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Pascarella, Ernest T. – American Educational Research Journal, 1978
As hypothesized, less advanced students benefited most from a high instructional support treatment (personalized system of instruction) used in an introductory calculus course. Furthermore, as level of prior mathematics preparation increased, the achievement differences between the high and low instructional support (lecture) decreased. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Calculus
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Terenzini, Patrick T.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – American Educational Research Journal, 1977
The validity of the constructs underlying the Clark-Trow Typology of College Student Subcultures--academic interests and non-academic interests--are confirmed. However, there are indications that the involvement with ideas dimension does not discriminate satisfactorily among the four student groups. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education, Individual Differences
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1987
Study estimated the influence of college on students' academic and social self-concepts within the structure of a causal model. Separate estimations of the model were conducted for Black and for White men and for women. (RB)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Influences, Models
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1983
Forty-seven learning disabled and low-level readers were assigned to reading instruction programs on context cue use differing only in extent of student control of determination of errors. Students high in internality benefited more from instruction in which they determined response correctness; students low in internality benefited from…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Context Clues, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Chapman, David W. – American Educational Research Journal, 1983
This study extended the knowledge of the explanatory power of Tinto's theoretical model of college persistence/withdrawal through a multi-institutional validation. Path analysis was used to test the model overall and at three different groupings of postsecondary institutions: four-year, predominantly residential; and four-year, and two-year,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationship
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1981
The extent to which teachers controlled the learning environment was negatively associated with motivation. Significant positive interactions were found between science achievement level and utility of science content and classes for early adolescents. For older adolescents, significant interaction was found between achievement and class morale.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Classroom Environment, Secondary Education