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Direct linkZinn, Anne T.; Foreman, Melissa D.; Masso, Lauren Griffin; Ouimette, David T.; Zinn, Steven A. – Natural Sciences Education, 2015
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public Carnegie Foundation Research institution with 14 schools and colleges that enrolls more than 18,000 undergraduate students at the main campus in Storrs, CT. Beginning in 1999, First-Year Experience (FYE) seminars were offered to entering freshman students. Since that time, the size of the program…
Descriptors: Animal Husbandry, Communities of Practice, First Year Seminars, Cohort Analysis
Download full textRodriguez, Ginger G.; Buczinsky, Christopher – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
How do you teach the humanities to working class students living in the shadow of a BP oil refinery? Calumet College uses freshman learning communities that link humanities, social justice, and English composition classes to provide a foundation for college success to predominantly first-generation students who are often underprepared for…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Student Needs, Humanities, Working Class
Huerta, Juan Carlos; Bray, Jennifer J. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
Do learning communities with pedagogies of active learning, collaborative learning, and integration of course material affect the learning, achievement, and persistence of first-year Latino university students? The data for this project was obtained from a survey of 1,330 first-year students in the First-Year Learning Community Program at Texas…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Freshmen, Hispanic American Students, Active Learning
Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this directory was to identify, describe, and evaluate evidence that the education practices improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and historically-underrepresented 6th grade through college students. Method: The sample for the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Basu-Dutt, Sharmistha; Slappey, Charles; Bartley, Julie K. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
As part of a campus-wide, externally funded project to increase performance in, enthusiasm for, and retention within STEM disciplines, we developed an interdisciplinary, team-taught first-year seminar course. The construction and delivery of this course was designed to show the relevance of selected general chemistry topics such as matter and…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, First Year Seminars, Grade Point Average, Chemistry
Peer reviewedHyers, Albert D.; Joslin, Monica Neset – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience & Students in Transition, 1998
A study at a small liberal arts college found grades earned in a required, interdisciplinary freshman year seminar (FYS) were better predictors of academic achievement and persistence than high school rank, Scholastic Assessment Test scores. FYS grades were found a useful substitute for cognitive and noncognitive variables that correlate with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
