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Toby J. Park-Gaghan; Christine Mokher; Taylor Burtch; Morgan Danyi – Grantee Submission, 2024
Florida State University researchers spent the last year collecting and analyzing data on corequisite developmental education (DE) models in Texas as part of a four-year study that received a $1.5M grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. This study was proposed in response to Texas House Bill (HB) 2223, which…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, Required Courses, Models
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Jaafar, Reem – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2015
Students taking developmental mathematics courses resist attempting word problems when they are presented to them. Although word problems can help students contextualize learning, develop better understanding of the concepts and apply world knowledge, they constitute an impediment to students' progress in developmental mathematics courses. A…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Teaching Methods, Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs
Bremer, Christine D.; Center, Bruce; Jang, Yoo Jeong; Opsal, Christen – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2013
This study examined the relationship of community college programs and services to retention of students in four community colleges, with an emphasis on determining whether outcomes vary for students in occupational programs and how student characteristics moderate these effects, with the goal of determining what is correlated with success.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Two Year College Students, College Students
Bers, Trudy – 1982
As a continuation of a study of the effects of mandatory student placement in communications courses at Oakton College, a follow-up study was conducted of students enrolled in Communications 051, a developmental course. The study sought to assess the patterns of behavior of students enrolling in developmental communications courses, completion…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Followup Studies