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A Multi-Level Examination of College and Its Influence on Ecumenical Worldview Development
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Mayhew, Matthew J. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
This multi-level, longitudinal study investigated the ecumenical worldview development of 13,932 students enrolled in one of 126 institutions. Results indicated that the final hierarchical linear model, consisting of institution-and-student-level predictors as well as slopes explaining the relationships among some of these predictors, explained…
Descriptors: College Students, World Views, Student Development, Longitudinal Studies
Influences on Students' Academic Growth During Four Years of College.
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Terenzini, Patrick T.; Wright, Thomas M. – Research in Higher Education, 1987
A LISREL analysis indicated that students' academic integration level in each of the four years had a direct effect on reported academic skill development in that year and an indirect effect on reported growth in succeeding years. Social integration was influential only in the junior and senior years. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Seniors, Higher Education
Adult Undergraduate Students: Evaluating the Appropriateness of a Traditional Model of Academic Performance.
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Kasworm, Carol E.; Pike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1994
This study examined patterns of coursework and levels of involvement of 1,099 adult students to evaluate whether some key factors commonly used to predict undergraduate students' academic performance are appropriate for use with this population. Results suggest traditional models are inappropriate for this large and growing proportion of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students
A Structural Model of Perceived Academic, Personal, and Vocational Gains Related to College Student Responsibility.
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Davis, Todd M.; Murrell, Patricia H. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
A model to assess the relationships between student characteristics (especially student effort), perceived college environments, student behavior, and student achievement gains was evaluated through examination of responses of 2,271 students on the College Student Experiences Questionnaire. Academic and social effort expended were the principal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, College Environment, College Outcomes Assessment
Joint Determination of College Student Achievement and Effort: Implications for College Teaching.
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Erekson, O. Homer – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A four-equation simultaneous equations model was developed to analyze whether college student effort and achievement are jointly determined. Testing with 544 undergraduate students indicated that increased student efforts in working with faculty improved their grades, but course effort and library effort had no significant effect on grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Instruction, Grade Point Average
The Relationship between Perceived Learning and Satisfaction with College: An Alternative View.
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Pike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
Two competing models of the relationship between college graduates' perceived learning and satisfaction with the college experience are examined, one representing a true effect and one treating the relationship as an artifact of the halo effect. It is recommended that researchers be cautious in interpreting self-reports of learning and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Surveys