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Peer reviewedBecker, William E.; Salemi, Michael K. – Journal of Economic Education, 1977
Reports on the evaluation of an audiovisual tutorial (AVT) package used in several two-year colleges, finding that the AVT experience has no differential effect on learning for the experimental group. Also discusses basic research problems and offers solutions. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Community Colleges, Economics, Economics Education
Download full textAlfred, Richard L. – 1976
This paper presents two models, one for organizing institutional research and research data, and the other for applying research findings to the decision-making process. The model for organizing research consists of four subsystems: goal-setting, program development, cost-effectiveness, and program review. Each subsystem has a distinctive…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Decision Making, Information Utilization
Stahl, Virginia V.; Pavel, D. Michael – 1992
The Bean and Metzner Nontraditional Undergraduate Student Attrition Model appeared to be a good model to address community college student attrition because it takes into account the environmental variables that colleges must consider to enhance persistence. A study was conducted to determine how well the Bean and Metzner Model fit with community…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Models, Predictive Validity
Morris, William; And Others – 1981
This manual describes a system of procedures (model) constructed for the purpose of improving occupational student follow-up in California community colleges. The model was developed by a consortium of 12 leaders in California community colleges, with input from others. A fundamental component in the model is a uniform method for classifying…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Classification, Community Colleges, Educational Planning
Becker, William J.; And Others – 1976
A follow-up study of students who had been enrolled in the adult basic education (ABE) program sponsored by Gateway Technical Institute during 1973, 1974, and 1975 was conducted in order to ascertain the program's effectiveness in both the cognitive and affective areas of the students' lives. Data were collected from a random sample of former…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Affective Behavior, Community Colleges
Shearon, Ronald W.; Brownlee, Irene A. – 1990
Over the past 25 years, five large-scale research studies of community college students have been conducted in North Carolina, involving cooperation between Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges. The different research strategies employed in these studies can be seen as taking one…
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Colleges, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
MacDougall, Peter, Ed.; Friedlander, Jack, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Recent mandates from state and accrediting agencies are requiring community colleges to provide evidence of their success in such areas as basic skills and remediation, general education, major-field content, student development, transfer effectiveness, job training, job placement, and fiscal accountability. This volume, in addition to describing…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Community Colleges, Consortia, Data Collection
