What Makes the First-Year Seminar High Impact?: Exploring Effective Educational

Description: What Makes the First-Year Seminar High Impact? by Tracy L. Skipper Using Kuh and ODonnells eight conditions of effective educational initiatives as a framework, the authors of this volume describe the structure, pedagogy, and assessment strategies that lead to high-quality seminars. Introductory and concluding essays examine the structural conditions that are likely to support educational effectiveness in the seminar. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description First-year seminars have been widely hailed as a high-impact educational practice, leading to improved academic performance, increased retention, and achievement of critical 21st Century learning outcomes. While the first-year seminar tends to be narrowly defined in the literature, national explorations of course structure and administration underscore the diversity of these curricular initiatives across and within individual campuses. What then are the common demoninators among these highly variable courses that contribute to their educational effectiveness?A new collection of case studies, representing a wide variety of institutional and seminar types seeks to address this question. Using Kuh and ODonnells eight conditions of effective educational initiatives as a framework, authors describe the structure, pedagogy, and assessment strategies that lead to high-quality seminars. Introductory and concluding essays examine the structural conditions that are likely to support educational effectiveness in the seminar and describe the most commonly reported conditions across all cases. What Makes the First-Year Seminar High Impact? offers abundant models for ensuring the delivery of a high-quality educational experience to entering students. Details ISBN1942072015 Pages 256 Publisher National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Series Research Reports on College Transitions Year 2017 ISBN-10 1942072015 ISBN-13 9781942072010 Format Paperback Imprint National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Subtitle Exploring Effective Educational Practices Country of Publication United States Edited by Tracy L. Skipper DEWEY 378.177 Short Title What Makes the First-Year Seminar High Impact? Language English Series Number 7 AU Release Date 2017-03-17 NZ Release Date 2017-03-17 Author Tracy L. Skipper UK Release Date 2017-03-30 Publication Date 2017-03-30 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2017-03-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136555090;

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