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ERIC Number: EJ516693
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1067-1803
Cognitive Effects of Community Colleges & Four-Year Colleges.
Pascarella, Ernest; And Others
Community College Journal, v66 n3 p35-39 Dec-Jan 1995-96
Summarizes findings from the National Study of Student Learning of outcomes among first-year students at 18 4-year and 5 2-year colleges. Focuses on findings related to the relative cognitive effects of two- and four-year colleges on end-of-second-year writing skills and scientific reasoning, indicating that there was a virtual parity of impact. (19 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, National Surveys, Outcomes of Education, Science Education, Student College Relationship, Two Year Colleges, Universities, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Study of Student Learning