Form SEO. Foundation Seminar Objectives


Student ...................................................... FN ....... Date ..............

How successful was your Foundation Seminar in achieving the following objectives? Please rate it for each objective from 0 to 10, using the following guidelines.

10 = completely successful

8 = highly successful

5 = reasonably successful

2 = somewhat successful

0 = not at all successful

Which 2 or 3 objectives do you think should have been emphasized the most in your seminar? ................

The Objectives



..... 1. Encourage students to reflect on the nature and character of the undergraduate

years in relation to lifelong learning.

..... 2. Promote active learning and responsibility....encourage students to become

accountable for their own learning.

..... 3. Stress responsibility for one's behavior, in general and in an academic context.

..... 4. Emphasize collaborative learning.

..... 5. Incorporate creative problem-solving, i.e., posing problems/questions and assisting

students in working toward solutions.

..... 6. Foster intellectual development through reading, speaking, listening, and writing.

..... 7. Improve students' ability to analyze and interpret materials they encounter, to

synthesize and communicate the results of their studies, and to create works of their

own.

..... 8. Teach information-retrieval skills through library instruction and assignments

addressing computer literacy (e.g., word processing, simulations, use of a database,

or analysis of data).

..... 9. Encourage students to see the limitations of a single viewpoint by exposing them to

multiple perspectives.

.....10. Develop the capacity to evaluate arguments by understanding the nature and uses of

evidence.

.....11. Emphasize the interconnectedness of knowledge.

.....12. Provide a launching point for a student's Bucknell educational experience.