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Direct linkLeighton, Jaylyn; Kurta, Taylor; Dupuis, Sherry L. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
This paper explores an inter-learning teaching method designed and utilized by the authors in the Winter 2021 term for first- and upper-year therapeutic recreation (TR) students in an online platform. This collaborative teaching method sought to make intentional space for upper-year students to take the lead on and facilitate seminars for…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Therapeutic Recreation, College Freshmen
Everett, Marcia K. – Christian Higher Education, 2023
First-Year Seminars (FYS) are a high-impact practice (Keup & Young, 2018; Skipper, 2017). However, outcomes of pedagogical approaches linked to those seminars have not been as well researched. An expectation of Christian higher education is to consider what kind of spiritual and personal formation is happening through classroom assignments and…
Descriptors: Religious Colleges, Religious Education, Christianity, First Year Seminars
Download full textEhrlich, Donna M.; Ehrlich, Jeff A.; Haberyan, April – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2020
Historically, storytelling has been a way to pass knowledge between generations and to facilitate an understanding of beliefs. The aim of this current research was to explore the value of storytelling in the higher education classroom, to address the question "how can sharing stories assist students in constructing new knowledge in the…
Descriptors: Story Telling, First Year Seminars, Constructivism (Learning), College Freshmen
Mills, Jenny; Flynn, Rachael; Fox, Nicole; Shaw, Dana; Wiley, Claire Walker – Communications in Information Literacy, 2021
Evaluating information is an essential skill, valued across disciplines. While librarians and instructors share the responsibility to teach this skill, they need a common framework in order to collaborate to design assignments that give students multiple opportunities to learn. Librarians and First Year Seminar faculty at Belmont University…
Descriptors: Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Information Literacy, First Year Seminars, Instructional Design
Mathany, Clarke; Dodd, Jason – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2018
Podcast assignments in higher education foster students' deep engagement in course content, knowledge construction, technical skills, and problem-solving abilities. We designed a podcast assignment in a First Year Seminar course based on student-led interviews comparing theoretical concepts to lived experiences of the interviewees. Students were…
Descriptors: Interviews, Assignments, Video Technology, Protocol Materials
Steiner, Hillary H. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2016
Success in college requires the development of self-regulated learning strategies that move beyond high school skills. First-year students of all ability levels benefit when given instruction in how to use these strategies in an authentic context. This paper presents an instructional method that requires deliberate practice of self-regulated…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, College Freshmen, Teaching Methods, Assignments
Linder, Kathryn E., Ed.; Hayes, Chrysanthemum Mattison, Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2018
This volume offers the first comprehensive guide to how high-impact practices (HIPs) are being implemented in online environments and how they can be adjusted to meet the needs of online learners. This multi-disciplinary approach will assist faculty and administrators to effectively implement HIPs in distance education courses and online programs.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Online Courses, Technology Uses in Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Wyatt, Jeannette B.; Bloemker, Geraldine A. – Higher Education Studies, 2013
First year college students are challenged both socially and academically in their transition to college life. The literature suggests that social and emotional competence skills can help with this transition. This article describes the course content for a University freshman seminar that teaches skills in social and emotional competence in order…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Interpersonal Competence, Emotional Development, Social Development
Blue, Jennifer; Taylor, Beverley; Yarrison-Rice, Jan – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
Enhancing critical thinking skills for undergraduate students is important across the curriculum and between disciplines. We report on a method of improving critical thinking skills, which was studied through an Ethics and Science First-Year Seminar course. We used full cycle assessment over a three-year period to assess students' development and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Ethics, Science Instruction, Thinking Skills
