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References:

Anne Marchant
Students are From Mars, Teachers Are From Venus

References

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Jim Barry
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Notes and References

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Notes and References

Shulman, Lee S. (1999 July - August ). Taking Learning Seriously. Change, 11 - 17.

Sockett, H. (February, 2000). Creating a Culture for the Scholarship of Teaching. inventio, 2 (1), http://www.doiiit.gmu.edu/inventio/hsockett_1.html.

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Ashley Williams
Learning Communities: An Overview

ENDNOTES

1. George Mason was founded in 1957 as a two year college of the University of Virginia, awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1968, and became a separate institution in 1972.

2. UNIV 100 is a freshman success course.

3. New Century College was among the nineteen programs included in the National Learning Communities FIPSE Dissemination Project.

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