Unmasking the Effects of Student Engagement on First-Year College Grades and Persistence

By George D. Kuh, Ty M. Cruce, R. Shoup, Jillian Kinzie, Robert M. Gonyea. 2008

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The Causal Effect of Campus Residency on College Student Retention (2011, methodology): “Kuh et al. (2008) included a dummy variable for students’ housing situations as part of their student persistence models and found a significant relationship between student housing status and both first-year GPA and student persistence into the second year.”
Putting twitter to the test: Assessing outcomes for student collaboration, engagement and success (2013, result): “This is congruent with the results from Study 1 as well as with data reported by Hytten (2010), Kuh et al (2008) and Kuh (2002).”
Does Involvement Really Matter? Indicators of College Student Success and Satisfaction (2013, background): “In addition, some studies find that college students with low ability scores make greater gains in engagement and academic success (e.g., Bauer & Bennett, 2008; Carini, Kuh, & Klein, 2006; Kuh et al., 2008).”
Examining the links between teachers support, academic efficacy, academic resilience, and student engagement in Bahrain (2018, background): “, 2006), achievement and grades (Akey, 2007; Kuh et al., 2008), student motivation (Skinner and Belmont, 1993) whereby, these benefits would help businesses to establish stronger prospects for promising professional careers.”
Assessing Psychological Symptoms and Well-Being (2015, result): “The significant positive correlations between GPA and the engagement dimensions were also expected based on prior research demonstrating that student engagement facilitates academic success (Carini et al., 2006; Kuh et al., 2008; Svanum & Bigatti, 2009).”
Linking academic emotions and student engagement: mature-aged distance students’ transition to university (2015, background): “…of engagement are evident in the literature: a behavioural perspective defining engagement as student behaviour and effective teaching practices (Kuh et al. 2008); a psychological perspective depicting engagement as a multidimensional individual state (Fredricks et al. 2004); a sociocultural…”
Reconsidering the Relationship Between Student Engagement and Persistence in College (2011, methodology): “Using NSSE data and institutional records, Kuh et al. (2008) examined whether student engagement contributes to student academic performance and persistence.”
How Sound Is NSSE?: Investigating the Psychometric Properties of NSSE at a Public, Research-Extensive Institution (2011, methodology): “Kuh et al. (2008) employed three separate measures from NSSE: time spent in curricular activities, time spent studying, and a “global measure of engagement” made up of 19 educational activities to determine whether engagement was associated with persistence and grades.”