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Download full textChaney, Beth H.; Christensen, Tim W.; Crawford, Alleah; Ford, Katherine; Godwin, W. Wayne; Weckesser, Gerald; Fraley, Todd; Little, Phoenix – Honors in Practice, 2020
Honors colleges aim to provide unique first-year experiences that promote life skills and emphasize process over product in an interdisciplinary setting that builds community. A two-semester, five-semester-hour course sequence with colloquia tackles these challenges by introducing an entrepreneurial mindset that pushes students toward innovative…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Honors Curriculum, Design, Thinking Skills
Direct linkWelsh, Ashley J.; Shaw, Amber; Fox, Joanne A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2017
This article explores how English-language learners' writing evolved during a first-year seminar in science course aimed at developing students' argumentation skills. We highlight how a science communications course was paired with a weekly academic English course in the context of a highly coordinated and enriched first-year experience program…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, English Language Learners
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
