Retention programs interpreted as meeting all three SDT needs show higher persistence and standing¶
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q2 i? The review reports that participants in a voluntary probation course interpreted as meeting all three needs had higher GPAs, higher return-to-good-standing rates, and higher enrollment persistence than comparison groups. → Zak-Moskal 2020
Evidence¶
Zak-Moskal 2020¶
Zak-Moskal, A. D., & Garrison, M. J. (2020). Can Self-determination Theory be Used to Increase College Student Retention?. The New York Journal of Student Affairs, 20(1). https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/nyjsa/vol20/iss1/4
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Narrative review attributing this to Hanger et al. (2011), a semester-long voluntary course for students on academic probation. Course participants "had the highest rate (58%) of returning to good academic standing" versus 29.8% and 27%, and enrollment persistence of 78% versus 43% and 46%. No effect size is printed.
"Course participants sustained higher GPAs over time and had the highest rate (58%) of returning to good academic standing compared to the other two groups (29.8% for non-participants and 27% for course non-completers)."
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Retention programs interpreted as meeting all three SDT needs show higher persistence and standing |
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Retention programs interpreted as meeting all three SDT needs show higher persistence and standing |
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