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Direct linkDreyer, Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to determine if, when implemented at one two-year post-secondary institution, such K-12 reading comprehension strategies as concept mapping, think-aloud protocols, and Question-Answer Relationships (QAR) elicit change in COMPASS reading test scores of adult readers. Data was collected over four academic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Mixed Methods Research, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies
Peer reviewedSkinner, Amy D. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This research examined the relationship between placement in a learning support college program and subsequent academic outcomes. The sample consisted of 275 entering freshmen students who were enrolled in the Learning Support reading courses in the fall of 2005. Data were collected from the Gordon College Office of Institutional Research. The…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Placement, Two Year College Students, College Freshmen
Verbout, Mary F. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Multiple-choice tests of punctuation and usage are used throughout the United States to assess the writing skills of new community college students in order to place them in either a basic writing course or first-year composition. To determine whether using the COMPASS Writing Test (CWT) is a valid placement at a community college, student test…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Multiple Choice Tests, Student Placement, Community Colleges
Windham, Melissa H. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Although close to half of all community college students leave before obtaining their stated goals, most retention studies are still being conducted at the four-year college and university level. There is still little research conducted at the community college level. In order to determine what student characteristics increase community college…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, College Freshmen, Academic Persistence
Download full textHorn, Aaron S.; Asmussen, John G. – Midwestern Higher Education Compact, 2014
A significant challenge in higher education is to narrow the educational attainment gap between academically prepared and unprepared students. To this end, developmental or remedial education is intended to improve the academic skills and knowledge of students who are unprepared for undergraduate coursework, particularly in the areas of…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Programs, Remedial Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Boatman, Angela; Long, Bridget Terry – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2011
This Brief summarizes a study that addresses the impact of remedial and developmental courses on students with a range of levels of preparedness. Using longitudinal data from Tennessee, the authors estimate the effects of placement into varying levels of mathematics, reading, and writing courses for students attending public two- and four-year…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Achievement, Developmental Studies Programs, Credits
