The FYS produced the highest GPA and good-standing outcomes while the FYS/LC produced the highest retention, suggesting differential intervention effects¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The FYS intervention showed the numerically highest GPAs and percentage in good standing, while the FYS/LC intervention produced the highest numerical retention rates. → Tampke 2013

Evidence¶

Tampke 2013¶

Tampke, D. R., & Durodoye, R. (2013). Improving Academic Success for Undecided Students: A First-Year Seminar/Learning Community Approach. Learning Communities Research and Practice, 1(2), Article 3. http://washingtoncenter.evergreen.edu/lcrpjournal/vol1/iss2/3

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Descriptive comparison of fall-to-fall outcomes across the three sub-groups of undecided FTIC students. The article notes the FYS/LC group showed marginally lower GPA and good standing than the FYS group but the highest retention rates, with neither difference reaching statistical significance.

"The FYS produced the highest levels of GPA and percent in good academic standing, while the FYS/LC produced the highest retention measure."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Statistically significant GPA and good-standing advantages for intervention groups disappeared by fall-to-fall measurement — related
• Undecided FTIC students in both the FYS and FYS/LC interventions had significantly higher fall-to-spring rates of good academic standing than control students — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Undecided FTIC students in an FYS/learning-community intervention achieved significantly higher fall-to-spring GPA than control students — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Fall-to-spring and fall-to-fall retention rates did not differ significantly between intervention and control undecided students — related
• Undecided FTIC students who completed a first-year seminar achieved significantly higher fall-to-spring GPA than undecided students in a control group — a narrower finding that bears on this claim