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Download full textMurray, Jacqueline; Wolf, Peter – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
First-year seminar programs have been a feature on the landscape of post-secondary teaching and learning in the United States, since they first appeared in the 1880s at Boston University (Mamrick, 2005). More recently, they have begun to appear at Canadian universities. For example, first-year seminars were introduced a decade ago at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, First Year Seminars, Interdisciplinary Approach, College Faculty
Wismath, Shelly; Newberry, Jan – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2019
Retention of students in university or other postsecondary education programs is a common problem for many institutions, with retention from first year to second year of study being particularly problematic in Canada and the United States. A number of factors are known to affect retention, and a number of measures have been identified which can…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Academic Persistence
Justice, Christopher; Rice, James; Warry, Wayne – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
This article examines evidence of academic skill development and transfer related to the taking of a first year Inquiry-based seminar course designed to enhance a range of self-directed learning skills and their transferability to other learning contexts. The study compares a sample of academic work from two groups of Social Sciences students, one…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Transfer of Training, Active Learning, Inquiry
