ERIC Number: ED529290
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 102
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: ISBN-978-1-8892-7175-0
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The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success. Volume One: Designing and Administering the Course
Keup, Jennifer R.; Petschauer, Joni Webb
National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
"The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success," a five-volume series, is designed to assist educators who are interested in launching a first-year seminar or revamping an existing program. Each volume examines a different aspect of first-year seminar design or administration and offers suggestions for practice grounded in research on the seminar, the literature on teaching and learning, and campus-based examples. Because national survey research suggests that the seminar exists in a variety of forms on college campuses--and that some campuses combine one or more of these forms to create a hybrid seminar--the series offers a framework for decision making rather than a blueprint for course design. This volume opens by defining common seminar configurations, goals, and course topics, drawing on national studies and institutional research reports. It also offers guidance in selecting a seminar model. The authors also address strategies for launching and administering the seminar and successfully managing change within the course. Broadly conceived, this first volume in the five-volume series lays the ground work for more in-depth coverage to follow. Appended are: (1) Resources on the First-Year Seminar; and (2) Resources on Assessment of the First-Year Seminar. An index is included.
Descriptors: Institutional Research, First Year Seminars, Curriculum Design, Program Implementation, Course Evaluation, Success, Textbook Content, Educational Practices, Educational Objectives, Course Objectives, Course Content, Educational Strategies, Program Administration, Student Improvement, Models, Instructional Design, Change Strategies
National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. University of South Carolina, 1728 College Street, Columbia, SC 29208. Tel: 803-777-6229; Fax: 803-777-4699; e-mail: fye@sc.edu; Web site: http://sc.edu/fye
Publication Type: Books; Guides - General
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
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