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Toby J. Park-Gaghan; Christine Mokher; Taylor Burtch; Morgan Danyi – Grantee Submission, 2024
Florida State University researchers spent the last year collecting and analyzing data on corequisite developmental education (DE) models in Texas as part of a four-year study that received a $1.5M grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. This study was proposed in response to Texas House Bill (HB) 2223, which…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, Required Courses, Models
Stephenson, Cherie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify if there are changes to self-regulated learning (SRL) tenets in undergraduate learners who were seeking a hard science degree and had completed a soft science course as part of their general education degree requirement. Students seeking a traditional college degree are required to take…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Required Courses, Self Management
Vanessa S. Keadle – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study explored the differences in student success outcomes between students enrolled in non-STEM and STEM corequisite mathematics courses at 18 postsecondary institutions across five academic years in West Virginia, using de-identified student data. The researcher analyzed this extant data to determine if student characteristics were…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Mathematics Education, Required Courses, Postsecondary Education
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Wisneski, John E.; Ozogul, Gamze – American Journal of Distance Education, 2019
Previous studies have compared student performance for the same or similar classes delivered both online and face-to-face. However, few studies have explored the role that a change in learning environment plays in the student's ability to transfer skills and knowledge gained in prerequisite courses to follow-on, or post-requisite, courses. The…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Study, Undergraduate Students
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Shoulders, Catherine W.; Johnson, Donald M.; O'Bryan, Corliss A.; Crandall, Philip G. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2018
The 1st step in successfully intervening with students who may fail a course is to identify them as early as possible in the semester. The objective of this study was to create a model to predict student performance in FDSC 4304, the required capstone Food Chemistry class, using academic performance in prerequisite courses as potential predictors.…
Descriptors: Models, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Science Achievement
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Andrews, Da'Mon; Tolman, Steven – Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 2021
The purpose of this study was to determine predictors of community college student academic success in corequisite English and mathematics courses. Academic success was defined dichotomously on a pass or fail basis. The population included 1,934 students enrolled in at least one corequisite English and/or mathematics course at a community college…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Zheng, Chunping; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
Research on self-efficacy has been a productive field while limited studies have explored language learners' formation of academic self-efficacy. This quantitative study developed an instrument with two questionnaires for assessing English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' formation of self-efficacy and academic self-efficacy. It further…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Nourse, David – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Recent estimates show nearly 90% of school districts nationwide offer some form of online credit recovery. Additionally, credit recovery services have become one of the fastest growing areas of educational software. Despite the widespread adoption of these programs, there is a lack of scholarly research on the effectiveness, rigor, and suitability…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Repetition, Required Courses, Academic Achievement
Gohara, Sabry; Shapiro, Joseph I.; Jacob, Adam N.; Khuder, Sadik A.; Gandy, Robyn A.; Metting, Patricia J.; Gold, Jeffrey; Kleshinski, James; and James Kleshinski – Learning Assistance Review, 2011
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether models based on pre-admission testing, including performance on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), performance on required courses in the medical school curriculum, or a combination of both could accurately predict performance of medical students on the United States Medical Licensing…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Required Courses, Medical Schools
Gaspard, Mae B.; Burnett, Michael F.; Gaspard, Camile P. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2011
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the influence of self-esteem and selected demographic characteristics on academic achievement among students at the freshman level in the College of Agriculture at Louisiana State University. The sample of the study was all students at Louisiana State University enrolled in the Introduction to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Academic Achievement, Multiple Regression Analysis, Demography
Klinkenberg, Laurel Beth – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In recent years, community colleges have come into the spotlight nationally in terms of their potential to assist in the revitalization of the economy. This has resulted in an increased need for community colleges to understand more fully the factors that influence student persistence. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, First Generation College Students, Correlation, Age Differences
Herman, William E. – Online Submission, 2009
This preliminary research report offers readers an example of pedagogical research within the context of an educational psychology course. The research questions dealt with: (1) the effectiveness of a course pre-requisite, (2) the value of a class attendance policy, and (3) early indicators in the course of success or failure. Previous…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement, Attendance
Baker, Richard Allen, Jr. – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the policy implications allowing administrators to exempt a student from required arts instruction if the student obtained unsatisfactory scores on the high-stake state mandated tests in English and mathematics. This study examined English language arts and math test scores for 37,222 eighth grade students…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Music Education, Poverty, Educational Assessment
Richard Allen Baker Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the policy implications allowing administrators to exempt a student from required arts instruction if the student obtained unsatisfactory scores on the high-stake state mandated tests in English and mathematics. This study examined English language arts and math test scores for 37,222 eighth grade students…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Music Education, Poverty, Educational Assessment
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Kaighobadi, Mehdi; Allen, Marcus T. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2008
Student academic performance is of major interest to all stakeholders of higher education institutions. This study questions whether or not statistical analysis of information that is readily available in most universities' official records system can be used to predict overall academic success. In particular, this study is an attempt to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Academic Achievement, Success
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