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The Impact of Participation in Freshman Learning Communities on Student Academic Achievement and Retention at One College
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Roark, Deborah Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research study was specifically designed to examine the relationship of a learning communities program, as a standard treatment effect, on the academic performance and retention of college freshmen during the Fall 2008 through Fall 2011 academic semesters, and specifically for a university comprised of higher levels of underrepresented…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Participation, Communities of Practice, Academic Achievement
English Learning Predictors of Listening and Speaking Self-Efficacy for Adult Second Language Learners
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Grafals, Zoraida – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was twofold. First, this study was conducted to compare English communicative competency achievement between two different models of instruction. Adult English language learners (AELLs) participated in either the communicative task-based (CTB) or in a more traditional (MT) language instructional approach. The goal of the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Control Groups
The Effects of College Counseling Services on Academic Performance and Retention
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Lee, Donghyuck; Olson, Elizabeth A.; Locke, Ben; Michelson, Sandra Testa; Odes, Eleonora – Journal of College Student Development, 2009
For this study, we examined the relationship between counseling experience and college students' academic performance and retention in a sample of 10,009 college freshmen and transfer students. The results indicated that counseling experience is significantly associated with student retention: students receiving counseling services were more…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, School Holding Power