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Direct linkMartinez-Vazquez, P. – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2021
This paper proposes a model to re-balance assessment schedules through the quantification of students' workload. The initiative derives from the migration of a term-based to a semester-based calendar in a HE institution. The change required scrutiny of former and new assessment calendars which highlighted deficiencies in the administration of…
Descriptors: Semester System, Higher Education, Educational Change, Engineering Education
Download full textVanessa Georgette Lazo – Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, 2025
This study explores the impact of instructional modality and session length on student success and retention in first-semester Japanese and Spanish language courses at a large urban community college. The research analyzed pre- and post-tests, final grades, and retention rates across multiple academic terms, including standard 16-week and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Japanese, Spanish, Community College Students
Heather Scanio – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this mixed-methods simple explanatory sequential research design study was to examine and explore the relationship between semester-length and online student success at a community college in southeast Texas. Five research questions were addressed. The first two quantitative questions asked (1) how does semester-length relate to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Semester System, Time Factors (Learning), Online Courses
