Title Building Synergy for High-Impact Educational Initiatives : First-Year Seminars and Learning Communities.

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Bloomfield : National Resource Center for the First Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2016.

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Description	1 online resource (240 pages)
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Contents	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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	College teaching -- Methodology.
	College teaching -- Methodology.
	College teaching.
	College freshmen.
	College freshmen.
	Seminars.
	Seminars.
	Professional learning communities.
	Professional learning communities.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Graziano, Janine.
Other Form:	Print version: Schmidt, Lauren Chism. Building Synergy for High-Impact Educational Initiatives : First-Year Seminars and Learning Communities. Bloomfield : National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition, ©2016
ISBN	9781942072140
	1942072147
	9781942072133 (electronic book)
	1942072139 (electronic book)
	9781889271989
	1889271985

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