Learning Communities, Academic Performance, Attrition, and Retention: A Four-Year Study

Autor/inn/en	Popiolek, Gene; Fine, Ricka; Eilman, Valerie
Titel	Learning Communities, Academic Performance, Attrition, and Retention: A Four-Year Study
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 37 (2013) 11, S.828-838 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
DOI	10.1080/10668921003744926
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Communities of Practice; Academic Achievement; Academic Persistence; College Faculty; English Instruction; Psychology; Grades (Scholastic); Student Attrition; Educational Research; Suburban Schools; Two Year College Students; Comparative Analysis; Grade Point Average; Longitudinal Studies; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Community; Schulleistung; Fakultät; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Psychologie; Notenspiegel; Schülerbeurlaubung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; School; Schools; Vorort; Vorstadt; Schule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	This study extends and makes unique methodological contributions to research on the impact of learning communities (LCs) on community college students. Much of the previous research was short-term, lacked adequate comparison groups, and focused on four-year college students. This four-year study controlled for instructor-related variables by comparing academic outcomes of LC students with those of non-LC students taught by the same instructor during the same semester. Differences in grades, attrition, and retention were compared between students enrolled in two pairs of linked English 101 and Psychology 101 LC classes and students enrolled in non-LC courses with the same professor. Student enrollment in the LC courses was associated with higher grade point averages, lower course attrition rates, and higher fall-to-spring semester retention rates. Reasons for the relative scarcity of LCs in community colleges is discussed, along with recommendations as to how institutions can encourage the growth of LCs on their campuses. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10