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Time-On-Task and Study Effort Toward College Degree
Completion
Literature Review, January 1999 ERIC Database
2: Deaf (18th, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 16-20, 1995). Publication Year: Jul 1995 Document Type: Project Description (141); Conference Paper (150) Descriptors: * Academic Achievement; College Graduates; College Students; * Deafness; * Educational Attainment; Graduation; Higher Education; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning Strategies; Mainstreaming; Models; * Performance Factors; * Time Factors [Learning] Identifiers: *Carroll [John B]; *National Technical Institute for the Deaf; Rochester Institute of Technology NY Brought to you as a service...
3: Associate Degree Recipients. Armstrong, William B.; Barnes, Randall Abstract: To measure the amount of time it takes to earn an Associate of Arts degree at the San Diego Community College District, a study was undertaken of the number of years and number of semesters graduating students at three district colleges had been enrolled. A random sample of 300 students was drawn from the 1,130 students graduating in June 1992, and information was collected on student characteristics; educational objectives; the first term and the number of terms...
4: The Completion of Educational Programs in a Timely Manner. Report Submitted to the Higher Education Conducting Board. Abstract: In response to legislative mandate intended to curb a national trend toward students taking longer than the traditional two- and four-year time frame to complete educational degrees, the Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges conducted a study of factors in this trend; options for encouraging students to carry full credit loads; and nonfinancial impediments to timely completion. Factors mandated for study...
7: Basketball Players and Other Intercollegiate Athletes. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper. Briggs, Charlotte L. Abstract: Using data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program of students who were college freshmen in 1986 and responded to a follow-up survey in 1990, this study examined differences in degree aspirations and attainment between intercollegiate football or basketball players (N=158) and other intercollegiate athletes (N=801). Although there were significant differences in most background characteristics between the two groups,...
4: Attrition in the Nineties. ERIC Digest. Brawer, Florence B. Concern about retention and attrition rates in higher education have increased over the years. While the statistics remain fairly constant, approximately 50 percent of the freshmen enrolled in colleges and universities drop out before completing their programs. Efforts to identify and treat potential dropouts have grown considerably. This Digest updates earlier studies by concentrating on ERIC documents of the 1990s. It discusses the types of students who take early leave of their...
8: What is the extent of early school leaving? How does the dropout rate vary among different groups and regions? Finally, what do available data imply about possible strategies for meeting the goal? This Digest draws on recent studies to answer these questions. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GOAL Taken together as a single statement, the national goals imply two important points about school completion. First, all the goals support students' learning. The point of finishing high school is to master significant knowledge. Custodial care is clearly...
10: Student Tracking Systems in Community Colleges. ERIC Digest, September 1989. Quimbita, Grace Student tracking systems enable increasing numbers of community colleges to respond to external demands for accountability with tangible measurements of student progress and institutional outcomes. Several recent trends have prompted interest in monitoring student progress throughout college and into their professional lives. Bers (1989) argues that increasing emphasis on marketing, accountability, communication with students, and internal competition...
12: Helping Minority Students Graduate from College-A Comprehensive Approach. ERIC Digest. Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; de los Santos, Alfredo G., Jr. Blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians remain less likely to graduate from college than other Americans. This national failure undermines the foundations of a free society, interferes with efforts to build a competitive work force, and raise doubts about our educational system's capacity to respond to oncoming demographic changes. This persistent and serious problem is solvable if concerned...
13: Beck and Muia, 1980). Despite the recent growth of literature concerning high school dropouts, only a handful of studies have focused on the higher than average incidence of dropping out among students with handicapping conditions (Edgar, 1987; Hasazi, Gordon and Rowe, 1985; Hippolitus, 1980; Levin, Zigmond, and Birch, 1985; Lichtenstein, 1987; Plisko and Stern, 1985; St. Paul Public Schools, 1981). The Eighth Annual Report to Congress (U.S. Department of Education, 1986) suggests that although many youths with handicaps may graduate from...
14: Attrition in the Nineties. ERIC Digest. Brawer, Florence B. Concern about retention and attrition rates in higher education have increased over the years. While the statistics remain fairly constant, approximately 50 percent of the freshmen enrolled in colleges and universities drop out before completing their programs. Efforts to identify and treat potential dropouts have grown considerably. This Digest updates earlier studies by concentrating on ERIC documents of the 1990s. It discusses the types of students who take early leave of their...
2: Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study First Follow-Up. B&B:93/94. Public Use Data Analysis System (DAS) CD-ROM . Abstract: This CD-ROM contains data from the Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:93/94) in the form of a public release Data Analysis System that contains most of the variables from the study that are of interest to analysts for descriptive purposes. The B&B:93 study tracks the experiences of a cohort of recent college graduates, those who received the baccalaureate degree during the 1992-93 academic year and...
3: National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. The experiences of this group in the areas of academic enrollment, degree completion, employment, public service, and other adult decisions will be followed for about 12 years. Data will be used to address issues in a number of educational policy areas such as educational attainment, access to graduate and professional schools, the rate of return on educational investment, and patterns of preparation and engagement in teaching. The B&B:93 cohort consisted of about 12,500 individuals who were determined...
4: Environmental Technician Survey. Abstract: In April 1995, Lexington Community College (LCC), in Kentucky, conducted a survey to gather information about employment trends and educational needs in the environmental technician field. The researchers defined environmental technicians as those who implement federal or state environmental requirements, monitor or sample the environment, audit workplaces for potential hazards, inform and train workers regarding potential hazards, implement appropriate controls, or complete related technical writing...
5: Essay on Time to Degree. Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study. Statistical Analysis Report. McCormick, Alexander C.; And Others Abstract: This report presents selected findings from the 1993/94 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study First Followup survey. The report found that only 36 percent of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients completed their degree within 4 years of beginning postsecondary education. Students who delayed their entry into postsecondary education took longer to complete their degree, as did those who began...
20: Completion among Students in Early Adulthood. Hanniford, Barbara E.; Sagaria, Mary Ann D. Abstract: This study examined the impact of work and family roles on the probability of students in early adulthood completing the associate or baccalaureate degree. It also looked at the effect of gender on degree completion and differences between adult associate and baccalaureate degree seekers. The study used data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) and the fifth follow-up to this study in 1986. From these...
27: Learning and Student Success: The Mission of Higher Education. Dyer, Patricia A. Abstract: In the accountability movement in higher education, the success of two-year colleges is often viewed solely by standards which apply only to four-year institutions, such as the completion of a degree program. Many two-year college students, however, enroll to prepare for employment, to develop important life skills, or to retrain for employment. Among the student satisfaction and retention measures which can be used to evaluate institutional effectiveness...
29: Students at the University of Southern Mississippi. Andero, Abraham Abstract: In order to evaluate the effectiveness of community college transfer programs in Mississippi a study was performed of the state's community/junior college students who transferred to the University of Southern Mississippi and earned a bachelor's degree between 1984 and 1987. Graduates' academic transcripts were reviewed to gather data on sex, associate degree college, baccalaureate program major, degree completion time, ages at entry and graduation, associate...
31: After High School, Then What? A Look at the Postsecondary Sorting-Out Process for American Youth. Haggstrom, Gus W.; And Others Abstract: Patterns of military service, college enrollment, and civilian labor force participation among recent high school graduates and dropouts were examined. The activities that young people pursued after high school were disparate and dependent upon a multitude of factors. The supply of entry-level workers did not keep pace with the demand for technicians, skilled craftsmen, and college-trained workers. Although...
34: Experience of Non-completers in the Labour Market. Johnes, Jill; Taylor, Jim Abstract: This study analyzed follow-up information on graduates (n=95) and noncompleters (n=54) of the University of Lancaster (Great Britain.) Data on family background, educational qualifications, and labor market experience suggested that part of the salary differential in favor of graduates was accounted for by other factors such as other professional qualifications. (DB) Title: Non-completion of a Degree Course and Its Effect on the Subsequent Experience...
43: Adult Learner Retention Revisited. ERIC Digest No. 166. Kerka, Sandra Adult learner retention continues to hold the attention of adult educators in every type of program. Although the reasons students leave and the strategies for keeping them may differ from adult basic education (ABE) to higher education, the goal of retention is the same: to keep learners in programs until they achieve their goals (Tracy-Mumford et al. 1994). In any program, adults are largely voluntary participants, but the student role is just one of many roles and...
44: Mexican American Women: Schooling, Work, and Family. ERIC Digest. Ortiz, Flora Ida The Bureau of Census (1994) reports there are approximately 13 million U.S. citizens of Mexican descent. Over 30 percent reside in the South and over 45 percent in the West. The lives of Mexican American women, wherever they reside, are affected profoundly by schooling, work, and family. This report shows the interdependence of these factors; changes in one affect the others. SCHOOLING To begin our discussion, we examine two aspects of the schooling of Mexican...
1: Development of the Diligence Inventory-Higher Education Form. Bernard, Hinsdale; Schuttenberg, Ernest M. Abstract: A higher education version of the Diligence Inventory for Secondary Students was developed to address student effort in regard to his/her educational development. Undergraduate and graduate students completed the survey. The new version underwent some structural modifications in the scales, but both versions possessed excellent reliability and validity properties. (Author/SM) Title: Development of the Diligence Inventory-Higher...
2: Differences That Make a Difference: Explaining Japan's Success. Rohlen, Thomas P. Abstract: Defines the success of Japanese education as a high level of average academic achievement for an entire student population accomplished at relatively low cost. Discusses various contextual explanations, including motivational, cultural, societal, administrative, and behavioral differences. Underscores Japanese civilization's overall stability, simplicity of focus, and stress on effort, dedication, and suffering as character-builders. (14 references)...
2: Character Education in Ohio: Sample Strategies. Abstract: The Ohio State Department of Education has identified 10 basic values for which students are to strive. These individual character traits are compassion, courtesy, tolerance, honesty, self-discipline, diligence, responsibility, self-respect, courage, and integrity. This guide provides sample strategies for educators to help them to develop these traits in their students. The guide is comprised of five sections. Section 1 contains a sample character trait inventory. The 10 basic values...
1: Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ). The study found that, in general, students who worked in academic or career-related jobs on campus reported higher levels of effort and involvement in a range of areas measured by the CSEQ than students who worked under other circumstances, including use of the library, interactions with faculty, involvement in learning through coursework, writing experiences and activities, and other curricular and extracurricular activities. Specific effects for each area and type of institution are discussed. Students...
2: University of Toledo (Ohio). The study used the College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ) to solicit information on student effort (involvement), student perception of their campus environment, and how much students believe they have gained in certain areas. Demographic information was also obtained on year-in-school, age, and enrollment status. The total number of subjects was 3,084. Results of factor analysis suggested the following conclusions: (1) learning gains of traditional-age full-time students and new majority students...
3: Reported Gains in Academic and Social Skills. Bauer, Karen W. Abstract: Used College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ) to analyze differences in self-reported gains that students make in academic and personal/social development. Findings from 929 college students revealed that female students and those with high grades (A to B+) reported making greatest gains in academic and social skills. (Author/NB) Title: Self-Reported Gains in Academic and Social Skills. Author: Bauer, Karen W. Journal Citation: Journal of College Student Development,...
4: Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ). The data showed that high levels of student/faculty contact coincided with high student scores on quality of effort measures. It is noted that this may be due to the contact, or it may be that those students who exert a great deal of personal effort involve faculty in their studies. CSEQ research also indicated that quality of effort scales significantly predicted achievement in key areas of student development and added significantly to the prediction of student success when included with other measures...
5: Contains a copy of the CSEQ. (JB) Title: The Undergraduates: A Report of Their Activities and Progress in College in the 1980's. Author: Pace, C. Robert Document Identifier: ERIC Document Reproduction Service No ED375701 Note: 164p. Publication Year: 1990 Document Type: Book (010); Test, Questionnaire (160); Research Report (143) Descriptors: Academic Achievement; * Educational Experience; Higher Education; Institutional Characteristics; National Surveys; Reading Habits; * Student Attitudes; Student Behavior; * Student Characteristics;...
6: Questionnaire and the ACT COMP Objective Exam. Author: Davis, Todd M.; Murrell, Patricia H. Journal Citation: Research in Higher Education, v31 n5 p425-41 Oct 1990 Publication Year: 1990 Document Type: Journal Article (080); Research Report (143) Descriptors: * College Seniors; Comparative Analysis; Higher Education; * Outcomes of Education; Questionnaires; Scores; * Student Experience; Test Validity Identifiers: *College Outcome Measures Project; *College Student Experiences [Questionnaire] Brought to you as a service of The ERIC Clearinghouse...
9: Part One: Tentative Norms for the 1990s. Part Two: Comparable Responses from the 1980s. Part Three: Bibliography and Psychometric Supplement to the CSEQ, Third Edition, 1990. Pace, C. Robert; Swayze, Susan Abstract: This document presents tentative 1990-91 norms for the College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ).The norms are based on student (n=20,513) questionnaires which gathered data from 18 doctoral universities, 21 general liberal arts colleges, 19 comprehensive colleges and universities, and 5 highly selective liberal arts...
14: Student Outcomes Assessment: The Senior Survey. Lingrell, Scot A. Abstract: This paper reviews recent literature pertaining to outcomes assessment, especially college senior surveys, and provides background information on several successful studies documenting the effectiveness of outcomes assessment. Books chosen for review are: (1) "Information on Student Outcomes: How To Get It and How To Use It" (Peter T. Ewell); (2) "Measuring College Outcomes" (C. Robert Pace); and (3) "College: The Undergraduate Experience in America" (Ernest Boyer)....
3: Student Perceptions of Cognitive Development. Franklin, Maureen Abstract: A longitudinal study of 2,165 college students at 4-year institutions suggests that students' precollege traits, quality of academic effort in college, and faculty and peer interactions were more influential on learning and student perceptions of cognitive development than institutional characteristics and environment. A resulting causal model is proposed. (Author/MSE) Title: The Effects of Differential College Environments on Academic Learning and Student Perceptions...
1: From the ERIC database Self-Regulated Learning, Effort Awareness and Management in College Students: Are They Aware of How They Act on Learning Tasks and Their Learning Skills? Talbot, Gilles L. Abstract: With a view to understanding developmental education, this project studied 100 college students at Champlain-Saint Lawrence College (Quebec) to measure their motivations and perceptions of ability and to see how different types of students responded to assistance. Students with a learning orientation (LO), who viewed ability as derived...
1: Load and the Quality of Student Learning. Chambers, Ellie Abstract: This paper argues that a precondition for good studying and learning in undergraduate study is a reasonable student workload. Ways in which workload can be measured, in advance of presentation, are outlined. Suggestions on how to regulate student workload and some implications for curriculum and course design are presented. (GLR) Title: Work-Load and the Quality of Student Learning. Author: Chambers, Ellie Journal Citation: Studies in Higher Education, v17 n2 p141-53 1992...
2: The Role of Cooperative Reward Interdependency in Success and Failure. Harris, Abigail M.; Covington, Martin V. Abstract: Self-worth-related consequences of success and failure for low and high performers under cooperative and competitive reward structure were compared in 282 middle school students solving puzzles. Results illustrate that, regardless of reward structure, success and failure play a critical role in reducing the impact of individual performance differences. (SLD) Title: The Role of Cooperative Reward Interdependency in Success...
3: Higher Education:
Handbook of Theory and Research. Volume IX. Smart, John C., Ed. Abstract:
Ten papers on theory and research in higher education have the following
titles and authors: "An Analysis of the Paradigmatic Evolution of U.S.
Higher Education and Implications for the Year 2000" (Hasan Simsek and
Richard B. Heydinger); "A Motivational Analysis of Academic Life in College"
(Martin V. Covington); "The Paradox of Growth in Federal Aid for College
Students, 1965-1990" (James C. Hearn); "Scientist and Engineer Supply and
Demand" (Larry...
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