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Garman, Deanna Essington – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there were significant differences in student success in face-to-face and online biology courses as categorized by gender, major, and age; and as measured by lecture grades, lab grades, and final course grades. The data used for analyses included data from 170 face-to-face sections and 127…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Success, Online Courses, Intermode Differences
Russ, Sonya L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Past research in the area of college retention shows that social and academic integration are important elements in ensuring high retention rates. Many past studies show that learning communities are beneficial in helping raise retention rates as learning communities effectively increase the rates of social and academic integration. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Social Integration, Communities of Practice