TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving student performance and retention via supplemental instruction
AU - Etter, Edwin R.
AU - Burmeister, Sandra L.
AU - Elder, Randal J.
PY - 2000/9/1
Y1 - 2000/9/1
N2 - Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a cooperative learning model designed to improve student performance and retention in courses with a history of high failure and withdrawal rates. This paper describes the SI model and provides descriptive data on student performance, failure, and withdrawal rates for 132 introductory accounting classes from 21 four-year colleges and universities that have adopted SI. Participants in SI programs were observed to have higher average course grades, and lower failure and withdrawal rates. In addition, for a subsample of nine schools, course attrition rates (Ds, Fs, and withdrawals) were lower after implementing SI. Descriptive data presented in the paper indicate that SI is effective in improving student performance and retention in introductory accounting.
AB - Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a cooperative learning model designed to improve student performance and retention in courses with a history of high failure and withdrawal rates. This paper describes the SI model and provides descriptive data on student performance, failure, and withdrawal rates for 132 introductory accounting classes from 21 four-year colleges and universities that have adopted SI. Participants in SI programs were observed to have higher average course grades, and lower failure and withdrawal rates. In addition, for a subsample of nine schools, course attrition rates (Ds, Fs, and withdrawals) were lower after implementing SI. Descriptive data presented in the paper indicate that SI is effective in improving student performance and retention in introductory accounting.
KW - Student retention
KW - Supplemental instruction
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U2 - 10.1016/S0748-5751(01)00006-9
DO - 10.1016/S0748-5751(01)00006-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0041739013
SN - 0748-5751
VL - 18
SP - 355
EP - 368
JO - Journal of Accounting Education
JF - Journal of Accounting Education
IS - 4
ER -