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Runck, Lisa Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Community colleges and community college counselors have a vital role in degree attainment in the United States (Ma & Baum, 2016). Community colleges are responsible for educating approximately 40% of all college attending students (American Association of Community Colleges [AACC], 2017). Community college counselors are the third largest…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Antonelli, Janeen; Jones, Sara Jolly; Burridge, Andrea Backscheider; Hawkins, Jacqueline – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
For many first-generation college students (FGCS), college success has not kept pace with college access. Because many students' struggles can be traced to deficits in self-regulated learning (SRL) processes, the purpose of this study was to explore the SRL skills of FGCS. We analyzed the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory, 2nd Edition…
Descriptors: Self Management, Student Characteristics, First Generation College Students, Learning Strategies
Rodriguez, David B. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Employing a non-experimental, ex-post facto design, the study examined the relationship of student demographic information and internal characteristics identified from the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) to student persistence, grade point average, and academic success. Cognitive Learning Theory (CLT), which focuses on the internal…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
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Urciuoli, Jannette Alejandra; Bluestone, Cheryl – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
This study explored a concept that learning study skills in the context of the content area under study may transfer across courses, multiplying the benefits towards academic success. Methods that have been reported to influence academic growth at the community college level include success courses and applied study skills. In this pilot project…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Psychology, Transfer of Training, Academic Achievement
Healy, Megan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With a large global, national, state, and local drive for post-secondary credentials, higher education institutes are exploring new retention and graduation strategies to meet the needs of the employers and employees. Many students who are unprepared for college level work will enter a community college to take developmental courses. Developmental…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence
Begotka, James – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Many two-year colleges throughout the nation are intentionally redesigning developmental education programming and practices directed at improving student preparedness and success. Theoretical works from Bloom and Knowles have established that the affective domain is significant to learner preparedness and eventual success, specifically for adult…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Alignment (Education), Developmental Studies Programs