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Peer reviewedPike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 2000
The National Study of Student Learning indicated that membership in Greek organizations can have negative effects on students' cognitive development, particularly during freshman year. In contrast, this study at a midwestern research university found Greek students had higher levels of involvement and gains in general abilities than non-Greek…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Fraternities, Higher Education, Sororities
Peer reviewedKasworm, Carol E.; Pike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1994
This study examined patterns of coursework and levels of involvement of 1,099 adult students to evaluate whether some key factors commonly used to predict undergraduate students' academic performance are appropriate for use with this population. Results suggest traditional models are inappropriate for this large and growing proportion of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students
Peer reviewedPike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A study compared three methods for measuring college student growth and development in the course of a college education: (1) gain scores; (2) residual scores; and (3) repeated measures. Analyses indicated that all three are seriously flawed, although repeated measures offer the greatest potential for adequately representing student change.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment
Peer reviewedPike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
Two competing models of the relationship between college graduates' perceived learning and satisfaction with the college experience are examined, one representing a true effect and one treating the relationship as an artifact of the halo effect. It is recommended that researchers be cautious in interpreting self-reports of learning and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Surveys
Peer reviewedPike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1991
Analysis of data on freshman-to-senior developmental gains in 722 University of Tennessee-Knoxville students provides evidence of the advantages of structural equation modeling with latent variables and suggests that the group differences identified by traditional analysis of variance and covariance techniques may be an artifact of measurement…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Freshmen, College Seniors, Error of Measurement
Peer reviewedPike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1995
A study evaluated the feasibility of using students' self-reports of academic development and college experiences as substitutes for standardized test scores (proxies) or policy indicators. Results suggested self-reports should be used with care as proxies for a national test but may be used as policy indicators for improvement of undergraduate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Students, Comparative Analysis
