#119th International Conference on The First-Year Experience, 10:30-11:30am, July 26, 2006, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA. Student Success of the first year students in Nagasaki University (First-Year Student Success at Nagasaki University) Masato FUJIMOTO Division of Program Design for First Year Students Research and Development Center for Higher Education Nagasaki University lapan 1#2Overview 1. To be national university corporation of Nagasaki University in 2004, the First Year Student Programs were established to help students make a successful transition from high school to university study. 2. This includes the transition to both general education and to their area of specialized study. 3. We will present case studies of our programs to show how they help students In this transition process. 2#3Educational Reform Backgrounds of National University in Japan The Japanese society has been shifting to a Knowledge-based Society. Universal access to university education has become a reality in recent years. Japanese universities will be expected to develop their distinctively educational and research functions on the basis of their management system. 3#4The image of education in Nagasaki University Graduate School Education General Specialized Education Education First Year Experience High school 4#5Strategies to promote the First Year Experience Providing the First Year Experience as the starting point in order to train students in the ability to reorganize various kinds of information. Providing the First Year Experience which will enable students without specific objectives to develop the academic and social skills Instilling in students a spirit of Nagasaki University by providing a unique learning experience. 5#6Case Studies Graduate School Education Training Thinking style and Skills for "learning" Specialized Education General First year Seminar Education Preparing Knowledge for "learning" First Year Experience Remedial Education High school 6#7Educational Improvement Model for the First Year Experience: Educational Management Cycle 2 Decision making for curriculum standa ①Decision making Improvement FD First Year Experience Remedial Education for improving classes First Year Seminar Assessment FD Making syllabus Operate 4 Give lessons Assessment by student 7#8Case Study 1: First Year seminar The goals of lesson Orientation to independent learning motivation Providing a Providing a scientific Providing an ability to Providing opportunitie for thinking express s to intellectual style and work an ability of learning oneself by doing assignments communicat e with teachers design such as and papers and students 8 presentations#9Case Study 1: First Year seminar There were 10 students in a class. We organized students into classes that are a mix of teachers and students from different faculties. A teacher organized the themes of classes after consulting with students. 9#10Case Study 1: First Year seminar I really think so. I think so. I don't really think so. I don't think so. Freshmen seminar is useful for futher learning at the university. I had an oppotunity to consult on the themes of classes. I had an oppotunity to present my learning. I had an oppotunity to learn how to gather materials at the library. I had an oppotunity to investigate by myself. 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 10#11Case Study 1: First Year seminar Decision making for curriculum standard Improvement FD First Year Experience FD ①Decision making for improving classes First Year Seminar Assessment Making syllabus Operate 4 Give lessons Assessment by student 11-#12Case study 2: Remedial education Remedial education (supplementary Lessons) Differential, integral Calculusll The second semester Review the fundamentals Differential, integral calculusl The first semester 12#13Teaching Process: Remedial Education Surveying a learning object Confirming an exercise and understanding a formula ① feedback Confirming an exercise and inspecting a formula Confirming an exercise and understanding a formula ② Confirming an exercise and inspecting a formula 2 feedback Transmitting the goals that teacher intend students to learn Achieving the goals through applying a formula Gathering information that students wrote to improve classes feedback 13#14Assessment We ask students to fill out PEQ's (progr am evaluation questionnaires) at the end of the lessons of Remedial Education of th e math in the First Year Student Program s. We use the information from PEQ's que stionnaires to promote faculty developme nt and to facilitate the redesign of classes. 14#15PEQ's (program evaluation 1 2 (goals of lessons ] questionnaires) Could you understand what you should accomplish at the beginning of the lesson? I could understand well basically I could understand I don't know I couldn't understand well I couldn't understand at all Concretely speaking, what do you think that you should have accomplished during today's lesson? Intending to gather information about goals of the lesson 15#16PEQ (program evaluation methods of teaching questionnaires) How was today's lesson ? it was easy to understand it wasn't very easy to understand basically I could understand it was a little difficult to understand It was difficult to understand Why did you think so? Please answer this question with reasons and examples. please be as particular as possible. 3 4 Intending to gather information about methods of teaching 16#175 6 PEQ (program evaluation Geraist for the peaks of lessons ] goals Could you understand today's lesson? ㅁㅁ I could understand basically I could understand I don't know I didn't understand very much I couldn't understand at all What were you not able to understand concerning today's lesson? Please answer this question and be as particular as possible. Intending to gather information about achievement of goals of lessons 17#18Teaching Process: Remedial Education Surveying a learning object Confirming an exercise and understanding a formula ① feedback Confirming an exercise and inspecting a formula Confirming an exercise and understanding a formula ② Confirming an exercise and inspecting a formula 2 feedback Transmitting the goals that teacher intend students to learn Achieving the goals through applying a formula Gathering information that students wrote to improve classes feedback 18#19Case study 2: Remedial education 2 Decision making for curriculum standard Improvement FD First Year Experience FD ①Decision making for improving classes Remedial Education Assessment Making syllabus Operate 4 Give lessons Assessment by student 19#20Case study 2: Remedial education General technic stage item high al high school school. The average Students who number of credits of 39.2 39.9 expired the general education. first year experiences The rate of credits of specialized 71.0 77.9 education. The average Students who number of credits of 40.8 41.6 expired the general education. second year The rate of credits experiences of specialized 60.6 60.0 20#21Conclusions In order to transit high school learning into university learning smoothly, Nagasaki University made subjects (Freshmen seminar, Remedial education). We work on these subject systematically based on the educational management cycle. We found that Nagasaki University could make the transition from high school learning to university learning (general education and specialized education) smoothly. 21#22Presenter Contact Information Masato FUJIMOTO Division of Program Design for First Year Students Research and Development Center for Hi gher Education Nagasaki University [email protected] 22