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Direct linkHansen , Edmund J. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
Synthesizing the best current thinking about learning, course design, and promoting student achievement, this is a guide to developing college instruction that has clear purpose, is well integrated into the curriculum, and improves student learning in predictable and measurable ways. The process involves developing a transparent course blueprint,…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Active Learning, College Instruction, Courses
Greenwood, Nancy A. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
The Introduction to Sociology course is usually the first contact that students have with the discipline of sociology. This course can determine whether students take other sociology courses or learn to use sociology in their lives as adults and citizens. "First Contact" identifies important issues facing instructors in introducing students to the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Sociology, Teaching Methods, Guides
Peer reviewedPadgett, Ryan D.; Kilgo, Cindy A. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2012
In 2011, the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition revisited its 1999 National Survey of Senior Seminars and Capstone Courses to explore the current state of culminating experiences in American higher education. Drawn from a sample of public and private colleges and universities across the country, the…
Descriptors: National Surveys, College Seniors, Curriculum, Student Experience
Keup, Jennifer R.; Petschauer, Joni Webb – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2011
"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…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, First Year Seminars, Curriculum Design, Program Implementation
Download full textTobolowsky, Barbara F. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
Since 1988, the National Resource Center has conducted a national survey every three years to gather information about the nature and extent of first-year seminars on American college campuses. The findings from the 2006 survey administration have been reorganized to make it easier to find information of interest with major chapters focusing on…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Course Objectives, Institutional Characteristics
