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Marti, C. Nathan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
The Community College Student Report (CCSR) is a widely-used survey instrument. This article examines the reliability and validity of the instrument to assess its usefulness in institutional research and practice. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrate that factor analytic models adequately represent underlying constructs. Confirmatory factor…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Community Colleges, Factor Analysis, Learner Engagement
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Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T.; Smith, Karl – Educational Psychology Review, 2007
Modern cooperative learning began in the mid- 1960s (D. W. Johnson & R. Johnson, 1999a). Its use, however, was resisted by advocates of social Darwinism (who believed that students must be taught to survive in a "dog-eat-dog" world) and individualism (who believed in the myth of the "rugged individualist"). Despite the resistance, cooperative…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Postsecondary Education