Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an Enhanced Summer College Readiness Program on students' academic self-efficacy scores.The intended goal was to determine whether or not college readiness programs increase or improve high school juniors' academic self-efficacy.Two research questions were examined: ( 1) Is there was a difference between high school juniors that complete the new Enhanced Summer College Readiness Program and those who completed the regular Summer College Prep Workshop in academic self-efficacy scores; and (2) If academic selfefficacy scores were significantly different for students who participated in the new Enhanced Summer College Readiness Program, to what extent this significance could be attributed to the program.Academic self-efficacy data were gathered from high school juniors prior to participation in and again at the completion of the program.The participants were high school juniors who had identified interest in a summer college readiness workshop at a private Midwestern university.The College Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (CASES) was the instrument used (See Appendix A).The study used a Solomon Four-Group experimental design.There were two experimental and two comparison groups.One experimental and one comparison group were pre-tested and all four groups were post-tested.The results from quantitative and qualitative data showed that the new Enhanced Summer College Readiness Program improved academic self-efficacy better than the current Summer College Prep Workshop.
Author: Donna Gruber
Institution: University of Toledo
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2193888851