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College Student Journal articles from March 2002
An academic journal presenting original investigations and theoretical papers on issues affecting college students. Includes articles on values, attitudes, opinions, and learning affecting the areas of undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools.
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College Student Journal archives from March 2002
First-generation college students at a four-year university: background characteristics, reasons for pursuing higher education, and first-year experiences.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... This study examined the background characteristics of first-generation college students at a four-year university, their reasons for pursuing higher education, and their first-year experiences. In comparison to students whose parents had some...
Decision making styles of young South Indian consumers: an exploratory study.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... This exploratory study investigates the decision -making styles of young South Indian consumers. The data for this study were collected from two institutions of higher education in the city of Coimbatore, India in the fall of 1995 utilizing the...
Do multimedia lesson structure and learning styles influence undergraduate writing performance?
March 1, 2002... The study investigated the effects of learning styles and multimedia structure on undergraduate writing performance in a prewriting skills lesson. The participants (n = 42) were enrolled in an introductory composition course at a university in...
Predictive validity of the graduate record examination advanced psychology test for grade performance in graduate psychology courses.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores are often considered during the admissions process for prospective graduate students and there have been several assessments of the predictive validity of the GRE for graduate students in psychology. The...
Problems in grading based on testing university students.
March 1, 2002... Validity and reliability are key terms to emphasize in writing test items. Clarity in writing each test item is important and vital. Multiple procedures of assessing university student achievement should be in the offing. It is salient for...
Income inequality among parents with college aged children: a study of the family as a whole and excluding wives' earnings.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Some studies have discussed that measuring inequality should be based upon all types of households, not just married families. Other types of inequality include single parent families, families where the male or the female is the head of...
Student athletes with learning disabilities: a model for effective supports.
March 1, 2002... The evolution of the intercollegiate student-athlete has made great-changes and progress towards becoming a whole student and complete athlete, not one or the other. The redefinition of intercollegiate athletics has taken on the primary focus...
Prediction of educational psychology course grades by age and learning style scores *.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... This study showed how different learning styles are related to objective-type tests used in obtaining undergraduate Educational Psychology course grades. The subjects were 105 university students who responded to four tests which were averaged...
Advising at-risk students in college and university settings.
March 1, 2002... The importance of intrusive advising at-risk college and university students (i.e., students who: are ethnic minorities, are academically disadvantaged, have disabilities, are of low socioeconomic status, and are probationary students) has been...
College student attitudes toward interreligious marriage.
March 1, 2002... One hundred-five never married undergraduate university students completed an anonymous 18-item questionnaire designed to assess their attitudes toward interreligious marriage. Among other findings, the data revealed only one in five...
Let sleeping students lie?: Using interpersonal activities to engage disengaged students.
March 1, 2002... Frequently students become disengaged from the material and their teachers. How can disengaged students become more engaged with the material and their professor? What do students mean when they say that they want their professors to care about...
Service delivery for postsecondary students with disabilities: a survey of assistive technology use across disabilities.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... As disability service providers become familiar with assistive technology (AT), some devices that were originally designed to meet the needs of a specific disability, are being used with a broader range of individuals (e.g., voice recognition...
Role model influence on the career decidedness of college students.
March 1, 2002... The purpose of this study was to examine role-model influence on the career decidedness of college students within the context of the Social Learning Theory of Career Decision-Making (SLTCDM; Krumboltz, 1981). Participants (N=405) completed...
Academic performance among African American and Caucasian college students: is the family still important?(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... This study assessed the role of the family on academic performance among African American and Caucasian college students. Family functioning, family status, and demographic variables were examined in a questionnaire. Results suggested that...
Coping resource availability and level of perceived stress as predictors of life satisfaction in a cohort of Turkish college students.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... This study investigated the effects of perceived stress and availability of coping resources to predict satisfaction with life among a cohort of college students in Turkey (N=172). Results indicate that both perceived stress and coping resource...
The college student as learner: insight gained through metaphor analysis.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Students in a general education cluster course were asked to create metaphors for themselves as learners at four points during an academic year. The metaphors were analyzed and categorized. Results indicate four categories were used: animal,...
Teaching cultural diversity to college students majoring in helping professions: the use of an eco-strengths perspective.
March 1, 2002... This article illustrates an alternative and exciting perspective for students majoring in the helping professions to learn about cultural diversity. The eco-strengths perspective that is interactive in nature is described along with how it can...
Learning styles and approach versus avoidant coping during academic exam preparation.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... This study investigated the association between several styles of learning as measured by the Inventory of Learning Processes - Revised (ILP-R), and approach coping assessed with a revised, 9-item version of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire....