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Download full textPike, Gary R.; Hansen, Michele J.; Lin, Ching-Hui – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2010
The widespread popularity of programs for first-year students is due, in large part, to studies showing that participation in first-year programs is significantly related to students' academic success. Because students choose to participate in first-year programs, self-selection effects prevent researchers from making causal claims about the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Selection, First Year Seminars, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedHuerta, Juan Carlos; Bray, Jennifer J. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
Do learning communities with pedagogies of active learning, collaborative learning, and integration of course material affect the learning, achievement, and persistence of first-year Latino university students? The data for this project was obtained from a survey of 1,330 first-year students in the First-Year Learning Community Program at Texas…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Freshmen, Hispanic American Students, Active Learning
