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ERIC Number: ED132993
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1977-Jan-5
Pages: 35
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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A Preliminary Assessment of the Enrollment Pattern, Motivation, and Course Effectiveness for Students Completing Learning Skills Minicourses.
Kerstiens, Gene
An anonymous suvey was administered to all students completing learning skills minicourses (n=141) during the fall 1976 semester at El Camino College (California). The survey was designed to provide information for the purposes of identifying and evaluating the recruitment strategies for and enrollment motivations of students completing the minicourses, and to assess minicourse effectiveness. Analysis of the data revealed that: (1) the class schedule and college counselors were the most effective recruiting agents; (2) a majority of the students were attracted to minicourses chiefly because of the courses' intensive nature; (3) students enrolled primarily to become more efficient and self-confident learners and for their own satisfaction; (4) 68.1% of the students felt the minicourses to be helpful or extremely helpful; (5) those students most closely resembling non-traditional students (Group A) were interested in the fact that minicourses concentrated on a single skill while the more traditional students (Group B) found the short duration of the minicourses most appealing; and (6) Group A found the use of instructional media most helpful while Group B preferred short lecture/discussion sessions. The survey instrument and tabulated data are appended. (Author/JDS)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: El Camino College CA
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