First year experience courses show a statistically significant positive effect on undergraduate degree attainment, based on one study¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Clouse (2012) found statistically significant differences in undergraduate degree attainment at the home institution and at any US college favoring first year experience participants. → First Year Experience Courses 2016

Evidence¶

First Year Experience Courses 2016¶

First Year Experience Courses. (2016). What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/662

q2 · i? · review · r3

One quasi-experimental study meeting WWC standards with reservations reported degree attainment findings; the review states "One study that included 8,290 students in one university reported evidence of effectiveness in the degree attainment (college) domain."

"The author reported, and the WWC confirmed, that there was a statistically significant difference between first year experience course participants and comparison participants on undergraduate degree attainment at the home institution and a statistically significant difference between the two groups in undergraduate degree attainment at any US college."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• First year experience courses show potentially positive effects on credit accumulation, with two of three qualifying studies showing statistically significant positive retention effects and one showing no significant effect — related
• First year experience courses show a statistically significant positive effect on cumulative grade point average after one year, based on one study — related