TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmidt,Lauren Chism
AU  - Graziano,Janine
TI  - Building Synergy for High-Impact Educational Initiatives: First-Year Seminars and Learning Communities
SN  - 9781942072140
AV  - LB2331 .B793 2016eb
U1  - 378.1/25 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Bloomfield
PB  - National Resource Center for the First Year Experience & Students in Transition
KW  - College teaching
KW  - Methodology
KW  - College freshmen
KW  - Seminars
KW  - Professional learning communities
KW  - Étudiants de première année
KW  - Séminaires (Groupes de travail)
KW  - Communautés d'apprentissage professionnelles
KW  - seminars
KW  - aat
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index; Copyright; About the Publishers; Contents; Tables and Figures; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: Rationale for and Implementation of Combined Programs; Chapter 1 The Case for Connecting First-Year Seminars and Learning Communities; Chapter 2 National Practices for Combining First-Year Seminars and Learning Communities; Chapter 3 Administering Combined First-Year Seminar and Learning Community Programs; Chapter 4 Teaching in Combined Programs; Chapter 5 What Should We Be Assessing and Why?; Part II: Contexts for Implementation; Case Study 1 Inviting the Mother Tongue and a First-Year Seminar to Promote Success Among Spanish-Speaking ESL StudentsCase Study 2 The Metro College Success Program: Redesigningthe First Two Years of College; Case Study 3 The Targeted Learning Community: A Comprehensive Approach to Promoting the Success of First-Year Students in General Chemistry; Case Study 4 Common Courses: A Developing Linked Coursework Perspective; Case Study 5 Need a Little TLC? Incorporating First-Year Seminars in Themed Learning Communities; Case Study 6 Writing Across the Curriculum Through Community Engagement: Exploring the Foster Care System in a Thematic Living and Learning CommunityCase Study 7 Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID); Conclusion; Index; About the Contributors
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