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Teaching Study Skills To College Students Using Checklist Training, Sarah T. Kong

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Deficits in the study skills of college students can lead to lower academic performance and disqualification. Although behavior analytic research has evaluated methods for teaching, structuring in-class notes, increasing attendance, and improving participation, no studies have evaluated methods for improving independent studying outside of the classroom using a single-case design. We evaluated the effects of a study skills training package using a multiple probe design across skills with college students. Sessions took place in a room arranged to emulate the typical study space found in a dorm or library. During sessions, participants were given a 3–6 page reading from a …

The Effectiveness Of Contacting Nonattending Adult Students As Measured By Return Attendance, Dropouts And Reenrollment, Ralph Leland Moody

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Problem: To determine the relative effectiveness of four methods of contacting non-attending adult students with an invitation message to return to class. The four methods used to contact students were (1) personally, (2) by telephone, (3) by letter, (4) no contact (control).

Purpose: The major purpose of this study was to analyze (1) the proportion of classes students attended after being absent and then being contacted by a volunteer, {2) the dropout rate of students after being contacted by a volunteer, and (3) the reenrollment rate of students after being contacted by a volunteer.

Adult Evening Students' Evaluation Of The Modesto Junior College Continuing Education Program, Julius Clement Manrique

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify how well Modesto Junior Colleges were meeting specific needs of its continuing education students. This study was organized to develop a monitoring system for the Modesto Junior College which would provide information to the administration and community on which decision could be based for changing or continuing present policies and courses. A questionnaire was devised to gather data on the effectiveness of the various components of the school, including the administration, instruction, and student personnel services. A process by which this data could be fed into the decision-making system was also included …

The Determinants Of Curricular Offerings In Selected Public Adult High Schools In California., Vernon Stanley Jaquith

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

One of the tasks of the adult school administrator is that of planning the program to be offered to the public. Is it well balanced academic and vocational areas; does it satisfy the needs of the home-maker, the student, the apprentice; does it offer something for each to fulfill his educational needs? These and a number of other questions must be answered before an adult school program will satisfy the educational needs of the adult community it is to serve. Damon stated it well when he wrote that: Although adult education is assuming a more important place in the public …