A Cohort-based Learning Community Enhances Academic Success and Satisfaction with University Experience for First-Year Students
A Cohort-based Learning Community Enhances Academic Success and Satisfaction with University Experience for First-Year Students
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基于队列的学习社区可提高一年级学生的学业成功和对大学经历的满意度
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10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2012.2.3
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2012
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C. A. Goldman
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C. A. Goldman
Assessment of a successful cohort-based learning communities program for first-year undergraduate students shows that students in the program perform better academically and also report a higher level of satisfaction with their university experience than students who are not in the program. Students enrolled in arts and science at the University of Toronto, who take several large-enrolment courses in their first year, may optionally participate in the First-Year Learning Communities (FLC) program, designed to assist with the academic and social transition from high school to university. In this Freshman Interest Group model of learning community, the curriculum across the clustered courses is not linked. The FLC program was assessed over a five-year period, using student academic records and self-reported survey data. This paper also provides details on program design and implementation.
L’evaluation d’un programme de communautes d’apprentissage fondees sur les cohortes pour les etudiants de premiere annee du premier cycle qui a obtenu du succes montre que ceux qui sont inscrits a ce programme ont de meilleurs resultats scolaires et sont plus satisfaits de leur experience universitaire que les autres. Les etudiants inscrits en arts et sciences a l’Universite de Toronto, qui suivent plusieurs cours de premiere annee ou il y a de nombreux inscrits, peuvent participer au programme de communautes d’apprentissage la premiere annee (CAPA) qui vise a les aider a effectuer la transition entre l’ecole secondaire et l’universite sur le plan scolaire et social. Dans ce modele de communautes d’apprentissage destine au groupe d’interets particuliers des etudiants de premiere annee, il n’y a pas de lien entre les programmes d’etudes des participants. Les chercheurs ont evalue le programme pendant cinq ans a partir des dossiers scolaires des etudiants et des donnees d’un sondage realise aupres d’eux. Le present article fournit aussi des details sur l’elaboration et la mise en œuvre du programme.