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Download full textBenito Ilich Suárez-Bedolla; Francisco Cervantes-Pérez; Beatriz Feijoó-Fernández – Open Praxis, 2024
A common diagnosis in the literature is that the writing of Spanish speakers is generally a structural problem. The writing of 81 university students was analysed by classifying the teacher's comments based on 11 variables that were recorded once during a continuous evaluation that supported the assessment. The techniques used were Content…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Models
Sorensen, Chris; Donovan, Judy – Online Learning, 2017
Online learning has continued to grow in recent years. However, retaining students in online courses and programs has posed a challenge. Whether the university is public, private, offers both face-to-face and online programs, or is 100% online, retaining students in online programs can be an issue. This study reflects the widespread desire at a…
Descriptors: College Students, Private Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Online Courses
Direct linkMentzer, Bruce Duane – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study sought to determine the strength and nature of the relationships between social, academic, and financial support and the intent of military students to persist in higher education at a large private non-profit university. The study also collected data from nonmilitary students to note contrasting relationships and looked at overall…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, College Students, Academic Persistence, Social Support Groups
Tetreault, Jules – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study sought to identify the relationship between a student's level of self-determination towards aspiring to receive a college degree and student retention from the first to second year. Deci & Ryan's (2000) self-determination theory served as the conceptual framework for this study. The fundamental assumption of self-determination is…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Personal Autonomy
Sutantoputri, Novita W.; Watt, Helen M. G. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
The study explores the possibilities of gender, ethnicity, and religion differences on attributions (locus of control, stability, personal and external control), motivational goals (learning, performance approach, performance avoidance, and work avoidance), self-efficacy, intelligence beliefs, religiosity, racial/ethnic identity, and academic…
Descriptors: College Students, State Universities, Private Colleges, Gender Differences
Porter, Oscar F. – 1989
This study relates the personal characteristics, high school experiences, and college experiences of students pursuing a baccalaureate degree to the type of institution they attended and their ethnicity. Multivariate analysis was performed on data drawn from the High School and Beyond database. Summary conclusions include the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Students
