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Exploring Alignment between Affective Assessments and College Success Courses: An Exploratory Case Study
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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
Changes in LASSI Scores Among Reading and Study Skills Students at the United States Military Academy.
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Ince, Elizabeth J.; Priest, Robert – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1998
Describes administration of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) to three groups of United States Military Academy students in order to evaluate changes in student performance as a result of taking a student-success course (RS101). LASSI measures students' affective growth upon completion of the RS101 course and their growth in…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Testing, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Motivation in Developmental and Regular Admission Students.
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Ley, Kathryn; Young, Dawn B. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1998
States that faculty often attribute developmental students' academic difficulties to poor motivation. Investigates motivational differences between 60 developmental students and 74 regular-admission students enrolled in either a community college or a residential university. Results of t-test on motivational levels measured by the self-report…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, High Risk Students
Measuring the Affective and Cognitive Growth of Regularly Admitted and Developmental Studies Students Using the "Learning and Study Strategies Inventory" (LASSI).
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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