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Download full textFong, Kelley; Visher, Mary G. – MDRC, 2013
For the past decade, MDRC has evaluated a number of interventions designed to improve the outcomes of community college students, including enhanced counseling, learning communities, and financial incentives. Encouragingly, many of these strategies have produced positive effects, affirming that changes in institutional practices and policies can…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Community Colleges, College Programs
Developmental Versus Remedial: Does a Confusion of Terms Exist in Higher Education Reading Programs?
Nist, Sherrie L. – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1985
Examines the differences between remedial and developmental reading programs and their places in higher education. Finds a consistency among definitions of remedial reading but no clear consensus for developmental reading. Sees a clear delineation between remedial and developmental students. Offers guidelines for programs and instruction…
Descriptors: College Role, Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Developmental Studies Programs
Lee, Yung-bin Benjamin; Meyer, Martha J. – 1994
This study examined characteristics of passive and active learners among college students enrolled in remedial classes and students enrolled in regular academic classes. Active learners are typically analytical, focused on task, tolerant of new ideas, curious, adept at processing information, able to develop other ways to solve a problem,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Cognitive Style, College Freshmen
Levine, Deborah R. – 1990
In spring and fall 1988, a two-phase study was conducted at Nassau Community College to evaluate two courses in the mathematics program: Preparatory Mathematics (MAT 001) and Introductory Algebra (MAT 002). Pre- and post-tests for the classes were administered to assess student learning outcomes. The first phase of the study examined aspects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Studies Programs
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1991
This report summarizes the success of 115 remedial programs in each sector of New Jersey higher education, and uses outcome standards to categorize the patterns of strength and weakness observed in the data from individual college programs. Among the topics discussed are the following: the design of the assessment process; statewide and sector…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis
Higbee, Jeanne L.; Dwinell, Patricia L. – 1991
This paper describes the development of the University of Georgia's Division of Developmental Studies--a program providing special developmental instruction to students who otherwise would not have been admitted to the school. It consists of four components: English, mathematics, reading, and counseling. The objectives of each of these components…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Admission
McCoy, Kay R. – 1991
Drawing from studies conducted at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) between 1989 and 1991, this report offers a profile of developmental students at PGCC and an analysis of the remedial education needs of fall 1990 first-time students. The first section of the report reviews findings from a number of statewide and institutional studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College Role
