期刊名称：Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention
印刷版ISSN：1534-2263
电子版ISSN：2690-4535
出版年度：2018
卷号：25
期号：2
DOI：10.24926/jcotr.v25i2.2121
语种：English
出版社：University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
摘要：First-Year Seminar (FYS) or First-Year Experience (FYE) courses help college students transition to college, learn valuable academic skills, and create successful habits. This research analyzes the benefit of reorganizing FYS curriculum around reflection and integrative learning, by comparing students who participated in this redesigned curriculum with those who participated in a skills-based, extended orientation first-year seminar course. The two groups were compared on several measures, including perception about the utility of reflective and integrative thinking, first year retention, and first year GPA. Our findings suggest that prioritizing reflection and integrative learning in a FYS seminar is beneficial.
