Cover campus resources, time management, study skills, career planning, cultural diversity, and student development in first year courses¶

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Description¶

The report describes the typical curricular content of first year experience courses: "most first year experience courses are designed to introduce students to “campus resources, time management, study skills, career planning, cultural diversity, and student development issues.”" Extended orientation seminars most frequently address study skills, campus resources, time management, career exploration, campus policies, and academic advising, while basic study skills seminars focus on building skills such as time management and note-taking.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Content should be matched to course type: extended orientation covers transition topics broadly, while basic study skills seminars are more circumscribed

Constraints¶

• Courses vary in terms of content and focus; the report does not test which topics drive the observed effects

Target Learners¶

• First-year college students transitioning from high school to college

Target Learning Goals¶

• Study skills, time management, campus resource knowledge, career planning, and student development

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• First Year Experience Courses. (2016). What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/662