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Ellis, Keyana Chamere – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Virginia Tech Summer Academy (VTSA) Program, developed by through a collaborative partnership between faculty, administrators and staff concerned by attrition among first year students, was introduced in summer 2012 as a campus initiative to assist first-year college students transition and acclimate to the academic and social systems of the…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Begotka, James – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Many two-year colleges throughout the nation are intentionally redesigning developmental education programming and practices directed at improving student preparedness and success. Theoretical works from Bloom and Knowles have established that the affective domain is significant to learner preparedness and eventual success, specifically for adult…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Alignment (Education), Developmental Studies Programs
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Nist, Sherrie L.; And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1990
Investigates the utility and predictive validity of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) as a means of measuring college students' cognitive and affective growth following a study strategies course. Finds cognitive and affective growth in both regularly admitted and developmental studies students. Finds that LASSI cannot yet be used…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs