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Sanjay Jeram – College Teaching, 2024
Urban universities with a predominantly commuting student population face distinct challenges in fostering social connections. Commuting students spend less time on campus and have fewer opportunities for organized and spontaneous social interactions with other students. The campus experience for commuter students tends to center around the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Large Group Instruction, Class Size, Lecture Method
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Ahadi, Daniel; Pedri, Jennesia; Nichols, L. Dugan – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2019
This article documents the design, delivery, and evaluation of a first-year experience (FYE) course in media and communication studies. It was decided that CMNS 110: Introduction to Communication Studies would start to include elements to address a perceived and documented sense of disconnectedness among first-year students in the School of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Curriculum Implementation, First Year Seminars, Large Group Instruction
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Hymers, Devin; Newton, Genevieve – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
Educational techniques that improve student engagement have repeatedly been shown to improve performance at the class level at many institutions and in multiple disciplines. However, knowledge of engagement in individual activities in large first-year classes, where there may be several subpopulations of students in different programs reflecting…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Active Learning
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Ferguson, Kristen; Brown, Natalya; Piper, Linda – Learning Assistance Review, 2015
Many post-secondary common book programs purport to increase a sense of community on campus. This study explored whether a common book program at a Canadian university was able to create a sense of community among students. Results indicate that in-class discussions about the book, liking the Facebook page, attending the author lecture, and…
Descriptors: College Programs, Discussion Groups, Literature Appreciation, Lecture Method
Soiferman, L. Karen; O'Brien Moran, Michael; Podolsky, Tim – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of providing students with access to formatted copies of lecture notes based on the PowerPoint slides used by the instructor. The research question was as follows: "Can first-year students taking the ARTS 1110 Introduction to University course be taught how to make better use of online…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Introductory Courses, Lecture Method, Notetaking
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Hadwin, Allyson Fiona; Kirby, John R.; Woodhouse, Rosamund A. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1999
A study of 82 Canadian college freshmen investigated working memory, verbal ability, and prior knowledge as predictors of quality of students' lecture notes, lecture summaries, and content recall. Students with higher working memory benefitted more from listening to the lecture than from listening and taking notes. Quality of summaries predicted…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning Processes