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Johnson, James – NACADA Journal, 2013
In an effort to standardize academic risk assessment, the NCAA developed the graduation risk overview (GRO) model. Although this model was designed to assess graduation risk, its ability to predict grade-point average (GPA) remained unknown. Therefore, 134 individual risk assessments were made to determine GRO model effectiveness in the…
Descriptors: Risk Assessment, College Athletics, Athletes, Graduation Rate
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Sparks, Richard L.; Lovett, Benjamin J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
This study examined the consequences of classifying postsecondary students as learning disabled (LD) using five objective sets of criteria: IQ-achievement discrepancies (1.0 to 1.49 SD, 1.5 to 1.99 SD, and greater than or equal to 2.0 SD), DSM-IV criteria, and chronic educational impairment beginning in childhood. The participants were 378…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Disability Identification, Postsecondary Education, Learning Disabilities
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Chen, Yiching – TESL-EJ, 2005
As theorized in Anderson's (1983, 1995) associative stage of skill acquisition, errors or obstacles become an important index of the learning process. However, learning obstacles have not been widely researched in the field of language learning strategies. This study explores the difficulties or barriers confronted by the EFL (English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: Barriers, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Listening Skills