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Direct linkHoffman, August John; Wallach, Julie; Sanchez, Eduardo; Afkhami, Hasti – Community College Enterprise, 2009
The current study sought to determine if community based gardening projects would reduce perceptions of the need to use communication devices--cell phones or text messaging--and increase the likelihood of participating in future volunteer projects. Results strongly support the predictions in that the experimental group post-test mean score of the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Interpersonal Communication, Service Learning
Cohen, Elaine; And Others – 1989
In the summer of 1987, a project was undertaken by a consortium of eight California community colleges to develop valid and culturally fair assessment procedures for placing students into appropriate level courses. The specific objective of the project was to provide a guide to the state's community colleges for the development of these procedures…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Richards, William – 1986
In fall 1985, a study was conducted by the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education to analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of community college assessment programs throughout the state. Each community college in the state randomly selected 100 students whose basic skills had been assessed and who had enrolled in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills
PDF pending restorationArismendi-Pardi, E. J. – 1997
This study evaluated student preparation for a course in calculus for business, management, and social sciences as a prerequisite for success in probability theory. The study included a review of the literature, development of an assessment instrument and cut-off scores, and review and validation of the study criteria, the assessment instrument,…
Descriptors: Calculus, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Course Content
Download full textLinthicum, Dorothy S. – 1980
In 1979-80, a study was conducted at Dundalk Community College (DCC) to assess the procedures and instruments used to place students in the three options of its developmental education program: Option A (for students with the lowest assessment scores), Option B (for those with low assessment scores), and regular developmental courses. The study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Fischbach, Rita – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted at Illinois Central College (ICC) to identify pre- and post-enrollment variables that could serve as predictors of student persistence and to compare persistence between vocational and academic program students. From a population of 656 Applied Science students and 671 Arts and Science students who were first-time,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
