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Rodriguez Jaime, Luis Francisco – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Little is known about students' perceptions of online enrollment processes. Student satisfaction is part of the assessment required for accreditation, but evidence suggests that college administrators are oriented to retention and graduation rates rather than to consumer perception. The purpose of this descriptive quantitative study was to develop…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Enrollment Influences, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
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Swaak, Janine; de Jong, Ton – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1996
A way to assess knowledge acquired through simulation-based learning (intuitive knowledge) is presented. A "WHAT-IF" test item format is developed, and two pilot studies involving 74 college students responding to WHAT-IF items are described. The tests did tap improvement in learning, although test validity was only partially supportive.…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Longford, Nicholas T. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1990
A multilevel variance component analysis from the pilot year of pretesting an instrument--the GENED--designed to present information about general education outcomes is presented, using data from about 11,000 college students. The analysis addresses the discriminant validity of the subtests and statistical issues in test construction. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Discriminant Analysis, General Education, Higher Education
Croft, Frances R.; And Others – 1989
This descriptive research study examined the validity of an adaptation of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) that uses a videotape with questions in American Sign Language with a special group of hearing-impaired college students, assuming that LASSI is still reliable for this group. The study was limited to prelingually deaf…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Congenital Impairments, Deafness, Evaluation Problems
Facione, Noreen C.; Facione, Peter A. – 1994
Criterion 20 of the National League for Nursing's accreditation process requires documentation of critical thinking (CT) as an outcome of nursing education. This raises two questions: What is meant by CT? and How can it be measured? Building on a consensus construct of CT as articulated in the American Philosophical Association 1990 Delphi Report,…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Certification, College Students, Criteria
Lindner, Reinhard W.; Harris, Bruce R. – 1993
The role of self-regulated learning in successful academic performance at the college level was studied. Using a literature review, items were developed for a self-regulated learning questionnaire, which was written as a Likert scale and pilot tested with a small group. Subjects for the study were 39 male and 121 female education majors at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Education Majors, Grade Point Average
Garcia, Teresa; Pintrich, Paul R. – 1995
Some issues involved in the measurement of student motivation and learning strategies are explored, focusing on a self-report instrument, the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). The MSLQ, designed to assess the motivational orientation and learning strategy use of college students and based on a social-cognitive view, has been…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Theories, Evaluation Methods
Ang, Cheng H.; Noble, Julie P. – 1993
This study examined the separate and joint use of high school course grades, course work taken, and American College Testing Program (ACT) Assessment subject area scores for making course placement decisions. The data for this study were obtained from nine institutions through their participation in a pilot study of the ACT Course Placement…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Selection (Students), Decision Making, English
Dolmans, Diana; And Others – 1993
The construction and validation of a tutor evaluation questionnaire are described. The importance of the tutor in problem-based learning requires assessment of staff conducting this role. After a pilot study in 1990-91 with 100 students and 150 tutors who identified important tutor skills, a questionnaire was prepared. This questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Loup, Karen S.; And Others – 1994
Results are reported of three years of research and development, piloting, and extended field testing of a classroom-based assessment and professional consultation system used to assess important teaching and learning variables in higher education contexts. Of particular interest is the focus of the total system on enhancing learning and newer…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Consultation Programs, Continuation Students, Continuing Education
Powers, Susan M.; Davis, Michaeleen; Torrence, Eileen – 1999
This pilot study explores the perceptions of distance education students of their classroom environment using the College/University Classroom Environment Inventory (CUCEI), a traditional classroom assessment tool. The CUCEI has seven scales that cover the areas of personalization, involvement, student cohesiveness, satisfaction, task orientation,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Evaluation, Distance Education
Ward, William C.; And Others – 1986
The College Board Computerized Placement Tests are intended for use by two- and four-year colleges in determining whether entering students are prepared for college-level work in English, reading, and mathematics, or whether they need developmental studies. Seventeen colleges and universities participated in pilot testing of the College Board…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Basic Skills, College English, College Faculty