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Cognitive Impacts of Living on Campus versus Commuting to College.

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Pascarella, Ernest; And Others – Journal of College Student Development, 1993

Tested hypothesis that living on campus fostered cognitive growth by estimating relative first-year gains in reading comprehension, mathematical reasoning, and critical thinking of resident (n=40) and commuter (n=170) first-year college students. Controlling for precollege cognitive level, academic motivation, age, work responsibility, and extent…

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Freshmen, College Housing, Commuting Students

Cognitive Impacts of Living on Campus versus Commuting to College.

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Pascarella, Ernest; And Others – 1992

This report sought to test the hypothesis that living on campus fosters cognitive growth by estimating the relative freshman-year gains in reading comprehension, mathematical reasoning, and critical thinking of resident and commuter students at an urban university. Data were collected from 210 college freshmen students at a large research…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, College Freshmen