ERIC Number: EJ1139694
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 5
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ISSN: EISSN-1936-346X
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Dual Enrollment Student Achievement in Various Learning Environments
Arnold, Bethany; Knight, Hal; Flora, Bethany
Journal of Learning in Higher Education, v13 n1 p25-32 Spr 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine whether variations in student achievement in college courses exist between high school students who took the courses as dual enrollment (DE) courses and academically comparable high school students (AIMS scholars) who took the courses upon matriculation to college. Additionally, the researcher explored whether differences exist in DE course grade for students by course environment (online, face-to-face at a high school, or face-to-face at a college). The researcher used final course grades as determinants of student achievement. The study focused on DE student and AIMS scholar grades in English 111, Biology 101, Math 163, and History 101 courses that were taken between the 2009-2010 and 2013-2014 school years at a community college in Southwest Virginia. The population consisted of 429 AIMS scholars and 2,015 DE students. For this study 3,639 DE student grades and 706 AIMS student grades were used in calculations. The dependent variables in this study were final course grades; the independent variables were DE participation and course delivery environment. Welch's t tests were used to examine the variations in final grades for DE and non-DE students; ANOVA procedures were used to examine variations in final course grades for DE courses based on delivery environment.
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Dual Enrollment, Academic Achievement, High School Students, College Students, Prior Learning, Achievement Gains, Grades (Scholastic), Predictor Variables, Online Courses, Comparative Analysis, Transfer of Training
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Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Virginia
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