Evaluation of a College Reading Course By Comparing Grade Point Average and Attrition Among College Freshmen
Date of Graduation
Spring 1987
Degree
Master of Science in Education in Literacy
Department
Reading, Foundations, and Technology
Committee Chair
Genevieve Cramer
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a college reading course as measured by subjects' semester grade point averages and attrition rate. The ex post facto investigation compared differences in mean grade point averages and attrition rates of high risk college freshmen between a group of participants and a group of nonparticipants. The participant and nonparticipant groups were the 37 students with scores occurring between 11-15 on the ACT composite and social studies subtests who took Reading 107 in their second semesters and those 78 students with scores occurring between 11-15 on the ACT composite and social studies subsections who did not take Reading 107 any of the three semesters under study. Two-way analysis of variance was the statistical test for grade point average, and the Chi-square test of independence was used to analyze the attrition factor. Although no statistical differences were found between the participant and nonparticipant groups in GPA or attrition, the results may have been skewed by a possible sampling bias in which nonparticipants seemed to have an academic advantage over the participants. A need for further study was indicated.
Subject Categories
Other Education
Copyright
© Rhonda Elaine Penn
Recommended Citation
Penn, Rhonda Elaine, "Evaluation of a College Reading Course By Comparing Grade Point Average and Attrition Among College Freshmen" (1987). MSU Graduate Theses. 833.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/833
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