The Impact of First-Year Seminars on College Students' Life-long Learning Orientations

Using longitudinal data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, this study measured the impact of first-year seminars on college students' life-long learning orientations. The findings suggest that first-year seminars enhance students' life-long learning orientations and...

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Published inJournal of student affairs research and practice Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 133 - 151
Main Authors Padgett, Ryan D., Keup, Jennifer R., Pascarella, Ernest T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 01.05.2013
De Gruyter
De Gruyter Mouton
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
ACT Assessment
Cognitive Development
College Freshmen
College students
Educational Practices
First Year Seminars
Inquiry
Learner Engagement
Learning
Liberal Arts
Lifelong Learning
Longitudinal Studies
National Survey of Student Engagement
Need for Cognition Scale
Outcomes of Education
Pretests Posttests
Program Effectiveness
Regression (Statistics)
Seminars
Student Characteristics
Student Development
Student Participation
Undergraduate Study
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Summary:Using longitudinal data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, this study measured the impact of first-year seminars on college students' life-long learning orientations. The findings suggest that first-year seminars enhance students' life-long learning orientations and that the effect of first-year seminars is mediated through vetted good practices. These findings provide empirical evidence that first-year seminars can positively impact complex learning in ways that were previously untested.
ISSN:1949-6591
1949-6605
1949-6605
DOI:10.1515/jsarp-2013-0011