Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Postsecondary Education | 3 |
Audience
Location
| European Union | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 |
| Texas | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full text
Direct linkMary Ellen Young; Melisa Jones – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2018
Acceleration reduces the time and/or course sequence in developmental education (DE), allowing students to enroll in gateway courses more quickly and/or co-enroll in the first college-level English course while taking the remedial course (Venezia & Hughes, 2013). Texarkana College (TC) piloted an Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) with a 12:1…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Required Courses, College English, Developmental Studies Programs
Bowers-Campbell, Joy – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2015
The following study is part of a larger study exploring reading identity in students who were placed into a mandatory developmental reading class because of low scores on college placement exams. Sociocultural theories of learning framed the qualitative study. Although the larger study addressed two overarching questions related to reading…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Reading, Correlation
Rienties, Bart; Kaper, Wolter; Struyven, Katrien; Tempelaar, Dirk; van Gastel, Leendert; Vrancken, Sanne; Jasinska, Magdalena; Virgailaite-Meckauskaite, Egle – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
An increasing number of higher educational institutes are offering remedial, bridging, preparatory or transitional courses in a blended and online format to remediate and enhance students' knowledge and skills. This article addresses how teachers and institutes design and implement these courses. The descriptions of transitional courses were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Course Descriptions, Academic Support Services
