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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1977
Discriminant analysis was separately employed for men and women in order to determine the independent personality dimensions that discriminate among the four Clark-Trow student types. Two significant discriminant functions placed the male vocational, nonconformist, academic, and collegiate types in positions that are essentially consistent with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Models, Personality Assessment, Personality Studies
Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1985
Proposed a causal model to examine the impact of resident living on student development. Tested the model with 4,191 college students. Secondary analysis indicated that the influence of on-campus living on intellectual and social self-concept is indirect and mediated through interactions with faculty and peers. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: College Students, Commuting Students, Comparative Analysis, Dormitories
Download full textPierson, Christopher T.; Wolniak, Gregory C.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Flowers, Lamont – 2002
This document presents the variable definitions utilized in a study of the impacts of two- and four-year college attendance on learning orientations. The authors identify the specific survey items that compose the four orientations to learning explored in this study (i.e., openness to diversity/challenge, learning for self-understanding, internal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Attendance, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedPierson, Christopher T.; Wolniak, Gregory C.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Flowers, Lamont A. – Review of Higher Education, 2003
With statistical controls for confounding influences, including precollege learning orientations, attendance at a two-year versus four-year college had modest but significant positive effects on student growth in first- and second-year Openness to Diversity, second-year Learning for Self-Understanding, and first-year Internal Locus of Attribution…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
Pascarella, Ernest T.; And Others – 1991
This paper estimates the effects of freshman athletic participation on reading comprehension, mathematics, and critical thinking controlling for pre-college aptitude and other influences. A group of 3,331 students from 18 four-year and 5 two-year colleges and universities participated in initial testing during fall of their freshman year. Testing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basketball, Cognitive Development, College Athletics
Peer reviewedPascarella, Ernest T.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1996
A study investigated the influence on critical-thinking skills of part-time and full-time student status. Subjects were 2,076 first-year students at 2- and 4-year colleges. Full-time students developed a higher level of critical-thinking skills than did part-time students, even controlling for other factors. Full-time two-year college students…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Full Time Students
