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What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
This study investigated the effect of daily quizzes on the performance of college students. Students in an introductory psychology course used their own wireless-enabled devices to take short Internet-based quizzes at the beginning of every class. The quiz items were drawn approximately equally from material covered in the readings and the…
Descriptors: Tests, College Students, Psychology, Introductory Courses
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Watt, Karen M.; Butcher, Jennifer; Ramirez, E. Fidel – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2013
This study examines how a selected Hispanic-Serving Institution is implementing Advancement Via Individual Determination as a strategy for improving retention and time to graduation for 1st-generation Hispanic college students. A quasi-experimental design approach was used in which the retention rates and 1st-semester grade point averages of a…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Freshmen, Colleges, First Generation College Students