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Fluency Training On Quantitative Skills Tested By The Graduate Record Examination, Pamela L. Vunovich
Fluency Training On Quantitative Skills Tested By The Graduate Record Examination, Pamela L. Vunovich
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This research consisted of an evaluation of a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) preparation course and two ancillary studies. Eighteen students enrolled in one of three courses (spring, summer, or fall) during which they spent approximately 140 hours preparing for the GRE using self-instructional texts and supplementary materials. Two sets of fluency practice drills with both accuracy and speed criteria were developed to improve students' performance on the quantitative portion of the GRE. The first set of four drills used in the spring and summer courses covered basic skills (basic math, fractions, decimals, and percentages). The second set of 42 drills, …
The Relationship Of Student Retention To Teacher/Student Personality Types At Summit Christian College, C. Joseph Martin
The Relationship Of Student Retention To Teacher/Student Personality Types At Summit Christian College, C. Joseph Martin
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For the past 3 decades, retention studies have emerged as being of significant importance to the smaller colleges and universities, especially the private colleges and universities, including Summit Christian College. With the decline in the high-school population, which was predicted to occur in the mid-70s, retention was going to be of even more importance to the smaller educational institutions. All of this pointed toward a time when colleges would have to compete for the high-school graduate in a more aggressive manner. It was possible that unless new ways of coping with the drop-out rate were initiated, a number of smaller …