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Knight, William E. – 1992
In 1992, the Community College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CCSEQ) was administered in class to a randomly selected group of 1,062 students at the two-year regional campuses of Kent State University (KSU). Specifically, the study sought to provide information about the characteristics, experiences, involvement, gains, and satisfaction of…
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Participant Satisfaction
Hulsebosch, Pat; Koerner, Mari – 1994
Students' experiences are important in shaping their subsequent practice of the teacher role, and teacher educators should look at the connections between life histories, beliefs about teaching, and classroom practice. Five undergraduate seniors and one graduate student (of various ethnic and racial groups) in preservice elementary education…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Ethnic Groups
Kramer, Linda R. – 1990
A study examined the differences between the experiences and beliefs about school held by young adolescents identified as potential dropouts and those held by their more successful peers. The study was conducted at a larger, urban junior high school with an ethnic composition of 47% Orientals, 31% Whites, 16% Hispanics, 6% Blacks and .3% Native…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Risk Students, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Singleton, David – 1990
A study of the relationship between university-level second language development and previous language and other experience is described. The study, in its early stages at the time of writing, is being conducted at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and involves students of French, German, Italian, and Spanish. This report describes the subjects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Databases, Educational Background, Foreign Countries
Allen, Walter R.; And Others – 1982
Black undergraduate students' educational characteristics, experiences, and outcomes at six predominantly white, State-supported universities were examined in this study. Data were collected from 695 undergraduates by means of questionnaires. Findings show that black students in the study came from high schools where blacks were in the majority,…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education
Osborne, Roger; And Others – 1979
The first (exploratory) phase of the Learning in Science Project focused on science teaching/learning in the Form 1 to 4 level (ages 10 to 14) and sought to identify problems and difficulties in several areas. Provided in this paper are comments obtained during structured/unstructured interviews (from students, ex-students, teachers, headmasters,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Clewell, Beatriz Chu – 1987
Factors influencing persistence/nonpersistence of Black and Hispanic doctoral students at the graduate entry level were studied, along with institutional practices that affect minority participation in graduate education. For the first part of the study, 63 persisting and nonpersisting doctoral students were interviewed regarding their experiences…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Faculty, Doctoral Programs
Foster, Susan – 1987
Interviews were conducted with 15 first-year students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology, concerning their academic and social experiences in mainstreamed high schools. It was learned that respondents encountered such challenges to their academic success as teachers who were unaware of or…
Descriptors: College Students, Deafness, Educational Experience, Hearing Impairments
Solomon, Barbara Miller – 1985
The social, cultural, and economic circumstances that have shaped the development of women's higher education are discussed. After considering colonial America when women were outsiders to liberal arts institutions, the creation of women's and co-educational colleges is traced and the process by which women of different ethnic, racial, religious,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Coeducation, College Attendance, Economic Factors
Donckers, Cathy – 1985
Our elementary secondary schools have hidden curricula which teach passivity, resistance to change, inflexibility, and submissive behavior in a world which is moving toward faster changes and heightened personal individuality. Class control with the teacher feeding information to the students like data to a computer can no longer be accepted as…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
Rask, Glen – 1980
An evaluation determined the outcome and impact of the project "A Career Education Program for the Gifted and Talented in Rural Colorado" conducted by the South Central BOCES (Board of Cooperative Education Services) during 1979-80 in Pueblo, Colorado. (A project report is available separately--see Note.) Two evaluation instruments were…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Ewert, Alan – 1977
The Tennessee Self Concept Scale was used to study the effect of outdoor adventure activities on the self concept of university students. Related studies have found significant changes in self concept following survival training and Outward Bound experiences. The study population consisted of 99 students enrolled in 1 of 4 classes at Eastern…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adventure Education, Camping, Comparative Analysis
Bates, Enid Buswell; Bullock, Jack M. – 1977
The object of the investigation was to obtain data on a random sample of women attending West Texas State to evaluate the educational experience for women there. Specifically, the study was to provide:(l) a profile of women students; (2) personal and professional information about individuals; (3) students' judgments of their acquisition of…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Students, Educational Improvement, Educational Mobility
Hogan, Thomas P. – 1977
This is the introduction and summary of a series of six papers discussing major issues about student assessment for the University of Wisconsin Extended Degree Program, a program designed to give academic credit for college level learning derived from experiences outside the scope of formal classes. A distinction is made between prior learning,…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Credits, College Students, Degree Requirements
Mauksch, Hans O.; And Others – 1978
A study of the choice of specialty by medical students suggests that Family Medicine depends on students whose choice predates medical school; the number of those interested diminishes significantly over the four years. Interviews suggest several characteristics of the medical school that mitigate against the choice of family medicine and steer…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Family Practice (Medicine)