The Scaffolding 100/200 Gen Ed Critical Skills seminar is designed to guide faculty who teach, or plan to teach, 100 and 200 level courses that fulfill general education requirements in building students’ skills in critical thinking, writing, and information literacy from an introductory to an intermediate level. Guided by Director of General Education Raymond Patton, participants will learn L. Dee Fink’s concept of integrated course design and how to apply it to their own courses to foster critical skills learning. Aided by faculty-created guidelines and student success data provided by Kate Szur, Senior Director of Student Academic Success Programs and Wynne Ferdinand, Associate Director of First Year Academic Programs, the seminar will consider the learning needs of students at each level, and how faculty can support them in transitioning from 100 to 200 level work.

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