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Student Self-Determination Following Developmental Education Reform in Florida's Community Colleges
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Brower, Rebecca L.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping; Park-Gaghan, Toby J. – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background: This multiple case study explores the self-determination needs of academically underprepared students. The context for our study was a sweeping redesign of developmental education (DE) in Florida's community colleges, state-level legislation Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which made DE optional for many students. Purpose of Study: The…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Two Year College Students
Student Self-Determination Following Developmental Education Reform in Florida's Community Colleges
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Brower, Rebecca L.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping; Park-Gaghan, Toby J. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Background: This multiple case study explores the self-determination needs of academically underprepared students. The context for our study was a sweeping redesign of developmental education (DE) in Florida's community colleges, state-level legislation Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which made DE optional for many students. Purpose of Study: The…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Two Year College Students
Giving Community College Students Choice: The Impact of Self-Placement in Math Courses
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Kosiewicz, Holly; Ngo, Federick – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
This study examines the impact of a "natural experiment" that gave students the choice to place into or out of developmental math because of an unintended mistake made by a community college. During self-placement, more students chose to enroll in gateway college- and transfer-level math courses, however, greater proportions of female,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Course Selection (Students), Student Placement
The Importance of Institutional Data Reporting Quality for Understanding Dev-Ed Math Enrollment and Outcomes
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Schudde, Lauren; Yonah Meiselman, Akiva – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Student placement test records, course enrollments, and other student-level data collected by community colleges are vital for evaluating the outcomes of students in developmental education (dev-ed) courses. Researchers and policymakers rely on this information to examine the impact of existing programs and assess ongoing reforms to dev-ed -- the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Student Placement
Alternative Models to Deliver Developmental Math: Issues of Use and Student Access
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Kosiewicz, Holly; Ngo, Federick; Fong, Kristen – Community College Review, 2016
Objective: Changing how community colleges deliver developmental education has become a key policy lever to increase student achievement. Alternative development education models reduce the amount of time a student spends in remediation, provide students with supplemental instruction and support, and contextualize content to align with student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Content Analysis
Assessing the Validity of Directed Self-Placement at a Large University
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Gere, Anne Ruggles; Aull, Laura; Green, Timothy; Porter, Anne – Assessing Writing, 2010
Following Messick's definition of validity as a multi-faceted construct that includes contextual, substantive, structural, generalizable, external, and consequential dimensions, this study examined an established directed self-placement (DSP) system that had been functioning for ten years at a large university. The goal was to determine the extent…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Validity, Student Placement, Developmental Studies Programs