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Jesse Cunha; Trey Miller; Megan Austin; Lindsay Daugherty; Paco Martorell – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
We estimate the societal costs associated with corequisite and traditional pre-requisite English developmental education and compare them to societal benefits. Our context is the randomized controlled trial conducted by Miller et al. (2022) that estimated the effects of three different approaches to English corequisites implemented in 5 Texas…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, English Instruction, Language Arts, Developmental Studies Programs
Weiss, Michael J.; Headlam, Camielle – MDRC, 2018
Community colleges are a large sector of postsecondary education. In 2016-2017, the United States had nearly 1,000 public 2-year postsecondary institutions (community colleges), serving almost nine million students, representing 39% of all undergraduates. The majority of entering community college students require developmental (or remedial) math.…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Computer Assisted Instruction, Pacing, Remedial Mathematics
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Hauk, Shandy; Matlen, Bryan; Thomas, Larry – Grantee Submission, 2017
A variety of computerized interactive learning platforms exist. Most include instructional supports in the form of problem sets. Feedback to users ranges from a single word like "Correct!" to offers of hints and partially- to fully-worked examples. Behind-the-scenes design of systems varies as well--from static dictionaries of problems…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Algebra, Web Based Instruction, Randomized Controlled Trials
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Abdulsalam, N.; Condrasky, M.; Bridges, W.; Havice, P. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2017
This randomized controlled trial compared the effectiveness of traditional lecture (C), face-to-face demonstration (DP), on-line lecture capture (OP), and the combination of the last two (OP+DP) to enhance culinary arts students' application skills related to sodium usage in food preparation. Objectives were to compare relative effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Lecture Method