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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"First-year seminar"”.
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FlourishU: A University First-Year Seminar for Student Success
… was developed as a semester-long, credit-bearing first-year seminar designed to promote student well-being, academic success, and retention through the application of positive psychology. The seminar was developed in response to increasing mental health challenges and high dropout rates among …
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Community college students deriving value from a first-year seminar curriculum
… community college students derive value from a first-year seminar curriculum. In this study, situated within the tenets of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), I aimed to better understand how students perceived a first-year seminar curriculum designed with the following four steps: …
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Community college student experiences within (and beyond) an accelerated- first-year seminar course
… professionals understand the reasons for first-year student engagement and attrition. Institutions of higher education have an opportunity to engage and retain students by providing first-year seminar courses that promote self-efficacy and mastery of educational goals. As community …
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The impact of an adult-focused First-Year Seminar on Tennessee Reconnect students
… approached this challenge by offering both first-time and returning adult learners an adult-focused First-Year Seminar (FYS) course. The course, entitled Work-Based Learning Seminar (WBLS), looked to assist with not only the retention and completion issues of the population, but also …
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The relationship between participation in a first-year seminar and student self-efficacy
The transition to college can be challenging for first-year students, impacting their academic performance and overall well-being. One strategy employed to ease the college transition is the first-year seminar, designed to introduce students to academic expectations, build social connections, …
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Studying the Impact of First-Year Seminar Completion on First-Generation Academic Success
<p>Of the first-time undergraduate students who enroll full-time at a four-year institution of higher education, only about half will complete a degree within six years (Kena et al., 2016), and this figure is even lower for those students whose parents did not attend college (Choy, 2001; Nuñez & …
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A narrative inquiry : Exploring the lived experiences of traditional-age first-generation students in the sophomore year following the completion of a first-year seminar
Warren, Sharyn L. After completing the first-year seminar, this qualitative research study explored traditional first-generation students' lived experiences in their sophomore year. The second year of college is primarily viewed as challenging and difficult for sophomores. Nevertheless, colleges …
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Student Success: The Effects of a Community College First-Year Course
Many first-year seminar courses focus on helping students adjust academically and socially to college life with the intent of increasing persistence and ultimately degree completion. While there is evidence in the literature that these courses positively affect persistence and academic success at …
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Reading, Writing, and Belonging: A Qualitative Study Exploring Academic Self-Efficacy Among First-Year, First-Generation Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
This qualitative multicase study explores how first-year, first-generation college students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) perceive their academic self-efficacy for reading and writing. The study focuses on students who were concurrently enrolled in a First-Year Seminar (FYS) course and a …
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An Analysis of Academic Peer Leaders' Perceptions of Academic Skills and Performance
… tutoring services, Supplemental Instruction, first-year seminar courses and academic advising. This study examined the change in academic skills and performance as a result of the academic peer leadership experience.</p> <p>Mixed methodology allowed the researcher to gain a deeper …
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Achieving intercultural knowledge through global awareness programming at liberal arts college
… Forum and the Forum Auxiliary Events) and the First Year Seminar in Critical Inquiry (FYS). Two sections ofFYS had themes related to that of the Wooster Forum while the other two did not. Levels of student openness to difference and intercultural awareness were measured by the Intercultural …
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An Examination of the Impact of a First Year Experience Course on STEM Persistence
… of this study was to examine the impact of a first year experience course, Biology 115: First Year Seminar, specifically with regards to academic performance and retention, and to evaluate how the impact changes when course instruction was delivered in a 16-week versus an 8-week model. Three …
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A study of the relationship between a college success course and student perception of the self-regulatory skills of concentration, motivation, and time management
… (2009), only 20% of students who start at a two-year institution graduate within three years and about 40% of four-year students graduate in six years. As the ranks of new undergraduates swell, many of these hopeful students enter universities academically unprepared for the rigors of …
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The efficacy of a strengths-based approach in a university 101 course with undecided students
… 1993). College student persistence from the first year to the second year is of primary importance to higher education administrators because higher education is subject to increasing accountability standards by stakeholders. As a result, a traditional practice employed by colleges and …
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First-Year Effects and Persistence Decisions: A Moderated Mediation Model of Coping, Self-Efficacy, and Locus of Control
… in California. Survey data collected from a first-year seminar and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and were used to test pathways of Bean and Eaton’s conceptual framework. The data were analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and moderated mediation considering …