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Download full textSandiford, Janice R.; Lynch, Susan H.; Bliss, Leonard – 2003
This document discusses a study that addresses why transfer students choose a particular university to continue their education in. Furthermore, the study attempts to identify the types of recruitment strategies that are most effective in persuading students to attend a certain university. The study's sample came from 475 volunteers who attended a…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges
Direct linkCortes-Suarez, Gina; Sandiford, Janice R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
Research in the field of attribution theory and academic achievement suggests a relationship between a student's attributional style and achievement. Theorists and researchers contend that attributions influence individual reactions to success and failure. They also report that individuals use attributions to explain and justify their performance.…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mathematics Education, Academic Achievement, Statistical Significance
Sandiford, Janice R.; Jackson, D. Kathy – 2003
The purpose of this study is to develop a model showing the relationship of academic, socioeconomic, and motivational variables to students' attrition in a community college nursing program, in order to determine the students who pass, or not pass, first semester, generic, and associate degree nursing courses. The theoretical framework used in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Control Groups, Dropouts, Experimental Groups
Bliss, Leonard B.; Sandiford, Janice R. – 2002
The study behaviors of Spanish-speaking students at a large two-year public college in the United States were studied using the Inventario de Comportamiento de Estudio (ECI) (L. Bliss, D. Vinay, and F. Koenigner), the Spanish version of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (C. Weinstein, 1987). Behaviors of these students were compared with…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Sandiford, Janice R. – 2001
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which Florida's 28 public community colleges are implementing and using distance delivery of instruction. Research questions addressed the mission, the delivery organization, the content areas and modes of delivery, the faculty, and the support services involved in the delivery of distance…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Peer reviewedFisher, Mary Etta; Sandiford, Janice R. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2000
Compares academic achievement and persistence of General Education Development diploma (GED) recipients and traditional high school graduates enrolled in an urban, multi-cultural community college in Florida. Reports that holders of the GED generally perform as well in remedial courses as do high school graduates. Contains 43 references and five…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Research
