scholarly journals Living–Learning Communities Improve First-year Engineering Student Academic Performance and Retention at a Small Private University

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Palm ◽  
Charles Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Private University ◽  
First Year ◽  
Engineering Student ◽  
Student Academic Performance ◽  
Living Learning Communities

Determinants of Student Academic Performance in Indian B-Schools – An Empirical Investigation

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Priyanka Vallabh ◽  
Gourav Vallabh
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Mba Program ◽  
Student Academic Performance ◽  
Admission Decision ◽  
Admission Decisions ◽  
Competitive Nature

Given the highly competitive nature of MBA admission, one cannot help asking the question if the criteria used in the admission decisions are predictable for success in management courses offered at various B-Schools. This paper tries to explain the determinants of performance of students who are enrolled in regular MBA program in an Indian B-School. The study is conducted on first year students of a premiere B-School using multiple regression. Study shows that performance of MBA student in the course is not determined by their earlier academic performance. It can be explained only by the student's exposure to the course contents either through previous experience or otherwise. Academic performance is also explained by motivation to learn, or the efforts student put during the course. This study has implications for management education not only in the area of admission decision but also in area of teaching methods.

The Relationship Between First-Year Learning Communities and Academic Performance in Introductory Psychology and Sociology

2021 ◽  
pp. 009862832110184
Author(s):  
Christine Ma-Kellams ◽  
Roy Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Introductory Psychology ◽  
First Year ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: How do learning communities influence academic performance in Introductory Psychology? Method: The present research examines the relationship between participation in first-year students learning communities and academic performance across a variety of course requirements (midterms, finals, papers, and class participation) in introductory psychology and, for comparison, sociology courses. Results: Students who took Introductory Psychology as part of a first-year-student learning community outperformed their peers (who took the same course without a learning community) on the first exam of the semester and were less likely to miss assignments but otherwise showed no significant differences on the other course assignments; introductory sociology students part of these communities showed even greater differences in performance that lasted through the end of the semester. Conclusion: First-year students learning communities offers significant albeit limited benefits for student performance in introductory courses in the social sciences. Teaching Implications: Short of institutional efforts to enact programming for first-year learning communities, introductory psychology instructors can attempt to simulate the experience of such communities by promoting a sense of belonging via extra-curricular service or discipline-related activities.

scholarly journals The Predictive Utility of Nontraditional Test Scores for First-Year Pharmacy Student Academic Performance

2006 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 128 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Lobb ◽  
Noel E. Wilkin ◽  
David J. McCaffrey ◽  
Marvin C. Wilson ◽  
John P. Bentley
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Pharmacy Student ◽  
First Year ◽  
Predictive Utility ◽  
Student Academic Performance
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