A Study to Analyze the Influence of a TAACCCT Grant Appropriated Study Skills Class for Welders on Student Success at Four Wisconsin Indianhead Technical Colleges

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to collect and analyze data from the students who were enrolled in the first Study Skills for Welders class that was funded as a bridge class by the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program (TAACCCT). This class was created as a requirement of the TAACCCT grant. This study was created to help determent the effectiveness and perceived benefits to students enrolled in the Study Skills class. This study utilized information gathered from students from four participating Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC) full-time welding programs located on the WITC campuses of New Richmond, Rice Lake, Superior, and Ashland, Wisconsin during the 2014 fall semester. The results of the study recommend that the Study Skills for Welders class be continued beyond the TAACCCT grant funded requirements and that the study was perceived as beneficial to student success by participates.