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Kern, Beth B.; Kingsbury, Tabitha – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
Learning communities have been a part of the higher educational landscape since the 1980s. Despite their widespread use, research regarding their effectiveness with enhancing retention is sparse. This study describes a freshmen curricular learning community linking courses required for all business majors. Retention for students taking courses in…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Freshmen, Business Administration Education, Academic Persistence
Miya Warner; Kyra Caspary; Nicole Arshan; Regie Stites; Christine Padilla; Deepa Patel; Matthew McCracken; Erin Harless; C. J. Park; Laila Fahimuddin; Nancy Adelman – SRI International, 2018
Since 2006, The James Irvine Foundation has invested more than $100 million in Linked Learning, a promising approach to transforming education in California. In 2009, the Foundation launched the California Linked Learning District Initiative ("the initiative") to demonstrate this approach in nine school districts. The multiyear…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Student Attitudes, High School Students, High School Graduates
McIntosh, Joshua Grant – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the impact of basic skills curricular learning communities on academically underprepared community college students to determine if participation in such programs significantly contributed to student persistence from year one to year two. The conceptual framework that informed this study was Tinto's (1993) longitudinal model of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Basic Skills, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges