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Women Students' Interactions with Faculty and Exposure to Good Teaching at Colleges and Universities with Varying Histories of Admitting Women
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Trolian, Teniell L.; Jach, Elizabeth A.; Ogren, Christine A.; Hanson, Jana M. – Research in Higher Education, 2018
This study considers how institutional histories of admitting women are associated with present college experiences, and uses data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education to compare the experiences of women at women's colleges or former women's colleges to those of women at former men's colleges and colleges that have always been…
Descriptors: Womens Education, College Admission, Student Experience, Institutional Characteristics
A Survey of College Students' Exposure to and Preference for Eight Instructional Options
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Barrall, Mary E.; Hill, David A. – Research in Higher Education, 1977
Options examined were: programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, modular instruction, contingency management and contracting, personalized system of instruction, individually prescribed instruction, large lecture, and lecture-discussion. Results indicated differences in exposure to options and among areas of concentration. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Perceived Control and Instruction in the College Classroom: Some Implications for Student Achievement.
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Perry, Raymond P.; Dickens, Wenda J. – Research in Higher Education, 1987
A study that examined how four types of feedback affected perceived control and student achievement in different instruction settings is described. College students wrote an aptitude test that provided either contingent, low noncontingent failure, high noncontingent failure, or no-performance feedback. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Faculty, College Instruction
Lower-Division Class Size at U.S. Postsecondary Institutions.
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Chatman, Steve – Research in Higher Education, 1997
Data from a national faculty survey were used to calculate and suggest standards for lower-division class size to aid college planning. Factors considered included sector (public/private), Carnegie classification, institution size, discipline, student level, and instructional method. Results support formation of comparative distributions for class…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Planning