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Direct linkDostal Dauer, Kevin Lorenz – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Parental involvement in higher education has received much attention since the 1990s, though mostly through mainstream media sources. The term "helicopter parents" is now used to describe over-involved parents who "hover" over their children, intent on ensuring that their children's needs are addressed. The perception within…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Study Abroad, Parenting Styles, Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewedShaw, Melanie; Chametzky, Barry; Burrus, Scott W.; Walters, Kelley J. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2013
To facilitate student learning and ensure financial stability, leaders in higher education institutions offering online degrees and programs are adopting flexible course schedules with shorter terms. The literature does not include many evaluations demonstrating how shorter duration terms and courses might affect student achievement. In this…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Program Length
Yates, Lenora; Sandiford, Janice – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to investigate variables associated with learning and performance as measured by the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN), (2) to validate the predictive value of the Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) achievement exit exam, and (3) to provide a model that could…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nurses, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Exit Examinations
Download full textFerguson, Janet M.; DeFelice, Amy E. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
This research presents findings from a two-part study. In the first part, graduate students taking online courses were given a course evaluation form. Student responses from online abbreviated summer sessions were compared to student responses from online full-semester courses. Both the intensive and full-semester courses were taught by the same…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Course Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Online Courses
Hick, Thomas L.; Irvine, David J. – 1978
To eliminate maturation as a factor in the pretest-posttest design, pretest scores can be converted to anticipate posttest scores using grade equivalent scores from standardized tests. This conversion, known as historical regression, assumes that without specific intervention, growth will continue at the rate (grade equivalents per year of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores
Wells, Stuart; And Others – 1974
The effects of varying amounts of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in mathematics, on the academic performance of 446 fifth and sixth graders scoring below norm on the California Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) were investigated. Independent variables were: (1) beginning-of-year CTBS mathematics pretest score; (2) teacher's verbal ability; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Compensatory Education
