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Direct linkOsman Özdemir – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: In recent years, the widespread use of technology in classrooms has encouraged the transition from traditional lecture methods to digital-based learning environments. Technological game-based learning platforms, such as Kahoot!, which are used to encourage students' active participation and interaction in learning environments, are…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Video Games, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
Holly J. Sawyers – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the meaningful impacts of FYS courses on student success, academic performance, and retention rates in a large urban community college. Using quantitative research methods, the researcher compared Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 institutional data of enrollment and retention to evaluate student…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Program Effectiveness, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement
Download full textCyrette Saunier; Susan Scrivener; Austin Slaughter; Noor Amanullah; Sukanya Barman; Cynthia Miller; Colleen Sommo; Erick Alonzo, Contributor; Osvaldo Avila, Contributor; Katie Beal, Contributor; Parker Cellura, Contributor; Ben Cohen, Contributor; Stanley Dai, Contributor; Hannah Dalporto, Contributor; Claudia Escobar, Contributor; Colin Hill, Contributor; Marco Lepe, Contributor; Tiffany Morton, Contributor; Rebekah O’Donoghue, Contributor; Vivianna Plancarte, Contributor; Alyssa Ratledge, Contributor; Elena Serna-Wallender, Contributor; Andrea Vasquez, Contributor; Rae Walker, Contributor; Michelle Ware, Contributor; Kayla Warner, Contributor; Melissa Wavelet, Contributor; Michael Weiss, Contributor; Diane Wren, Contributor – MDRC, 2025
Community colleges and broad-access universities (those with minimally selective admissions policies) provide an opportunity for students across the United States to attain postsecondary degrees and achieve economic mobility. However, graduation rates from such colleges are often low and there are many obstacles that can be difficult to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Persistence, Program Development, Costs
LaTisha Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The study explored the relationship between how many student success programs and which programs first-year students of color at the University of Kansas (KU) participated in and how this was related to outcomes of retention to sophomore-year and first-year GPA. The study used data from the University of Kansas of students of color who…
Descriptors: Success, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average
Victoria E. B. Bethley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem addressed in this study is the high dropout and poor graduation rates among at-risk students attending Title I high schools in Virginia. The purpose of this causal comparative study was to (a) assess current levels of school connectedness, achievement focus, student persistence, grades, and attendance of at-risk high school students in…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, High School Students, Low Income Students, Disadvantaged Youth
What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
"Social Belonging" interventions for college students aim to reduce the impacts of negative stereotypes that may burden students in underrepresented groups and affect their persistence in college. This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) report, part of the WWC's Supporting Postsecondary Success topic area, explores the effects of…
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Minority Group Students
Mariana Torres – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Retention, persistence, and academic achievement for first-generation students have become increasingly prevalent with increasing access to higher education. Beyond access, the most discernible challenge relates to their identity as a first-generation college student and the lack of mentorship from their parents in navigating the college…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Mentors, Educational Experience, Teacher Student Relationship
What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
Large numbers of students who enroll in college do not complete a degree. Yet, earning a college degree is one of the primary pathways for economic success and is increasingly required for good jobs and high wages. The way students interpret early academic struggles in college may affect whether or not they remain enrolled. If students attribute…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Intervention, Enrollment, Academic Achievement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
Large numbers of students who enroll in college do not complete a degree. If students attribute their academic challenges to a perceived lack of intelligence or inability to succeed in college, they may be less likely to persist. "Growth Mindset" interventions aim to improve college persistence and academic achievement by encouraging…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Intervention, Enrollment, Academic Achievement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
"Growth Mindset" interventions aim to improve college persistence and academic achievement by encouraging students to view intelligence as a "malleable" characteristic that grows with effort, and to view academic challenges as temporary setbacks that they can overcome. This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) report explores the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Intervention, Enrollment, Academic Achievement
Sunder Singhani; Kate McLaren-Poole; Renee A. Bernier – Learning Assistance Review, 2022
The effectiveness of academic coaching at a mid-sized public university was evaluated for the spring 2020 semester by examining the change in academic performance and retention to the fall 2020 semester. Coaching effectiveness was evaluated across three different groups of undergraduate students. Two of the groups were academic recovery programs…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Academic Support Services, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
Darnell Towns-Gedeus – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study employed a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design to provide a richer understanding of the relationship between peer mentoring and the academic success of students in STEM gatekeeper courses. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors contributing to the students' retention and persistence in a STEM program at an HBCU by…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Relationship, STEM Education, Academic Achievement
Umut Dur; Robert G. Hammond; Matthew A. Lenard; Melinda Morrill; Thayer Morrill; Colleen Paeplow – Program on Education Policy and Governance, 2025
Magnet schools provide innovative curricula designed to attract students from other schools within a school district, typically with the joint goals of diversifying enrollment and boosting achievement. Measuring the impact of attending a magnet school is challenging because students choose to apply and schools have priorities over types of…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, Program Effectiveness, Selective Admission, Learner Engagement
Dillon, Jessica – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present study examines the impact of on-campus childcare on student parent success. Researchers believe the role stress they experience while balancing their responsibilities as students and parents, combined with their increased likelihood of experiencing financial stressors relative to their peers, impact their success outcomes. Supports…
Descriptors: Child Care, Ancillary School Services, Parents, Community College Students
Venegas-Muggli, Juan I.; Barrientos, Carolina; Álvarez, Fernando – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2023
This study evaluates the impact of the peer-mentoring program implemented by a Chilean higher education institution on underrepresented students' academic success. Specifically, it assesses whether freshmen who enrolled in 2018 and took part in this initiative performed better than students with similar characteristics who did not. A quantitative…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Mentors, Academic Achievement, Minority Group Students
