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Aligning Needs, Expectations, and Learning Outcomes to Sustain Self-Efficacy through Transfer Learning Community Programs
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Leptien, Jennifer R. – New Directions for Student Services, 2015
This chapter addresses strengths and difficulties encountered in implementing transfer learning community models and how efficacy is supported through transfer learning community programming. Transfer programming best practices and recommendations for program improvements are presented.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Alignment (Education), Expectation, Educational Needs
Peer Educators in Learning Assistance Programs: Best Practices for New Programs
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Wilson, Wendy L.; Arendale, David R. – New Directions for Student Services, 2011
Peer educators have a critical role to play in the delivery of a wide variety of important programs on college campuses. Nowhere is this more evident than in learning assistance programs. These programs, typically housed in a learning center or learning assistance office, include tutoring and mentoring and often take the form of individual and…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, College Students, Student Role, Academic Support Services
Engaging Theories and Models to Inform Practice
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Kraus, Amanda – New Directions for Student Services, 2012
Helping students prepare for the complex transition to life after graduation is an important responsibility shared by those in student affairs and others in higher education. This chapter explores theories and models that can inform student affairs practitioners and faculty in preparing students for life after college. The focus is on roles,…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Career Development, Educational Theories, Models