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Intellectual Curiosity in Action: A Framework to Assess First-Year Seminars in Liberal Arts Settings
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Direct linkKolb, Kenneth H.; Longest, Kyle C.; Barnett, Jenna C. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
Fostering students' intellectual curiosity is a common goal of first-year seminar programs--especially in liberal arts settings. The authors propose an alternative method to assess this ambiguous, value-laden concept. Relying on data gathered from pre- and posttest in-depth interviews of 34 students enrolled in first-year seminars, they construct…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Personality Traits, Liberal Arts, Pretests Posttests
