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Direct linkWalker, Arianne Abell – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2003
This study investigated the effects of learning communities on the educational development of first-year college students at a large, urban, highly selective, research university. These communities, known as "clusters," comprised a year long sequence of theme-oriented courses that were team taught and that included interdisciplinary lectures and…
Descriptors: Educational Development, College Freshmen, Research Universities, Writing Skills
