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Dickinson, Emily R.; Adelson, Jill L. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2016
Practitioners and researchers interested in understanding student achievement, its predictors, and how it relates to other student outcomes are likely unaware of how the source information about achievement may offer subtly different pictures. This study applies multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) within a structural…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques
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Holt, Dale; Palmer, Stuart; Challis, Di – International Journal for Academic Development, 2011
This article reports on a study of Australian teaching and learning centres to identify factors that contribute to their effective strategic leadership. These centres remain in a state of flux, with seemingly endless reconfiguration. The drivers for such change appear to lie in decision makers' search for their centres to add more strategic value…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Student Experience, Academic Achievement, Higher Education
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Fastre, Greet; Gijselaers, Wim H.; Segers, Mien – Journal of Education for Business, 2008
The authors report relations between entrance criteria and study success in a program for a master of science in business. Based on the admission criteria broadly used in European business schools and the findings of prior research, the present authors measured eight criteria for study success in the master's degree program. The authors applied…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Masters Programs
Ogletree, August E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Two needs of Georgia State University Professional Development School Partnerships are to show increases in both student academic achievement and teacher efficacy. The Teacher-Intern-Professor (TIP) Model was designed to address these needs. The TIP model focuses on using the university and school partnership to support Georgia State University…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Professional Development Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
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Lowenthal, Diane J.; Sosland, Jeffrey K. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2007
By examining American University's Washington Semester Program (AUWSP), this project analyzes the impact of intensive undergraduate experiential and active learning on subsequent student academic performance. In this article, we discuss the differences between traditional, active, and experiential learning methods to better understand the…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Focus Groups, Academic Achievement, Alumni