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Developmental Advising Lowers Costs at a Rural Minority-Serving Community College
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Failing, Kate; Lombardozzi, C. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
This study compares outcomes of prescriptive and developmental advising models by means of a posttest-only quasi-experimental design. Three outcomes of interest are degree progression, student satisfaction with advising, and average course-pathway cost. Two years of archival records from first-time, full-time degree-seeking students (n = 96)…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Disadvantaged Youth, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Student Satisfaction
The Mathematical Development Beliefs Survey: Validity and Reliability of a Measure of Preschool Teachers' Beliefs about the Learning and Teaching of Early Mathematics
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Platas, Linda M. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
The Mathematical Development Beliefs Survey was developed to measure early childhood teachers' beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning in the preschool classroom. This instrument was designed to measure beliefs concerning (a) age-appropriateness of mathematics instruction, (b) classroom locus of generation of mathematical knowledge…
Descriptors: Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
The Observation, Documentation, and Shared Reflection Process: Preparing Early Childhood Educators to Teach in Alaska Native Communities
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McCarthy, Kathrin W.; Duke, Thomas Scott – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
The eight early childhood educators who participated in this study were admitted into a 60-credit statewide distance-delivered Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree program at the University of Alaska. All eight educators were women of Alaska Native ancestry who lived and worked in remote and rural Native communities. Seven of these teachers…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Rural Schools, Geographic Isolation, Early Childhood Education
The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow: Mentoring in Early Childhood Education
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Cummins, Lauren – Childhood Education, 2004
To look at practitioners in the field of early childhood education is to look at a kaleidoscope of education, experience, and practice, from practitioners who are beginning in the field to practitioners who have extensive experience and education and have mastered the art of teaching. This kaleidoscope of practitioners brings into the light a…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Reflective Teaching, Mentors, Early Childhood Education