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The Importance Of Academic Advising: The Good, The Bad, & The Influence, Sierra N. Smith

ATU Research Symposium

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between inadequate academic advising and its effects on graduation rates, retention, and students’ academic performance. Mixed technology will be used to conduct a thorough investigation. Interviews of graduate students from a Student Affairs department at an east south-central 4-year institution will be used for the qualitative aspect of this study. The participants will discuss the advising encounters they shared with their undergraduate academic advisor(s). The quantitative element will consist of an online survey using a Likert scale to answer a series of questions regarding academic advising experiences. Knowing this will …

Csp 1013 And Tech 1001 Assessment For Fall 2020, Brian Mallory, Holly Haynes, Amber Robinett

ATU Research Symposium

We are assessing the sections of CSP 1013 (Principles of Collegiate Success) and TECH 1001 (Orientation to the University) from the Fall 2020 semester by establishing learning and developmental outcomes to assignments related to two chapters that were taught. We are tracking overall grades for the assignments to determine the effectiveness of the material. For this assessment project, we are focusing on the following outcomes:

• Display successful time and life management skills
• Demonstrate effective study, note-taking, reading, and test taking skills

We tracked various assignments based on what the instructor for each section deemed fitting.

To do this, we have …

The Impact Of The Science Of Reading Training On The Nwea Map Test Scores Of African American Students In A Central Arkansas School District, Katina Simpson-Ray Dr.

ATU Research Symposium

Abstract

THE IMPACT OF THE SCIENCE OF READING TRAINING ON THE NWEA MAP TEST SCORES OF ELEMENTARY AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN A CENTRAL ARKANSAS SCHOOL DISTRICT

Katina Latrice Simpson-Ray

The state of Arkansas adopted ACT 1063 in 2017, which was designed to improve reading achievement for all students. Included in the law was the requirement that “curriculum programs that are supported by the science of reading and based on instruction that is explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic be implemented (Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2020). All K12 teachers and administrators, as well as higher education institutions, were required to …

First-Generation Students: How This Subculture Chooses Their Higher Education Institution, Claire I. Kerr

ATU Research Symposium

First-generation students are a unique type of student. Both complicated and misunderstood, this subculture provides an increasing challenge for student affairs professionals. Nearly 25% of the overall undergraduate population is first-generation, with first-generation being defined as students without parents who went to college (Engle & Tinto, 2008). There is little research on how or why first-generation students choose their higher education institution. Understanding first-generation students and how they choose their higher education institution is important as the population of first-generation students is rising, thus creating a need for understanding this for recruitment professionals at institutions. The first research question was …