Science Courses Participated in and Completed by Students at Each of the Colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District.

Autor/in	Friedlander, Jack
Institution	Center for the Study of Community Colleges, Los Angeles, CA.
Titel	Science Courses Participated in and Completed by Students at Each of the Colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District.
Quelle	(1980), (14 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Academic Achievement; Agricultural Education; Biological Sciences; College Mathematics; College Science; Community Colleges; Computer Science Education; Courses; Engineering Education; Enrollment; Physical Sciences; Social Sciences; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Abwasserbiologie; Community college; Community College; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Kursangebot; Ingenieurausbildung; Einschulung; Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Abstract	The transcripts of 8,873 students, representing 7% of the enrollments in the Los Angeles Community College District, were examined to determine course participation and completion rates in science. Six curricular areas were investigated: (1) agriculture; (2) biological sciences; (3) engineering; (4) mathematics and computer science; (5) physical sciences (i.e., chemistry, earth and space science, and physics); and (6) social sciences (i.e., anthropology, economics, psychology, and sociology). The study revealed that while 58% of the students had taken at least one science course, only 42% had completed a science course, and that the students in the sample had completed 52% of the science courses in which they had enrolled. Social science courses had the highest enrollment rate (34.7%), followed by math (30.9%), physical sciences (24.2%), biological sciences (15.4%), and engineering (6.9%). Social science courses also had the highest completion rates, with 52% of the courses taken being completed, followed by engineering and biology (54% each), math (48%), and physical sciences (47%). Agriculture courses were offered primarily at Pierce College, where 5.3% of the students enrolled in and 3.8% completed agriculture courses. Agriculture students completed 72% of the courses in which they enrolled. The study report provides tables which break down findings by each of the nine colleges in the district. (JP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC