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Academic Concept Mapping (Acm): A Critical Thinking Tool In Academic Advising For Improving Academic Performance In College Freshmen, Dorothy Burton Nelson
Academic Concept Mapping (Acm): A Critical Thinking Tool In Academic Advising For Improving Academic Performance In College Freshmen, Dorothy Burton Nelson
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to explore the affects of an academic advising system, the Academic Concept Mapping (ACM) instrument, on academic performance of first-semester freshmen enrolled in a four year public university in the South, during fall 2006. The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI®), a Likert-type instrument, was administered to 258 students enrolled in 12 sections (six treatment, six control) of a freshman seminar class to determine if ACM participation made a difference in scores by group type. As an additional measure, an ACM quiz was administered to all students in the ACM study. Three instructors participated, …