Browsing by Author "Kingsbury, Tabitha"

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    Curricular Learning Communities and Retention
    (Indiana University Press, 2019-02) Kern, Beth Burchfield, 1958-; Kingsbury, Tabitha
    Abstract: Learning communities have been a part of the higher educational landscape since the 1980s. Despite their widespread use, research regarding their effectiveness with enhancing retention is sparse. This study describes a freshmen curricular learning community linking courses required for all business majors. Retention for students taking courses in a curricular learning community is compared to retention for students taking the same courses independent from a learning community. Analysis of the data indicates that students who participated in the learning community were twice as likely to persist to the following semester than the students in the baseline comparison group. The results provide evidence that purposeful structuring of courses in a curricular learning community with support imbedded to help students succeed is associated with improved retention. Keywords: learning communities, retention, cohorts
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    Exploring the Potential for a First Year Experience Online with Learning Styles
    (Indiana University South Bend, 2015-12) Kingsbury, Tabitha
    This research will fill a critical gap in the higher education field by reviewing learning styles in an online environment for a first year experience college success course. This is critical information for administrators and faculty as students are utilizing online platforms more than ever before in higher education. An increase in online education, demanding schedules, and preferences for online options drives many students toward online environments and it is crucial to understand what measures could be used to create success in online classrooms. This paper will be an inter-disciplinary review with a variety of concerns for a first year experience online with social science reviewing pedagogy, engagement, and technology. Science themes will then be incorporated relative to the various learning styles of individuals and how they learn as regarding the potential for an online first year experience and the methods of creating a first year experience online for the preferred learning styles of students. A first year experience can be created for the online environment if learning styles are effectively incorporated.