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Table D2
Detailed regression summary tables: CIRP data base, African American students
Significant positive effects: blue square
Significant negative effects: blue diamond
Outcome Variable


Nine-year learning outcomes: Valued skills

General knowledge
    Workshop model     Discussion model     Socializing model   Same race: Close friends
  in college model  
  Predictors r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
  Classroom -.043 -.052 -.052 -.043
  Informal interaction (model) .028 -.027 .071  .143 blue square blue square blue square

Analytical and problem-solving skills
    Workshop model     Discussion model     Socializing model   Same race: Close friends
  in college model  
  Predictors r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
  Classroom -.138 blue diamond blue diamond blue diamond -.133 blue diamond   blue diamond -.133 blue diamond blue diamond blue diamond -.138 blue diamond blue diamond blue diamond
  Informal interaction (model)  .072  .-025  .029  .108

Ability to think critically
    Workshop model     Discussion model     Socializing model   Same race: Close friends
  in college model  
  Predictors r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
  Classroom  .107  .110  .110  .107
  Informal interaction (model)  -.007  .121  .089  -.042

Writing skills
    Workshop model     Discussion model     Socializing model   Same race: Close friends
  in college model  
  Predictors r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
  Classroom -.009 -.020 -.020 -.009
  Informal interaction (model)  .067  .108 blue square  .031  -.002

Foreign language skills
    Workshop model     Discussion model     Socializing model   Same race: Close friends
  in college model  
  Predictors r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
  Classroom  .132  .130  .130  .132
  Informal interaction (model)  .113  .044  -.075  .078


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