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Leonard L. Baird 《Research in higher education》1984,21(3):261-279
This study examined the statistical and institutional influences on the prediction of first-year college grades, using data from College Board validity studies and the College Handbook. The criterion was the size of the multiple correlation between academic predictors and first-year college grades. The independent variables were the statistical data of the validity study and college characteristics. In general, the extent of the variation of the academic ability of the students was positively related to the size of the multiple correlation, and the heterogeneity of the programs and experience of college negatively related. Further analyses investigated the characteristics that were associated with the greater or lesser efficiency of the predictors (SAT Verbal and Mathematical and high school grades.) 相似文献
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Thanh-Thanh Tieu S. Mark Pancer Michael W. Pratt Maxine Gallander Wintre Shelly Birnie-Lefcovitch Janet Polivy Gerald Adams 《Higher Education》2010,60(3):343-355
This study examined the nature of students’ out-of-class involvements with a view to identifying the kinds of involvement
that are most conducive to positive adjustment to university. Students from five Canadian universities completed questionnaires
in November of their first-year at university assessing the quality of their out-of-class involvements and the extent to which
such activities were structured (i.e., supervised, performed regularly, had a goal or purpose). Measures of adjustment to
university were administered in November and March of their first-year. Results indicated that the amount of structure present
in out-of-class activities was positively related to university adjustment. Activity quality was found to mediate the relationship
between activity structure and university adjustment; it seems that activities that are highly structured are related to more
positive outcomes because they tend to provide participants with a high-quality experience. Results are discussed in terms
of the transition to university, and first-year transition intervention programs. 相似文献
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Pedro Rosário José C. Núñez Julio González-Pienda Antonio Valle Luísa Trigo Carina Guimarães 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2010,25(4):411-428
A programme to enhance first-year college students’ self-regulated learning strategies is proposed and assessed in two samples,
one from the University of Oviedo (Spain) and the other from the University of Minho (Portugal). Each sample was divided into
two groups (experimental and control). The Spanish sample comprised 44 students in the experimental group and 40 in the control
group, whereas in the Portuguese sample, the number of students was 48 and 44, respectively. The narrative-based intervention
programme is organised around a set of fictional letters from a first-year college student in which he reports his own academic
experiences. Each letter focuses on a learning strategy as an opportunity to teach and enhance the students’ deep approaches
to learning and their self-regulated learning processes. In both samples, findings confirm the programme efficacy to teach
efficient learning strategies and to promote self-regulation. Implications for college students and for teaching are discussed. 相似文献
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Undergraduate research is widely perceived as a “high-impact practice” that promotes students’ learning, cognition, career planning, and educational attainment. With some exceptions, the existing evidence largely provides support for these beliefs. However, these studies typically examine research experiences that occur later in the undergraduate years, whereas engaging in undergraduate research during the first year is becoming increasingly common. First-year experiences may yield different outcomes than later experiences for a variety of reasons; in addition, previous studies often do not account sufficiently for self-selection into undergraduate research, which may be especially problematic for cross-sectional studies that occur in the junior or senior year. Therefore, this study examines the potential impact of first-year undergraduate research using propensity score analyses within a large, multi-institutional, longitudinal dataset. Research participation is significantly and positively related to first-year university satisfaction and fourth-year undergraduate GPA, but it is unrelated to satisfaction and grades in other years as well as graduate degree intentions, retention at the same institution, and 4-year graduation. Conditional analyses indicate that these effects are largely consistent across student demographics, pre-university achievement, and institutional selectivity. 相似文献
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Henry R. Weinstock 《College Teaching》2013,61(4):320-321
Abstract. Do sustained induction programs increase participants' teaching efficacy? Data from a qualitative case study of new college faculty involved in a learning community at a small liberal arts college were compared with data from a college-sponsored mentoring project involving first-year teachers from five suburban school districts. Regardless of whether participants taught K-12 or in collegiate classrooms, two dominant themes emerged from first-year narratives: students were likely to overtly challenge the authority of new teachers, and there was a profound difference between novices' own experiences as students and those of the students now in their classrooms. 相似文献
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The widespread popularity of programs for first-year students is due, in large part, to studies showing that participation
in first-year programs is significantly related to students’ academic success. Because students choose to participate in first-year
programs, self-selection effects prevent researchers from making causal claims about the outcomes of those programs. The present
research examined the effects on first-semester grades of students participating in themed learning communities at a research
university in the Midwest. Results indicated that membership in themed learning communities was positively associated with
higher grade point averages, even after controlling for entering ability, application date, gender, and first-generation/low-income
status. However, when instrumental variables were introduced to account for self-selection, the effects of themed learning
communities on grades were not statistically significant. The results have implications for campus leaders and assessment
practitioners who are working to develop methods for understanding the effects of programs designed to enhance the undergraduate
educational experiences on their campuses. 相似文献
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This ethnographic case study examined first-year, first-generation, low-income Latino/a college students’ social experiences and familial support during their transition from a charter high school to four-year universities. Through interviews and observations, we found that maintaining communication and building relationships among high school and college peers, high school faculty and staff, and college professors were essential to navigating the educational system; also, having a family that supported their academic work to allow students to only focus on their coursework was important. 相似文献
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黄晓光 《南京晓庄学院学报》2007,23(5):48-50
《思想道德修养与法律基础》课,在大学生一年级中开设,是对大学生的学习、生活、交往、情感等方面的问题以及价值观、人生观和道德观给予具体的指导和帮助的一门课,它是以解决大学生成长成才所遇到的基本问题为切入点和着眼点,实践性是它的基本价值取向。把握这门课的实践性的价值取向,关键是在《思想道德修养与法律基础》课的教学过程中,构建实践教学的平台,努力实现陶行知所倡导的"教学做合一"。 相似文献
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Patrick T. Terenzini Leonard Springer Patricia M. Yaeger Ernest T. Pascarella Amaury Nora 《Research in higher education》1996,37(1):1-22
This study sought answers to three questions: (1) Do the precollege characteristics of first-generation students differ from those of traditional students? (2) Do first-generation students' college experiences differ from those of other students? (3) What are the educational consequences of any differences on first-year gains in students' reading, math, and critical thinking abilities? Answers come from 2,685 students (825 first-generation and 1,860 traditional students) who entered 23 diverse institutions nationwide in Fall 1992 and who completed one year of study. First-generation students differ from their traditional peers in both entering characteristics and college experiences. Although traditional students make greater net gains in reading during their first year, the two groups gain to about the same degree in math and critical thinking skills. Those gains, however, appear to result from somewhat different experiences. 相似文献
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First-year seminars are frequently designed to help students adjust to and succeed in college. Although considerable literature has explored this topic, many previous studies may have notable problems with self-selection, since students who choose to participate are likely more motivated academically than those who do not. Therefore, this study used quasi-experimental analyses within a large, longitudinal, multi-institutional dataset to explore the link between seminar participation and several student success outcomes. Overall, the use of propensity score analyses substantially alters the results, such that first-year seminars are positively associated with first-year college satisfaction, but they have no effect on fourth-year satisfaction, college grades, retention, or four-year graduation within the full sample. This lack of impact is largely consistent regardless of whether the seminar is designed to engage students in academic inquiry or to promote orientation and academic success. Additional analyses observed some differential effects of first-year seminars by race/ethnicity, ACT score, and sex; the most consistent finding is that first-year seminars appear to promote the college grades and college satisfaction of Black students. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
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Teresa Mayo 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(10):764-768
Community colleges educate a diverse group of students. Effective first-year programs should focus on a variety of interventions that improve learning and retention. Students have academic, intellectual, and social challenges during their community college experience. First-year orientation programs should help students adapt. This article provides a brief history of the first-year experience, gives important guidelines for establishing first-year programs, and identifies the components that should be included in first-year programs. 相似文献
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Geoff J. Bathje Eunha Kim Ellen Rau Muhammad Adam Bassiouny Taehoon Kim 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》2014,36(4):408-422
This study examined attitudes toward face-to-face (f2f) and online counseling among 228 Korean college students. In addition, it tested a hypothesized model proposing that general propensities (i.e., self-concealment, openness to experience, and loss of face) would influence counseling-specific expectations (i.e., self-stigma and disclosure expectations), which, in turn, would predict attitudes toward f2f and online counseling. Findings mirrored the results of earlier studies revealing that self-concealment was negatively related to attitudes toward both f2f and online counseling, while openness to experience and disclosure expectations were positively related. However, whereas self-stigma was associated with negative attitudes toward f2f counseling, it was not related to attitudes toward online counseling. In addition, disclosure expectations accounted for f2f attitudes more than online attitudes. 相似文献
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This paper examines the intercultural interaction experiences of local, first-year students (n?=?25) in their first few weeks at university. The focus on local students complements existing intercultural interaction literature, which has tended to concentrate on the experience of the ‘cultural other’ student. Employing qualitative analysis, the study revealed relationships between how students conceptualise culture, see diversity and experience their initial intercultural interactions on campus. A link between students' cultural backgrounds and the depth of their intercultural interaction experiences emerged. 相似文献
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Individuals with disabilities are attending postsecondary institutions and successfully completing both 2-year and 4-year degrees. Although current literature identifies numerous factors associated with success for 2-year college transfer students in general, given the unique needs of individuals with disabilities, it is possible that other factors play important roles in their postsecondary experience. Through phenomenological research, we explored the experiences of a diverse group of 10 academically successful students with disabilities who transferred from 2-year to 4-year postsecondary institutions. Our findings reveal that although their experiences in many ways paralleled those of students without disabilities, our participants identified positive and negative experiences specifically related to their disabilities. We offer recommendations for 2-year college programming and support services. 相似文献
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Educators worldwide are faced with challenges of understanding how undergraduates are making their school-to-university transition and becoming inducted into their academic discipline. A recent study investigated Hong Kong first-year Chinese students?? experiences of transition from school to university and induction into their discipline in relation to perceived course experiences, approaches to study and achievement of goals. Analysis of the survey data of this study indicates that although students reported transition difficulties, these were unrelated to perceptions of the course, approaches to study or achievement of goals. Students who reported good understanding of their discipline were those who achieved their goals, had a good course experience and adopted deeper study approaches. These findings suggested that rather than focusing mainly on tackling students?? transition difficulties, efforts of promoting a positive first-year experience for Chinese university students and facilitating their goals achievement should be oriented towards constructing a facilitative learning environment. 相似文献
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Adding Value: Learning Communities and Student Engagement 总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5
This study examines the relationships between participating in learning communities and student engagement in a range of educationally purposeful activities of first-year and senior students from 365 4-year institutions. The findings indicate that participating in a learning community is positively linked to engagement as well as student self-reported outcomes and overall satisfaction with college. 相似文献
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Malcolm Hill Dr. James L. Morrison 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(1):25-50
Abstract This study was designed to explore the relationship of selected attitudinal variables among community college faculty members, using a framework derived from symbolic interaction of theory. A survey questionnaire was administered to 627 faculty members in five Pennsylvania community colleges in autumn of 1973. Attitudinal variables are operationally defined through the use of factor analysis, and are related to one another and to socialization experience and reference group identity proxy variables through multiple and partial correlational analysis. Hypotheses concerning variations in attitudes toward the community college philosophy and orientations toward education as consequences of differences in socialization experiences and reference group identities are supported. 相似文献
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Brandi Rima Crystal C. Rodriguez Tom DePaola 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(12):840-853
ABSTRACTThe objective of this study was to examine the benefits of a learning community created for first-year students enrolled in a criminal justice degree program at an urban community college in the Northeast. Quantitative and qualitative survey data were collected from three cohorts of students in the program-based learning community. Survey questions examined students’ satisfaction with the learning community structure and their perceptions of social networking and academic skills gained from participation in the learning community. Quantitative data from the college’s records were used to compare the academic progress and retention of criminal justice students in the program-based learning to other first-year criminal justice students. Our findings indicate that participants had positive experiences in the learning community reporting satisfaction with the learning community structure and significant social networking and academic benefits from their participation in the learning community. Findings also indicated that program-based learning community students exhibited greater academic progress and were retained at higher rates than other first-year criminal justice students. This study substantiates the positive impact of program-based learning communities on students’ satisfaction, their academic success toward degree completion, and retention. 相似文献
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Nolan L. Cabrera Danielle D. Miner Jeffrey F. Milem 《Research in higher education》2013,54(5):481-498
This longitudinal study assesses the impact of the University of Arizona’s New Start Summer Program (NSSP) on participants’ first year GPA and retention, controlling for incoming student characteristics. While programmatic participation significantly predicted first-year GPA and retention, this relationship became insignificant when controlling for first-year college experiences and student development. Programmatic efficacy is largely determined not only by how practitioners develop participants’ cognitive abilities, but also how effectively they connect them to social and academic support networks during their first year of college. Within this context, programmatic impact is likely indirect which poses a number of methodological and resource allocation issues for student affairs administrators and professionals. In addition, it highlights the need to assess the impact of summer bridge programs longitudinally while also having a demographically similar group of students who did not participate for comparison: Two areas generally absent from research on summer bridge program literature. Finally, the study was made possible because of a strong collaboration between the NSSP administrators and the research team, where the goals and needs of each group were supported by the other. 相似文献
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While past researchers suggest undergraduate peer mentors (PMs) benefit from mentoring their peers, this experience is rarely associated with transformative learning. Using narrative analysis of authentic mentoring stories, we explored how particular types of mentoring experiences contribute to transformative learning for PMs of first-year university students. In this study, transformation was more likely when PMs engaged in meaningful routines and everyday practices; exercised purposeful “pretending” in unfamiliar aspects of their role; embraced challenge and surprise; regularly reflected on experiences; and were mentored by supportive faculty and staff. Findings have implications for PM selection and training, as well as program design. 相似文献