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Can Placement Test Score Predict Success for a First-Semester Community College Student in Their First Online Course?
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MacGregor, Philip C.; O'Reilly, Frances L.; Matt, John – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study examined the following question: What is the relationship, if any, between COMPASS placement scores and the student success in the first online course during the students first semester? Discriminant function analysis was used to examine the relationship. This study used existing data from new students, who took the COMPASS placement…
Descriptors: Scores, Student Placement, Testing, Two Year Colleges
Exploration of the Factors That Support Learning: Web-Based Activity and Testing Systems in Community College Algebra
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Hauk, Shandy; Matlen, Bryan – Grantee Submission, 2016
A variety of computerized interactive learning platforms exist. Most include instructional supports in the form of problem sets. Feedback to users ranges from a single word like "Correct!" to offers of hints and partially to fully worked examples. Behind-the-scenes design of such systems varies as well --from static dictionaries of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Mathematics, Algebra, Web Based Instruction
Computerized Testing of Level III Associate Degree Nursing Students versus Paper and Pencil Testing Methods
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Gullo, Shirna R. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Computerized testing may be one solution to enhance performance on the curricular Health Education Systems Inc. (HESI) exam and the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Due to the integration of improved technological processes and procedures in healthcare for computerized documentation and electronicmedical records,…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Associate Degrees, Computer Assisted Testing, Comparative Analysis
Peer Coaching of At-Risk Students in a Remedial Mathematics Course
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George, Michael; Khazanov, Leonid; McCarthy, Chris – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Remedial mathematics at the college level has evidenced strikingly low retention and passing rates. It has been shown that at least 25% of the variation in student performance is explained by students' affective variables such as attitudes, study skills, and mathematics anxiety. This study endeavored to address affective variables by: (a)…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Coaching (Performance), At Risk Students, Remedial Mathematics
Standardized Testing Placement and High School GPA as Predictors of Success in Remedial Math
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Burrow, Susan C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if a relationship existed between success in elementary algebra and a set of predictor variables including COMPASS score and high school GPA. Relationships for intermediate algebra and college credit accumulation over three semesters were also examined with COMPASS score and high school GPA…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Standardized Tests, Correlation, Algebra
The Relationship among Health Education Systems, Inc. Progression and Exit Examination Scores, Day or Evening Enrollment, Final Grade Point Average and NCLEX-RN® Success in Associate Degree Nursing Students
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Barnwell-Sanders, Pamela – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Graduates of associate degree (AD) nursing programs form the largest segment of first-time National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN®) test takers, yet also experience the highest rate of NCLEX-RN® failures. NCLEX-RN® failure delays entry into the profession, adding an emotional and financial toll to the unsuccessful…
Descriptors: Health Education, Exit Examinations, Scores, Day Programs