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  • Volume 19
  •  Issue 2
  • Publication Date: Winter 2008



Evaluating the First Year Experience: Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors

P. G. Schrader and Scott W. Brown

The First Year Experience (FYE) program is an educational initiative designed to facilitate the successful transition of students from high school to postsecondary education. The Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior (KAB) methodology (Schrader & Lawless, 2004) was used to examine the gains in cognitive skills and constructs related to academic and life skills of college freshmen who participated in a semester long FYE program. Matched data from 904 participants were collected using a quasi-experimental design and analyzed using multivariate repeated measures analyses. These analyses focused on student groups (FYE and non-FYE) and gender. Analysis of student groups revealed significant differences in: (1) Knowledge of Resources and (2) Attitudes Toward Interactions. The interaction indicated that the FYE group exhibited greater positive trends over time than those who did not participate in FYE.


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