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Direct linkJackson, Dimitra Lynette; Laanan, Frankie Santos – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
The United States is experiencing a dire need for individuals who possess training and expertise in areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). With over half of the nation's students entering university environments via community colleges coupled with a large portion of this population majoring in STEM areas, the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, STEM Education, Success
Starobin, Soko S.; Chen, Yu; Kollasch, Aurelia; Baul, Tushi; Laanan, Frankie Santos – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Using statewide survey study data collected from more than 5,000 community college students, this study examined the impact of a preengineering curriculum on students' self-efficacy level after they entered rural community colleges. Project Lead The Way (PLTW), is a project-based learning curriculum for middle and high school students that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Rural Schools, Engineering
Laanan, Frankie Santos; Jackson, Dimitra Lynette; Stebleton, Michael J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
The research on learning communities has focused primarily on students at four-year colleges and universities. There is a dearth of studies that examine learning communities in community colleges. The purpose of this comparative study was to conduct an analysis of learning community and nonlearning community students in a community college located…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Students, Community Colleges, Urban Schools
McLaughlin, Michael P.; Starobin, Soko S.; Laanan, Frankie Santos – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
As the nation's healthcare education system struggles to keep pace with the demand for its services, educators are seeking creative and innovative solutions to meet the needs of a growing number of students. The integration of medical simulation technology into the community college health science curriculum is a creative solution that can meet…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Simulation, Teaching Methods, Medical Education
Laanan, Frankie Santos – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2004
The experience of community college transfer students at four-year institutions has been well documented by studies characterizing their adjustment process as "transfer shock." A popular paradigm, the transfer shock concept only describes the cognitive outcome of students' academic adjustment as measured by GPA. Numerous researchers have utilized…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Psychometrics
Peer reviewedLaanan, Frankie Santos – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Examines the extent to which both internal and external factors--such as background characteristics, high school experiences, and selected affective measures--influence, or explain, the educational aspirations of students at public and private two-year colleges. Describes a study of more than 13,000 freshmen students' educational aspirations and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Degrees, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
