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Classic Academic Rigor in the Freshman Seminar: Cultivating "Memoria"
Classic Academic Rigor in the Freshman Seminar: Cultivating "Memoria"
Saturday, November 8, 2014: 1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Governor’s Square 17 (Sheraton)
Giftedness and class rankings predict first-year college success, and academic rigor develops wise, honorable, cultivated citizens for life. Our three-year experiment requiring critical reviews of non-fiction e-books continues. Unforeseen benefits emerged from a collocation with our competitive Vocabulary initiative. Memoria exercises build camaraderie and sharpen reading and writing.
Susan Bachman, Concordia University Irvine
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