Residence hall rule infractions effect on college grade-point average

摘要

One purpose of a residence hall in a college setting is to provide a residential living environment where learning can take place. The residence hall rules are designed to enhance a residential learning environment through the rule structure.;The purpose of this study was to test the hypotheses that: (1) Quiet-hour rule infractions would inversely correlate with college G.P.A. (2) Sign-in/sign-out rule infractions would inversely correlate with college G.P.A. (3) Quiet-hour rule infractions and sign-in/sign-out rule infractions would inversely correlate with college G.P.A. Students with a large number of rule infractions were not receiving the full advantage of the learning environment and therefore students were expected not to achieve as high a grade point average as those students with fewer rule infractions.;Quiet-hour rule infractions were found to have an inverse correlation to college G.P.A. partialing out for high school G.P.A. and S.A.T. that was significant at the.05 level. R$sp2$ = 12.45 F value = 7.74: therefore, 29% of the variance of college G.P.A. is accounted for by quiet-hour rule infractions. Sign-in/sign-out rule infractions have an inverse correlation to college G.P.A. partialing out high school G.P.A. and S.A.T. that was significant at the.05 level. R$sp2$ = 13.45 F value = 12.56; therefore, 39% of the variance of college G.P.A. was accounted for by sign-in/sign-out rule infractions. Quiet-hour rule infractions and sign-in/sign-out rule infractions had an inverse correlation to college G.P.A. partialing out for high school G.P.A. and S.A.T. that was significant at the.05 level. R$sp2$ = 123.45 F value = 13.28; therefore, 37% of the variance of the college G.P.A. was accounted for by quiet-hour rule infractions and sign-in/sign-out rule infractions.;The strongest relationship was found among sign-in/sign-out rule infractions and college G.P.A. with 39% of the variance of college G.P.A. being accounted for by sign-in/sign-out rule infractions. A multiple regression analysis was used. A partial correlation was used to examine the relationship between college G.P.A. and rule infractions as predictors partialing out for the influence of high school G.P.A. and S.A.T.;The three hypotheses showed a high inverse correlation to college G.P.A. It was recommended that rule infractions of these types be emphasized in that they promote learning.