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Peer reviewedWright, Sheila – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1992
This study, with 228 freshmen at the University of Hartford (Connecticut), found significant intellectual growth (especially in movement away from dualistic thinking) in most students over the year, with the amount of growth related to the number of completed interdisciplinary general education courses, which were specifically designed to promote…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Freshmen, General Education, Higher Education
