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Robinson, Clare; Galligan, Linda; Hussain, Zanubia; Abdullah, Shahab; Frederiks, Anita; Wandel, Andrew – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2019
For many mature-aged students, there can be a considerable gap between finishing formal study and beginning university. They are often required to draw on qualifications and skills, including mathematics, which are dated, but necessary for success. Most universities offer several pathways that prospective students can take to enter university:…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Readiness, College Preparation, Undergraduate Students
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Meijer, Eline; Cleiren, Marc P. H. D.; Dusseldorp, Elise; Buurman, Vincent J. C.; Hogervorst, Roel M.; Heiser, Willem J. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
Early prediction of academic performance is important for student support. The authors explored, in a multivariate approach, whether pre-entry data (e.g., high school study results, preparative activities, expectations, capabilities, motivation, and attitude) could predict university students' first-year academic performance. Preregistered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Prediction, Risk
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Kandaiah, Thiruchelvam; Uzi bin Dollah, Mohd – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2019
Purpose: This study reports on the comparison of Problem-based Learning (PBL) and routine method of learning in encouraging teamwork among pre-university students in solving mathematics problems. Method: The participants in this research consisted of selected students from a pre-university college. One group of 159 students formed the experimental…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Mathematics Instruction
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2019
This protocol guides the review of research that informs the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) intervention reports in the Developmental Education topic area. The protocol is used in conjunction with the "WWC Procedures and Standards Handbooks (version 4.0)." Not all students enrolled in college are prepared to do college-level work in all…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, College Students
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Jessica Williams; Thomastine Sarchet; Dawn Walton – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2024
More U.S. community college students are enrolling without the requisite reading skills to be successful. Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students are following a similar pattern with a little less than half requiring remedial instruction when entering college. College-age readers were the first population that we studied to learn about reading and…
Descriptors: Community College Students, College Freshmen, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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Sara Adan; Amparo Diaz; Nadia Leal-Carrillo; Allison Beer; Valerie Lundy-Wagner; Aisha Lowe – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
Across the nation, community colleges have expanded dual enrollment programs to increase college enrollment and completion, particularly among historically underserved populations. The California Community College system--the largest system in the nation--is no different and recently expanded its dual enrollment programming to include College and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment, Equal Education, Student Participation
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Teniell L. Trolian – Educational Researcher, 2024
This study considers whether participation in several out-of-class high school experiences increased the odds that a student would aspire to earn a bachelor's degree, whether these relationships were moderated by the student's race/ethnicity or socioeconomic status, and whether these experiences, considered together, had a cumulative influence on…
Descriptors: High School Students, Educational Experience, Academic Aspiration, Correlation
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2024
The Massachusetts Early College Initiative eases the pathway to postsecondary education for thousands of high school students annually. Early college programs provide strategically-sequenced, real college classes with strong career orientations during students' regular high school day. When fully realized, they also provide enhanced academic and…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Dual Enrollment, High School Students, Educational Benefits
Bernard L. Dillard – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) program at Temple University (TU) seeks to guide first-generation, low-income high school students from Philadelphia in their quest to obtain postsecondary STEM degrees that lead to related careers. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the program by analyzing its students' performance in light of…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Statistical Analysis, Program Effectiveness, College Preparation
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Sakire Erbay Çetinkaya; Mustafa Naci Kayaoglu – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2024
Teaching English as an International Language (TEIL) refers to teaching English as a truly international medium via exposing learners to diversity, adopting a broad cultural view, fostering sensitivity and responsibility, being sensitive to the local culture of learning, and equipping learners with communication strategies. To put this lately…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Dominique Lateefah Person – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Through this research I explored the challenges faced by first-generation and low-income students during their transition to higher education, focusing on the role of pre-college programs like TRIO. The study aims to identify barriers to college accessibility and success for these underrepresented students and assess the effectiveness of TRIO…
Descriptors: Barriers, First Generation College Students, Low Income Students, Student Adjustment
Cassandria Dortch – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The Federal Pell Grant program, authorized by Title IV-A-1 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, (HEA; P.L. 89-329), as amended, is the single largest source of federal grant aid supporting postsecondary education students. The program provided approximately $31 billion in aid to approximately 6.5 million undergraduate students in FY2023. Pell…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid
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Hafner, Sandra; Esposito, Raffaella Simona; Leemann, Regula Julia – Education Sciences, 2022
In Switzerland, the baccalaureate school is an important pathway to university education, and the aspirations of families and students to enter baccalaureate school have grown. However, vocational education and training (VET) remains the predominant educational pathway and has a strong lobby. We investigate how in this context, the transition from…
Descriptors: Governance, Vocational Education, College Preparation, Foreign Countries
Ruffalo Noel Levitz, 2022
High school counselors play a vital role in helping students prepare for attending college. They are the link between students and families and institutions, providing counseling, information, and motivation to help students make it through their enrollment journeys. Along the way, they have to help students cope with a wide variety of challenges:…
Descriptors: School Counselors, High Schools, Counselor Role, College Preparation
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Mbeau-ache, Cyril; Banks, Brian; Ford, Chris – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
This study examines the levels of self-directed learning skills for students on the Access to HE course at City College and how these skills relate to their academic achievement. In this study, 101 students participated in a survey and their self-directed learning readiness was measured using the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SRSSDL).…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Readiness, Access to Education, Academic Achievement
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