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Direct linkCarolyn Pietrucha Masserang – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Low achievement in mathematics begins long before students arrive at college. National data shows that between 60% and 75% of high school seniors in the U.S. are underprepared for college-level mathematics and may end up enrolling in developmental mathematics. Developmental mathematics refers to mathematics courses taken in college that are…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Livingston, Shannon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Using self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985) as the theoretical framework, this study explored how high-school GPA and motivation contributed to academic performance and persistence among students enrolled in developmental-education courses during the fall of 2016 at a two-year technical college in the Midwest. A non-random purposive…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
Bradley, Kirk – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to determine which academic and affective student factors were significant to student success in a mastery learning program in developmental mathematics and to determine if the mastery learning program led to increased mathematical knowledge retention and success in the subsequent math course. The first phase of the…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematics Education
