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Forrest, Rebecca L.; Stokes, Donna W.; Burridge, Andrea B.; Voight, Carol D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
Pretesting and early intervention measures to identify and remediate at-risk students were implemented in algebra-based introductory physics to help improve student success rates. Pretesting via a math and problem-solving diagnostic exam administered at the beginning of the course was employed to identify at-risk students based on their scores.…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Introductory Courses
Salazar, Omar Cuevas; López, Ramona Imelda García; Garcia, Javier José Vales; Medina, Isidro Roberto Cruz – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
The tutorship program is aimed at supporting students throughout their university career and its objective is to prevent future problems of adaptation in the educational ambience as well as intervening in matters of academic achievement. At the Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (Technological Institute of Sonora) (ITSON), the individual tutorship…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Tutorial Programs, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries
Alegre Ansuategui, Francisco José; Moliner Miravet, Lidón – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2017
This paper describes an experience of same-age peer tutoring conducted with 19 eighth-grade mathematics students in a secondary school in Castellon de la Plana (Spain). Three constructs were analysed before and after launching the program: academic performance, mathematics self-concept and attitude of solidarity. Students' perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Students
Kennedy, Renea F. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between GEAR UP academic support services and student achievement. GEAR UP is an evidence-based college readiness program. This study focused on a subset of academic support services designed to impact student achievement including: academic mentoring, math tutoring, English tutoring, study…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis, Multivariate Analysis
Lang, Guido – Information Systems Education Journal, 2016
This study tests the effects of tutorial format (i.e. video vs. text) on student attitudes and performance in online computing education. A one-factor within-subjects experiment was conducted in an undergraduate Computer Information Systems course. Subjects were randomly assigned to complete two Excel exercises online: one with a video tutorial…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Online Courses, Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction
Willman, Salla; Lindén, Rolf; Kaila, Erkki; Rajala, Teemu; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi; Salakoski, Tapio – Computer Science Education, 2015
Computer aided assessment systems enable the collection of exact time and date information on students' activity on a course. These activity patterns reflect students' study habits and these study habits further predict students' likelihood to pass or fail a course. By identifying such patterns, those who design the courses can enforce positive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Habits, Introductory Courses, Programming
Romney, Paulette B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
High attrition rates of African American college students' is a continuing concern of higher education administrators. This is particularly true of African American men attending community college. African American men consistently experience low levels of scholastic achievement as a result of entering college underprepared, with academic deficits…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, African American Students, Males, Learner Engagement
Kostecki, James; Bers, Trudy – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2008
This research examined the effect of tutoring on student success at an open enrollment community college, controlling for gender, age, race/ethnicity, highest level of education, and reading, writing and mathematics competency. Student success was defined three ways: term grade point average (GPA), success in courses, and persistence from the fall…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis, Open Enrollment

Kelley, Allen C.; Swartz, Caroline – Journal of Economic Education, 1976
A report on the impact of using student-to-student tutoring in freshman economics at Duke University. Positive impacts were seen to be twice as great as having had high school economics or having had high school differential calculus. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Descriptions, Economics, Economics Education
Wright, William A. – 1973
The academic performance during Fall 1972 of regular admits, scholarship award winners, and disadvantaged students admitted under the exceptions admissions policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County is analyzed. Comparisons are made of the effect of tutorial assistance provided by the UMBC Learning Resources Center upon the grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Chaney, Bradford; Muraskin, Lana; Cahalan, Margaret; Rak, Rebecca – 1997
This follow-up study, part of the National Study of Student Support Services compared the status of 2,900 disadvantaged students receiving student support services (SSS) since entering college 3 years earlier and 2,900 nonparticipating comparable students. Services offered varied among institutions but were all intended to help students stay in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Attendance, College Credits