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Promoting Student Learning and Development
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Broido, Ellen M.; Schreiber, Birgit – New Directions for Higher Education, 2016
This chapter reviews models, theories, and cross-national data on student learning and development and explores these within their context.
Descriptors: Student Development, Learning Processes, Higher Education, Educational Research
How Faculty Promote Cognitive Development in Their Students.
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Jones, Elizabeth A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
A study used the Coursework Cluster Analysis Model to identify college courses associated with gains in student learning, then sought faculty perceptions about methods for teaching and assessing those abilities. Teacher perceptions corroborated the statistical analysis and improved understanding of how student assessment, individual courses, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Higher Education
Exemplary Retention Strategies for the Freshman Year.
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Dunphy, Linda; And Others – New Directions for Higher Education, 1987
Retention research shows that the highest amount of attrition occurs around the freshman year. Freshman-year programs designed to support students in their academic and social development and to involve them more deeply with the education process are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Freshmen, Consortia, First Year Seminars
Using Assessment as a Basis for the Articulation of Transfer Students.
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Ratcliff, James L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
A study used the Coursework Cluster Analysis Model to assess comparability of community college and lower-division courses taken by 76 transfer students and 168 "native" students at Southern University (Louisiana). Results indicate that the different student abilities and backgrounds and different institutions produced different kinds of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Credits, College Curriculum, College Instruction