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Download full textFurness, Rachelle; Paulson, Eric J. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2018
In this article, the authors describe an approach for embedding service learning into developmental reading and writing curricula to assist new college students in overcoming reluctance to write. The authors first present an overview of literature pertaining to the interrelated nature of motivation, reflection, and opportunities for student choice…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Developmental Studies Programs, College Freshmen, Student Motivation
Direct linkScornavacco, Karla – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
This article is a cross-section of stories of three young men navigating the expectations of a school with a 100% college admissions goal. Similar to their classmates, none of these male teens had a parent who had attended college. In addition, each of them had at one point in their high school lives declared that they would be dropping out of…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Developmental Studies Programs, First Generation College Students, Males
Willison, John – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2007
The perceived importance and the prevalence of academic development programs worldwide mean that it is critical that characteristics essential for the success of such programs be identified and incorporated. This article recognises the manifold perspectives on identifying such characteristics, but argues that if it is desirable that an academic…
Descriptors: College Programs, Ethics, Educational Principles, Strategic Planning
Hussey, Trevor; Smith, Patrick – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
This paper offers ideas towards a solution of some of the problems that arise due to the extension of higher education to an ever wider range of students: especially student drop-out. It suggests that, as far as is practical, the design and delivery of higher education should be based upon the major changes or transitions which the students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Transitional Programs
Runyan, Charles Kent – 1991
Empowering teacher induction programs are developmental in nature and generally have similar philosophical orientations. They identify and meet the instructional, non-instructional, and empowerment needs of novice teachers. Induction programs that empower include the following elements: development of personal strengths and ideas; defined…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Collegiality, Developmental Programs
Fish, John – 1990
This document describes and discusses aspects of the transition to adult life for people with disabilities in Great Britain and sets it in an international context. The first three sections describe the transition process, the difficulties of implementing a framework for transition, and the aims of the transition process. The aims are the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Comparative Education, Cooperative Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
