documented, and the magnitude of its influence in legal education has been immense.
Socrates and the madness of method: from Socratic to sarcastic, a diversity of teaching methods claim a relationship to the ancient Greek scholar. But is there really a connection?

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