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ERIC Number: EJ1416755
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6283
EISSN: EISSN-1532-8023
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A Psychology Learning Community for Transfer Majors: Its Impact on Student Performance and Perceptions during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kim Buch; Elaine O'Reilly
Teaching of Psychology, v51 n2 p199-206 2024
Background: Transfer students are a growing population of undergraduate psychology majors who are academically at-risk but often underserved by 4-year institutions. Objective: We describe a transfer learning community (TLC) for entering psychology transfer students and report its impact on participants social and academic integration and success. Method: A mixed-method design was used to compare academic success metrics (archival measures of first-semester grade point average and probation rates) of participants with entering transfer majors not participating in the learning community. A participant survey was also created and used to measure student perceptions of the TLC, as well as perceived challenges of transferring during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the TLC helped to mitigate them. Results: During its first year, the TLC served 72 entering transfer majors across two cohorts. Participants significantly out-performed non-participant psychology transfer majors on first-semester grade point average and were significantly less likely to be placed on academic probation after their first semester than non-participant transfer majors. Conclusion: The widely-reported benefits of learning communities for first-year psychology students are adaptable to the more at-risk population of transfer students. Teaching Implications: Technology-enabled teaching tools can be used to build virtual community in hybrid and synchronous online learning environments.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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