The Effect of a Content-Based Freshman Seminar on Academic and Social Integration.

Maisto, Albert A.; Tammi, Mary Willis

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Publication Date: 1991

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The Effect of a Content-Based Freshman Seminar on Academic and Social Integration.

Maisto, Albert A.; Tammi, Mary Willis

Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, v3 n2 p29-47 1991

A study investigating the effect of a freshman seminar on students' social and academic adjustment to college (the University of North Carolina (Charlotte) found that seminar participants (n=150) had higher grades and participated in more out-of-class contacts with faculty than did a matched group of non-seminar students. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Extracurricular Activities, First Year Seminars, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Seminars, Social Integration, Student Adjustment, Student Experience, Surveys, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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