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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
Bird, Katherine; Oppland-Cordell, Sarah; Hibdon, Joseph – Learning Assistance Review, 2016
This paper describes the development, results, and future directions of the mathematics component of the EMERGE Summer Program at Northeastern Illinois University. Initiated summer 2014, EMERGE offered English and mathematics sessions for incoming freshmen. The mathematics session aimed to strengthen participants' mathematical foundations,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Summer Programs
Virginia Department of Education, 2011
Virginia's "College and Career Ready English Performance Expectations" grade 12 capstone course contains high-interest contextualized content designed to give certain students an additional boost for competent and successful entry into college and careers. The course will add to students' preparation for critical reading, college and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Grade 12, Educational Objectives, Behavioral Objectives
Peer reviewedHigbee, Jeanne L.; Dwinell, Patricia L.; Thomas, Pamela V. – Journal of College Student Retention, 2002
Describes a series of popular elective courses at the University of Georgia that avoid the stigma associated with developmental education while providing similar opportunities for skill development. Courses cover such things as learning to learn, strategies for academic success, critical thinking and writing skills, adjusting to college, and needs…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Developmental Studies Programs, Elective Courses, Skill Development
Ross, Gregory A.; Bailey, George W. S. – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1983
Describes a philosophy course offered at East Carolina University through the Special Studies Program for marginally-admissable students. The program uses selected readings from Russell, James, Sartre, and others and the Personalized System of Instruction to build critical thinking, reading, and study skills, while introducing students to the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Course Descriptions, Developmental Studies Programs, High Risk Students
Marcotte, James – 1984
Information is provided on the Developmental Education Program offered at Cincinnati Technical College for students who have been accepted conditionally into one of the health, business, or engineering career programs at the college. Sections I and II outline the rationale for and goals of the developmental education program. Section III describes…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Developmental Studies Programs, Grading, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedHaney, Bruce; Testone, Sharon – AMATYC Review, 1990
Describes a program to help students succeed in developmental mathematics courses, such as arithmetic, elementary algebra, and intermediate algebra. Provides information on program evaluation and how the program is funded. (YP)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Course Descriptions, Developmental Studies Programs
Mullins, Jeanette S.; Novak, John A. – 1981
This paper describes a one-semester remedial biology course for freshmen college students. It includes rationale for such a course at the college level, course content and organization, and instructional strategies associated with specific problem areas such as the inability of students to categorize and distinguish between categories. Appendices…
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedCurtis, Marcia S.; Herrington, Anne J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1992
A basic writing course at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, serves students underprepared for first-year composition. The student population is culturally diverse, varying widely in ability and background. The course has evolved from a basic syllabus designed to teach writing skills to a more comprehensive, student-centered curriculum…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Descriptions, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design
Coker, Linda; And Others – 1989
GAIN (Getting Assistance in Nursing) is a federally-funded program designed to recruit and retain high-risk nursing students. One aspect of the GAIN program is a three-credit developmental course to prepare educationally and economically disadvantaged students for required nursing courses. The course, "Success in Nursing," consists of two…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Developmental Studies Programs
Higbee, Jeanne L.; Dwinell, Patricia L. – 1989
A course entitled "Strategies for Academic Success," conducted in the Division of Developmental Studies at the University of Georgia, is described. The sample syllabus focuses on self-awareness and can be adapted to meet the needs of other institutions. The course is designed to promote awareness and development of psychological, social,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Students, Counseling
Farrow, Earl V. – 1980
Special programs provided to low income, nontraditional students at Livingston College, New Jersey, are described. In the academic year 1978-79, 498 students were enrolled in special programs, over two-thirds were black and over one-half came from families with annual incomes of less than $6,000. Ninety-seven percent came from families with…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Basic Skills, Course Descriptions, Developmental Studies Programs
Bitterlin, Gretchen – 1981
This three-part report describes the Bridging Program at San Diego Mesa College (SDMC), a basic skills program to prepare students functioning at the 7th grade level or below and to thus provide a bridge between developmental education and adult basic education (ABE). Part I begins with a review of the program's background and a list of its…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education
