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Peer reviewedBrown, Davina M. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1989
This paper suggests areas that need to be made implicit in developing the successful freshman seminar course including knowledge domains, acculturation, and metacognition. Literature on critical thinking, metacognition, and freshman seminars is brought together. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cognitive Development, College Environment, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedBrown, Davina M.; Christiansen, Kenneth E. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1990
Freshman seminar instructors need training for identifying the frequency, severity, and other aspects of grief emotions in relation to real or perceived loss as expressed by first-semester freshmen. Psychological studies of grief suggest ways instructors can assist students in coping successfully with loss and sadness. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Emotional Adjustment, First Year Seminars, Grief
