Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 1 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Author
| Allison O'Leary Lassiter | 1 |
| Charles A. MacArthur | 1 |
| Foster-Irizarry, Toni | 1 |
| Haitham Alkhateeb | 1 |
| Henry May | 1 |
| Octavia Thorns-Jackson | 1 |
| Sheila D. Bennett | 1 |
| Zoi Traga Philippakos | 1 |
Publication Type
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 4 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 6 |
| Postsecondary Education | 6 |
| Two Year Colleges | 4 |
| Adult Education | 2 |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Motivated Strategies for… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkSheila D. Bennett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examined how adult learners who took developmental mathematics in a community college and passed the courses, viewed their self-efficacy and the roles they felt self-efficacy had on their successful completion of mathematics. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 adult learners in two U.S. community colleges.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community College Students, Nontraditional Students, Success
Octavia Thorns-Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
A midwestern community college utilized a corequisite model to accelerate students' developmental education that allows adult learners to take developmental writing and English composition simultaneously. First-year composition instructors had no formal training at the college on andragogical methods and teaching strategies to foster successful…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Community Colleges, Writing (Composition)
Peer reviewed
Download full textHaitham Alkhateeb – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2025
This study used the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) to assess the motivation and learning strategies of students in a self-paced developmental mathematics class. A total of 194 undergraduate students participated in this study. Descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, and regression analysis were conducted to assess…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learning Strategies, Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematics Instruction
Charles A. MacArthur; Zoi Traga Philippakos; Henry May – Grantee Submission, 2023
Supporting Strategic Writers (SSW) is an instructional approach and curriculum for college developmental English and integrated reading and writing courses. SSW is based on strategy instruction integrated with practices common in college English. Students learn strategies for writing and critical reading of sources based on rhetorical analysis and…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, English Instruction, Teaching Methods, English Curriculum
Foster-Irizarry, Toni – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Some community colleges lack the socioemotional support required to help underprepared students grow into autonomous, college-ready learners (Callahan, 2004; Capt et al., 2014). Black and Latinx students could benefit from the inclusion of positive, emotionally supportive programming that acknowledges their personhood, cultural capital…
Descriptors: Social Experience, Emotional Experience, Student Experience, Community College Students
Allison O'Leary Lassiter – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Developmental education is a subject of increasing interest, and many current educational reforms are aimed at helping developmental students to succeed. As such, outcomes for developmental students are important for evaluating programs and supports offered to students in this situation. One such support is learning strategies coursework. Prior…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Developmental Studies Programs
