The "Package Course" Experience and Developmental Education

The "Package Course" Experience and Developmental Education

The effect of package courses-based on the learning community model-on several educational outcomes (grade point average (GPA), credit completion ratio, and retention) was investigated for first-year developmental students. Students coregistered for three or four linked courses: a content course (sc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of developmental education 1997-04, Vol.20 (3), p.18-26
Hauptverfasser: Wilcox, Kimerly J., delMas, Robert C., Stewart, Beverly, Johnson, Allen B., Ghere, David
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Academic Achievement
Academic learning
Basic writing
College Freshmen
College Students
Colleges
Community colleges
Comparative Analysis
Control groups
Developmental Programs
Grade Point Average
High Risk Students
Higher Education
Interdisciplinary Approach
Learning
Learning Communities
Package Courses
Program Effectiveness
School Holding Power
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Zusammenfassung:The effect of package courses-based on the learning community model-on several educational outcomes (grade point average (GPA), credit completion ratio, and retention) was investigated for first-year developmental students. Students coregistered for three or four linked courses: a content course (science or economics); a writing course; an academic success/study skills course; and, in some cases, a noncredit math course. Package course (experimental) students had a significantly higher mean GPA (M= 2.73) compared with control students taking the same content courses taught by the same instructors during the same quarter (M= 2.36,P>
ISSN:0894-3907