Beyond the Traditional Retention Data: A Qualitative Study of the Social Benefits of Living Learning Communities

Autor/inn/en	Arensdorf, Jill; Naylor-Tincknell, Janett
Titel	Beyond the Traditional Retention Data: A Qualitative Study of the Social Benefits of Living Learning Communities
Quelle	In: Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 4 (2016) 1, Artikel 4 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2375-804X
Schlagwörter	Communities of Practice; Qualitative Research; Focus Groups; Student Attitudes; Social Development; Psychological Patterns; Student Experience; Social Life; College Freshmen; Dormitories; Academic Persistence; Phenomenology; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Study Habits; Student School Relationship; Peer Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Qualitative Forschung; Schülerverhalten; Soziale Entwicklung; Studienerfahrung; Soziales Leben; Studienanfänger; Student housing; Studentenwohnheim; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	Living Learning Communities (LLCs) have been shown to increase student retention rates and academic performance (Hotchkiss, Moore, & Pitts, 2006), as well as increase overall satisfaction with college (Baker & Pomerantz, 2000) and increase cognitive skills (Walker, 2003). These benefits have been demonstrated in a variety of institutions with diverse students (Andrade, 2007). However, these studies have relied on quantitative measures of assessment. As suggested by Taylor, Moore, MacGregor, and Lindblad (2003) and Ward and Commander (2011), more qualitative data is needed to really understand why LLCs are linked to positive outcomes. This qualitative study collected focus group data from both LLC students and non-LLC students to determine what possible social and psychological benefits students reported about their LLC or university experiences. Themes emerged from the qualitative data to reveal that LLC students do experience some of the same university life experiences that non-LLC students experience. However, LLC students reported richer connections to faculty and students, as well as additional social and academic opportunities. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Evergreen State College's Washington Center, the National Resource for Learning Communities. 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, SEM II E2115, Olympia, WA 98505. Tel: 360-864-6606; Fax: 360-867-6662; e-mail: washcenter@evergreen.edu; Web site: http://washingtoncenter.evergreen.edu/lcrpjournal/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01