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Zhang, Yi – Community College Review, 2016
Objective: Guided by validation theory, this study aims to better understand the role that academic advising plays in international community college students' adjustment. More specifically, this study investigated how academic advising validates or invalidates their academic and social experiences in a community college context. Method: This…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Foreign Students, Academic Advising, College Students
Margolin, Jonathan; Miller, Shazia Rafiullah; Rosenbaum, James E. – Community College Review, 2013
This study explored whether community college websites are a useful medium for providing knowledge relevant to degree completion. Ten community students used one of three community college websites to answer 10 questions about occupational degree programs. A facilitator asked participants to think aloud while using the website to answer these…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Internet, Video Technology, Protocol Analysis
Jackson, Dimitra Lynette; Stebleton, Michael J.; Laanan, Frankie Santos – Community College Review, 2013
A study was undertaken to determine how teaching in learning communities (i.e., courses that are linked or intentionally integrated in terms of learning objectives and shared assignments) affects the perspectives and work of community college faculty members. Interviews with 14 faculty members who taught in learning communities at a Midwestern…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Empathy
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Fillmer, H. Thompson; And Others – Community College Review, 1983
Describes a study investigating the effects of group hypnosis on the reading improvement of university students. Finds marginally significant improvement in total vocabulary and comprehension scores and greatest improvement in students with initially low reading scores. Sees group hypnosis as an efficient and economically feasible instructional…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Hypnosis, Reading Improvement
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Fillmer, H. Thompson; And Others – Community College Review, 1981
Describes a study investigating the effects of group hypnosis on the reading performance of university students in a reading and writing center. Discusses study procedures and presents data on pretest scores and gains in vocabulary and comprehension scores. Concludes that regular use of self-hypnosis significantly improved performance. (DMM)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Students, Higher Education, Hypnosis
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Basile, Donald D. – Community College Review, 1982
Describes the methods and findings of a study of the improvements in remedial writing students' writing ability on their attitudes toward their writing ability, instructors, and classes. Relates positive changes in self-confidence and attitudes toward teachers, ability, and classes, but increasingly negative attitudes toward grading. (WL)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Negative Attitudes, Remedial Instruction
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Evans, Bronwynne C. – Community College Review, 1994
Discusses the educational needs of American Indian women, highlighting the difficulties that they encounter in traditional postsecondary education and their unique learning abilities. Suggests that the community ethos of American Indian culture needs to be transported to the classroom through the implementation of cooperative educational…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, College Students, Cooperative Learning
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Weiss, Dana Freer – Community College Review, 1999
Explores advisors' perspectives on the characteristics of late-admits: how they differ from students who apply earlier, the forces that influence their late decision to attend college, and whether late-admits possess attributes that would put them at risk for attrition. Reveals distinct differences between traditional age (18 to 20) and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attrition (Research Studies), College Admission, College Students