An Evaluation of the Early Impacts of the Cluster Program and First Year Experience Seminar on New Freshmen. Research Report 97-02.

Autor/in	Belcheir, Marcia J.
Institution	Boise State Univ., ID.
Titel	An Evaluation of the Early Impacts of the Cluster Program and First Year Experience Seminar on New Freshmen. Research Report 97-02.
Quelle	(1997), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Persistence; Cluster Grouping; First Year Seminars; Grade Point Average; Grouping (Instructional Purposes); Higher Education; Outcomes of Education; School Holding Power; State Universities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Eingruppierung; Grouping; Gruppenbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Staatliche Universität
Abstract	This study evaluated the impact of a cluster program and the First Year Experience Seminar (First YES) on a variety of student outcomes at Boise State University in Idaho. To evaluate the cluster program, which included 57 students, a control group of 102 students was formed of similar students who were enrolled in the same core courses but not taking them together as a group. Two groups were formed to compare First YES enrollees: one consisted of students in general education (GE) courses while the second consisted of students enrolled in neither First YES nor other GE courses. The study found that cluster students were more likely to re-enroll in the spring semester and again the following fall compared to the control group. First YES and other GE students were also more likely to re-enroll in the spring than the control group students. After adjusting for entering academic ability, other GE students had the highest first term grade point averages (GPAs), followed by First YES students and the control group students. An appendix contains a copy of the student survey. (MDM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC