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Guy, G. Michael; Cornick, Jonathan; Holt, Robert J.; Russell, Andrew S. H. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2015
After many years of extremely low success rates, a radical new design of the first semester arithmetic remedial course was implemented and studied. Students at a large urban community college could take a traditional semester-long traditional lecture-based remedial arithmetic course or a new accelerated 4-week 20-hour problem-solving based…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs, Arithmetic, Problem Solving
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Zavarella, Carol A.; Ignash, Jan M. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2009
Studies of students enrolled in computer-based instruction have yielded mixed results, with some reporting a high dropout rate. Tis article describes a quantitative study examining the probability of students' withdrawal from a computer- versus lecture-based developmental math course based on learning style, reasons for selecting the instructional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Education Courses, Dropout Rate, Developmental Studies Programs