Abstract Research on pedagogy has established the benefit of High Impact Practices (HIP) for student outcomes. Learning communities are a specific HIP that can vary widely in their structure. Learning communities appear to have a positive impact on academic outcomes and student perceptions. While research appears to support the use of learning communities, research has yet to fully explore the impact of the learning community on specific student skills. Given the increased popularity in their use, particularly in the field of criminal justice, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of a linked-course freshman learning community (FLC) on student engagement and transferrable academic skills, including information literacy, critical thinking, and written communication. Differences were found between the FLC students and their non-FLC counterparts for some of the transferrable academic skills, but not overall engagement with the courses and campus. Implications for findings are discussed.

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在社区中学习：学习社区的有效性和挑战的证据

摘要 教学法研究确立了高影响力实践 (HIP) 对学生成果的益处。学习社区是一种特定的 HIP，其结构可以有很大差异。学习社区似乎对学术成果和学生的看法产生了积极的影响。虽然研究似乎支持使用学习社区，但研究尚未充分探索学习社区对特定学生技能的影响。鉴于它们的使用越来越受欢迎，特别是在刑事司法领域，本研究的目的是检查链接课程新生学习社区 (FLC) 对学生参与和可转移的学术技能的影响，包括信息素养、批判性思考，书面交流。FLC 学生和非 FLC 学生在一些可转移的学术技能方面存在差异，但在课程和校园的整体参与度方面没有差异。讨论了对结果的影响。