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Stephenson, Cherie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify if there are changes to self-regulated learning (SRL) tenets in undergraduate learners who were seeking a hard science degree and had completed a soft science course as part of their general education degree requirement. Students seeking a traditional college degree are required to take…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Required Courses, Self Management
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Lang, David; Wang, Alex; Dalal, Nathan; Paepcke, Andreas; Stevens, Mitchell L. – AERA Open, 2022
Committing to a major is a fateful step in an undergraduate education, yet the relationship between courses taken early in an academic career and ultimate major issuance remains little studied at scale. Using transcript data capturing the academic careers of 26,892 undergraduates enrolled at a private university between 2000 and 2020, we describe…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), College Planning, Natural Language Processing
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Zhang, Jiayi; Beckmann, Nadin; Beckmann, Jens F. – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Chinese students are frequently seen as passive learners because of their apparent reluctance to speak, particularly in English classrooms. However, this impression seems to reflect a stereotype which is likely to confound willingness to communicate (WTC) and communication behaviour. In this article we argue for more attention to be paid to…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Wisneski, John E.; Ozogul, Gamze – American Journal of Distance Education, 2019
Previous studies have compared student performance for the same or similar classes delivered both online and face-to-face. However, few studies have explored the role that a change in learning environment plays in the student's ability to transfer skills and knowledge gained in prerequisite courses to follow-on, or post-requisite, courses. The…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Study, Undergraduate Students
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Tomkin, Jonathan H.; West, Matthew; Herman, Geoffrey L. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2018
We present a methodological improvement for calculating Grade Point Averages (GPAs). Heterogeneity in grading between courses systematically biases observed GPAs for individual students: the GPA observed depends on course selection. We show how a logistic model can account for course selection by simulating how every student in a sample would…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Grading, Predictor Variables, Grades (Scholastic)
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Shoulders, Catherine W.; Johnson, Donald M.; O'Bryan, Corliss A.; Crandall, Philip G. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2018
The 1st step in successfully intervening with students who may fail a course is to identify them as early as possible in the semester. The objective of this study was to create a model to predict student performance in FDSC 4304, the required capstone Food Chemistry class, using academic performance in prerequisite courses as potential predictors.…
Descriptors: Models, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Science Achievement
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Zakariya, Yusuf F. – International Journal of Instruction, 2016
In this study, the author examined the validity of MATH 105 as a prerequisite to MATH 201. The data for this study was extracted directly from the examination results logic of the university. Descriptive statistics in form of correlations and linear regressions were used to analyze the obtained data. Three research questions were formulated and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics
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Ha, Hye Seung – English Teaching, 2019
Lexical richness makes an important contribution to L2 writing quality. To explore its importance, the study aims to identify and explain how lexical richness manifests in argumentative essays written in the final exam of reading and writing class by thirty-five undergraduates. The lexical richness consists of four interrelated elements: lexical…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Vocabulary Skills, Language Usage, Writing Skills
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Moely, Barbara E.; Ilustre, Vincent – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2016
University students who were required to engage in academic public service during college were surveyed just before completion of their undergraduate studies. Views of the graduation requirement remained positive, as they had been at college entry and after two years of study. Civic attitudes, knowledge, and skills were quite stable over four…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Undergraduate Students, Service Learning, Required Courses
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Herrera, Cheryl – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
This study is designed to understand the patterns of selection, preparation, retention and graduation of undergraduate pre-licensure clinical nursing students in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University enrolled in 2007 and 2008. The resulting patterns may guide policy decision making regarding future cohorts in…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Nursing Students, Nursing Education
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Kaighobadi, Mehdi; Allen, Marcus T. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2008
Student academic performance is of major interest to all stakeholders of higher education institutions. This study questions whether or not statistical analysis of information that is readily available in most universities' official records system can be used to predict overall academic success. In particular, this study is an attempt to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Academic Achievement, Success
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Lindsay, D. H.; Tan, K. B.; Campbell, Annhenrie – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
This paper examines how differences in curricular design of undergraduate accounting programs influence pass rates on the Business Environment and Concepts Section of the CPA Exam. The association of the pass rate of a school's accounting graduates to the design of the schools accounting program and to other school characteristics was examined…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Undergraduate Students, Accounting, Curriculum Design