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A Three-Year Longitudinal Study of Changes in Student Learning Styles.
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Pinto, Jeffrey K.; And Others – Journal of College Student Development, 1994
Investigated learning style changes of college business students over their college careers. Undergraduate business students (n=178) from two universities completed 1985 Learning Style Inventory in fall semesters of their sophomore, junior, and senior years. Results offered mixed support for contention that learning styles are likely to change…
Descriptors: Change, Cognitive Style, College Students, Higher Education
Developing Local Models of Minority Student Success in College.
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Padilla, Raymond V.; Trevino, Jesus; Trevino, Jane; Gonzalez, Kenny – Journal of College Student Development, 1997
Analyzes strategies that successful minority students employ to overcome barriers to academic success. Uses an expertise model of successful college students on one campus so as to identify specific knowledge and actions that effective minority students employ. Describes various barriers students face and describes implications. (RJM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Educational Attainment, Higher Education
Student Motivations, Learning Environments, and Human Capital Acquisition: Toward an Integrated Paradigm of Student Development.
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Cote, James E.; Levine, Charles – Journal of College Student Development, 1997
Reports on a study of college students (N=276) that tested a model to identify a goodness of fit between students and educational environments. Findings indicate the importance of motivating students to engage in reciprocal relationships with their learning environments to enhance human capital skills. (RJM)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education
Differences in Student Development Reflected by the Career Decisions of College Seniors.
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Long, Beverly E.; And Others – Journal of College Student Development, 1995
Examined developmental behaviors in college seniors having made a career choice and compared these with behaviors of college seniors undecided about careers. Results suggest a relationship between student developmental tasks and career decisions. Career decisions were unrelated to psychological distress and the development of interpersonal…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, College Seniors, College Students