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Megan Reister; Ann Dulany; Rebecca Rook – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2025
To build connections among students studying education, the researchers implemented a First-Year Experiences (FYE) peer mentorship program with embedded professional development workshops called Teachable Moments for first-year students. This innovative approach to meeting the needs of first-year students was measured through a mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, College Freshmen, Mentors, Academic Persistence
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Allison E. Seitchik; Jane D. Parent; Kathi J. Lovelace; Christina Hardway – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2025
Building on previous research, the authors introduced formal team-based learning (TBL) to their classrooms and measured the quality of students' team learning, professional development, and team satisfaction. They assessed students' perceived fairness of work distribution and analyzed its effect on these outcomes and found that TBL resulted in…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Program Effectiveness, Student Satisfaction, Student Development
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Sara Donaldson – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2025
Sense of belonging is a social construct encompassing feelings of being integral to a system. A positive sense of belonging is associated with better social and academic engagement and retention. Traditionally, belongingness has been examined in terms of helping students integrate into existing systems; however, this study instead examines the…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Sense of Belonging, Student Attitudes, Barriers