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Dabbour, Katherine Strober – College & Research Libraries, 1997
Describes the design and development of library instruction for a freshman seminar at California State University-San Bernardino that focused on the library's online system. Highlights include active learning methods; information literacy; individual instruction; and results of course evaluations. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Active Learning, College Freshmen, Course Evaluation
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Shanley, Mark G.; Witten, Charles H. – NASPA Journal, 1990
Investigated the differences in persistence and graduation rates after seven years, resulting from participation in a freshman seminar course at the University of South Carolina. Findings confirmed strongly positive association between successful completion of University 101 and increased retention, persistence, and graduation rates for freshman…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment
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Davis-Underwood, Mildred; Lee, JoAnn – Journal of College Student Development, 1994
To increase students' academic success and retention rates, colleges and universities are increasingly implementing seminars that will equip students with academic survival skills such as note-taking and doing library research. UNCC's program was found to be effective, and possibilities for further investigation were offered. (BF)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
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Wilkie, Carolyn; Kuckuck, Sherrill – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1989
The study found that high-risk college freshmen (N=74) who successfully completed a freshman orientation course were less likely to drop out and achieved higher grade point averages over a three-year period than students not in an orientation course. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, First Year Seminars
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Reynolds, Katherine C.; Nunn, Claudia E. – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 1998
Reports research on the relationship between student interaction in freshman seminar courses and instructor techniques and interaction. Results indicate that freshmen differ significantly from upperclassmen and differ somewhat from their instructors when reporting effects of certain teaching techniques on classroom participation. Students and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, College Instruction
Evenbeck, Scott; Williams, Gayle – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1998
The freshman seminar at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis is taught by a team that includes faculty, an academic advisor, librarians, and student mentors and is often linked to a disciplinary course. Faculty serve as instructors in the linked course, and student mentors lead supplemental instruction groups. Challenges…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Instruction
Masiello, Lea – 1993
This monograph explores the ways in which first-year college students can benefit from writing and offers concrete, practical suggestions for implementing writing in freshman seminar courses. Chapter 1, "Why Use Writing in a Freshman Seminar?" builds on the notion that writing is a process of discovery. Chapter 2, "Write it More Than Once: The…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
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Hyers, 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
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Center for the Study of the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
These proceedings contain 68 author-prepared abstracts of presentations given at the Seventh International Conference on the First-Year Experience, a 5-day conference that focused on the foundations for improving the undergraduate experience. The majority of the one- to two-page abstracts report on specific programs undertaken by colleges or…
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Freshmen, College Programs, Cultural Awareness
Tobolowsky, Barbara F., Ed.; Cox, Bradley E., Ed.; Wagner, Mary T., Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2005
The third in a series of volumes reporting on the outcomes related to first-year seminars. Research reports from 39 institutions are collected here. Each report includes descriptions of the institution and its students, the seminar course, research methods, and course outcomes. Reported course outcomes are related to retention, student learning…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Social Integration, Research Methodology, Research Reports
Heller, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
The College of Wooster (Ohio) has instituted a required one-semester freshman seminar, designed to teach students critical writing and thinking skills, and focusing on racism and sexism in U.S. society. Critics see the seminar as a left-wing attempt to ensure "political correctness." (DB)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Cultural Differences
Salem, Anita; Dronberger, Jim; Kos, Edward; Wilson, Richard – Bioscene, 1997
Describes a project at Rockhurst College to address attrition problems called Freshmen in Science. The project goal was to build a support system for the curriculum that would encourage students to put forth their best effort. Describes the planning process, program, and results from a six-year effort to keep students interested in science-related…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Dropout Prevention, First Year Seminars, Higher Education
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Keup, Jennifer R.; Barefoot, Betsy O. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2005
This study uses longitudinal data comprised of responses to the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's (CIRP) 2000 Freshman Survey and the 2001 Your First College Year (YFCY) Survey to investigate the impact of first-year seminars on key student outcomes. Specifically, descriptive analyses address the relationship between taking a first-year…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Outcomes of Education, Longitudinal Studies
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Beisser, Sally; Gillespie, Catherine – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2003
"Constructionism" is a theory of learning proposed by Seymour Papert of MIT. Co-instructors for a first year seminar for undergraduate students provided education students with a one-semester constructionist experience to learn by engaging with technology. Students used LEGO[R] construction bricks and pieces to solve problems by building, working…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Undergraduate Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, First Year Seminars
Barefoot, Betsy O., Ed. – 1993
This document is a compendium of information from 34 colleges and universities on freshman seminar/student success courses and their outcomes and how institutions are evaluating and reporting on these programs. Freshman seminars or success courses are courses for entering students that aim to ease the student's transition to the college…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment
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