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The Impact of a Goal-Setting Intervention for Engineering Students on Academic Probation
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Bowman, Nicholas A.; Jang, Nayoung; Kivlighan, D. Martin; Schneider, Nancy; Ye, Xiaomeng – Research in Higher Education, 2020
Many degree-seeking college students struggle academically and ultimately never graduate. Academic challenges and persistence within the major are especially salient issues for students who major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Academic probation serves as a means for informing students that they are at risk of dismissal, and…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Engineering Education, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students
Strategy Instruction with Self-Regulation in College Developmental Writing Courses: Results from a Randomized Experiment
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MacArthur, Charles A.; Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; May, Henry; Compello, Jill – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
The article presents the results of a randomized experimental study of a writing curriculum for college developmental writing courses based on strategy instruction with self-regulation integrated with practices common in college composition. Students in a full semester course learned strategies for planning and revising based on rhetorical…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Self Efficacy, Grammar, Student Motivation
Academic Self-Regulation, Academic Performance, and College Adjustment: What Is the First-Year Experience for College Students?
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Sullivan, Colleen Janette – ProQuest LLC, 2010
First-year students experience academic, social, and emotional adjustments as they transition to college. First-year experience courses support students in this transitional phase by helping them integrate into the campus environment and by teaching them college-appropriate learning strategies. This study explored the role that participation in a…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Seminars, Grade Point Average, Self Efficacy
Factors That Relate to the Persistence of First-Generation Undergraduate Students in a Public University
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Thachil, Shoba Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined factors that relate to the persistence of first-generation undergraduate students in a 4-year public university in the Southeastern United States. Results were analyzed from a 2011 two-part survey: CARES-I (College Assessment of Readiness for Entering Students-Intent) and CARES-A (College Assessment of Readiness for Entering…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence, Semi Structured Interviews
The University Experience Course: A Longitudinal Study of Student Performance, Retention, and Graduation.
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Williford, A. Michael; Chapman, Laura Cross; Kahrig, Tammy – Journal of College Student Retention, 2001
Ten years of participants in Ohio University's freshman "University Experience" course (an extended orientation course) were compared with comparable nonparticipants on academic performance, student retention, and student graduation. For most years, participants' GPAs, retention rates, and graduation rates were higher. (EV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
Retention, Bonding, and Academic Achievement: Success of a First-Year Seminar.
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Starke, Mary C.; Harth, Marshall; Sirianni, Frank – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2001
Followed the progress of eight cohorts of first-year college students taking an orientation course between 1986 and 1993. Found that, compared to students who did not take the course, they fared significantly better in retention, graduation rate, grade point average, and other satisfaction, participation, and skills measures. (EV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Attendance, College Freshmen