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Peer reviewedKozeracki, Carol A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Offers annotated citations that outline the structure of programs for incoming freshmen at some colleges, and discuss the outcomes related to participation by students. Asserts that these types of programs are more difficult to structure at community colleges because many students attend part-time or have outside obligations that limit the time…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, First Year Seminars, School Orientation
Rice, Robert L.; And Others – 1991
Accompanying the growth of freshman seminars and extended orientation courses has been a rich body of literature depicting the process and outcome aspects of the course. This paper provides an annotated review of the investigations on freshman seminar/extended orientation courses. The review is designed to provide faculty and administrators with…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationKoch, Andrew K. – 2001
This annotated bibliography describes resource materials on educational theory and practice related to the first college year. This edition contains nearly twice as many entries as the second edition. Works are grouped into these topical headings: (1) "Academic Advising and Student Counseling"; (2) "Academic Support"; (3) "Assessment and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Freshmen, Educational Finance, Educational Practices
Hopkins, Lee Bennett – Teacher, 1979
The author suggests children's books and interdisciplinary activities that deal with the changes and adjustments that children face at the beginning of a school year: learning names, meeting new people, and overcoming the fear of being different. (SJL)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Shanley, Mark, Comp.; Hearns, Roland, Comp. – 1991
This 59-item annotated bibliography covers suggested reading material published between 1956 and 1991 to assist college faculty and administrators in promoting first year success for college freshmen. The bibliography is divided into seven sections of resource materials. Section 1 contains suggested readings on both objective research on the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Program Evaluation
Download full textLane, Martha A.; And Others – 1991
The books in this family literacy guide are listed alphabetically by title in each of three sections. The author, publisher, copyright date, reading level, type of book, number of pages, International Standard Book Number, price, and annotation comprise each entry. The topic of the family contains 11 titles: "Angry Feelings"; "Beginning with…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Basic Education, Battered Women, Beginning Reading
Gray, Ruth A. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
This Bibliography of Research Studies in Education covering the school year September 1936 through August 1937 is the eleventh in the series. It lists 3,530 studies reported by 122 institutions, several of which had not reported previously. The list includes 541 doctors' dissertations, 2,736 masters' theses, and 243 studies reported as faculty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Research, Research Reports
