University Life of Non-Traditional Students: Engagement Styles and Impact on Attrition

2011/01/01 by Silvia Gilardi, Chiara Guglielmetti
Social Sciences · #Higher Education Research Studies #Online and Blended Learning #Evaluation of Teaching Practices

paper · doi:10.1080/00221546.2011.11779084

Abstract

In the light of the literature on student engagement, social integration, and adult learning, an empirical study (n = 228 students) explored the relationship between first-year academic experience and non-traditional students' retention. Results show that engagement, social integration, and meaningfulness of learning experience have different effects on non-traditional and traditional students' retention.

Citations

• Classrooms as Communities
• Perceived Behavioral Control, Self‐Efficacy, Locus of Control, and the Theory of Planned Behavior¹

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