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First-Year Seminars: Resources

This page is dedicated to providing students in, and faculty of, First-Year Seminar courses resources relevant to the First-Year experience at UCA.

FYS Research

  • Empirical Case for FYS – Cuseo
  • First-Year Seminars Increase Persistence and Retention

Written Communication

  • Teaching Writing to First-Year Students – Talbot
  • Practical Takeaways – Talbot
  • Everything Plagiarism
  • WPA Plagiarism Statement

Collaboration

  • Deeper Learning_ A Collaborative Classroom Is Key
  • Collaborative Guide
  • Peer Evaluation – Sample
  • Groupwork Roles – Sample

Mindset

  • Fixed vs Growth Mindset
  • Change Your Mindset for Success
  • Victim vs. Creator Language
  • The Science_ The Growth Mindset – Mindset Works®_ Student Motivation through a Growth Mindset, by Carol Dweck
  • Learning Differently
  • Grit: Mindset and College Students

FYS Resource Manual

  • FYS Resource Manual

Student Success

  • Office of Student Success

Contact Us

Assistant Provost for Academic Assessment and General Education
Jake Held, Ph.D.
jmheld@uca.edu
501-450-5307

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