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Use And Perception Of Beyond-The-Classroom Learning Skills By Students In High School, Alyssa Nicolina Yusko

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

College readiness in the United States is a multifaceted and complex concept, with many contributing factors that often overlap, and many students leave high school and enter college lacking the skills or knowledge necessary to succeed in higher education. This study investigates a set of study skills and self-management skills related to college readiness. I label this set Beyond-the-Classroom Learning Skills (BCLS). I investigate these skills as they relate to factors of cultural capital both in the home and at school. Using the theory of cultural capital, I determine probable sources of cultural capital in each of these settings and …

Does Avid Higher Education (Avid He) Increase Student Term-To-Term Progression, Persistence Toward Credited Classes And Social Capital For First-Generation College Students Placing Into Developmental Education: A Mixed Methods Study, Christie M. Plinski

Dissertations and Theses

Often considered the gateway to the middle class in the United States, community colleges are struggling to find ways to support all students in career planning and preparation. Unfortunately, increasing numbers of first generation students who enter community colleges through the door of open access, place into developmental education (remedial) courses and must satisfactorily complete this often-rigid sequence before beginning college level classes. For many first-generation, under-prepared, underresourced students, this is a frustrating and often insurmountable barrier, causing many students to abort their postsecondary training.

Creating intentional conditions and instructional strategies that support student learning is essential in increasing the …

Some Factors Relating The Success Of Richmond College Students To Their High School Preparation, William Mclean Trausneck

Master's Theses

This study is undertaken to reveal the answers to some of the many problems confronting educators in both secondary schools and colleges. Two classes entering Richmond College have been selected for a detailed analysis of their members over a two year period. The Freshman Class entering in the session 1938-1939 was selected to represent the pre-war period for it was felt that their first two years were completed before the pressure of the war could distort the academic picture. The Freshman Class entering in the session 1949-1949 was selected as representative of college entrants in normal times since the close …