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ERIC Number: EJ493457
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
Impacts on 2-Year and 4-Year Colleges on Learning Orientations: A Preliminary Study.
Pascarella, Ernest; And Others
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v18 n6 p577-89 Nov-Dec 1994
Describes a study comparing the relative benefits of initial attendance at a two- or four-year college, focusing specifically on freshman-year changes in enjoyment of diversity and intellectual challenge, learning for self-understanding, internal locus of attribution for academic success, and preference for higher order cognitive activities. Reports no differences between two- and four-year students. (44 references) (MAB)
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Benefits, Instructional Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Student Development, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Universities
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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