Cognitive Skills Development among Transfer College Students: An Analysis by Student Gender and Race

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to improve the understanding of transfer college students, by examining the patterns in and predictors of cognitive skills development among transfer college students. Moreover, this study examined how such patterns and predictors differ by student’s gender and race within this population. Results found that men and women transfer students have differing cognitive skills gains after transferring to a 4-year institution. Results also indicated that there are differences in the cognitive skills gained in college by transfer students from various races. Finally, using regression analysis, models were developed to predict the variance in cognitive skills development for transfer students. Models were able to 33% and 46% of the variance in cognitive skills gains, when evaluated by gender or ethnicity.

Cognitive Skills in Basic Mathematics of College Freshmen in the Philippines

“…Understanding that the majority of cognitive growth gains occur in the first two years has significance for both community college administrators and administrators of four-year colleges and universities [10]. Thus, teaching nowadays should have far-reaching implications in order to assist students to reach the appropriate cognitive level that matches their biological age.…”