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Direct linkChristian Jarquin – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examined how community college students' reflective sentiments about learning with the Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) ALEKS evolved in three developmental pre-Algebra Mathematics courses and how students' sentiments related to their metacognitive awareness and learning performance. Thirty-nine students participated in this study.…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Reflection, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Student Attitudes
Lizzio, Alf; Wilson, Keithia – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2013
The widening participation agenda and related concerns about student retention require a more systematic focus on supporting student success. This paper describes a process designed with the dual goals of supporting the short-term academic recovery of students at risk of non-continuation due to early difficulties with assessment and developing…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, At Risk Students, College Freshmen, Educational Innovation
Download full textRutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Cullinan, Dan; Welbeck, Rashida – MDRC, 2012
Improving the success of academically underprepared students who are in need of developmental (or remedial) education is a key challenge facing community colleges today. Many of these students enter college with little awareness of these institutions' expectations or a clear model for how to make effective decisions about their academic careers.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Effectiveness, Two Year College Students
Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Cullinan, Dan; Welbeck, Rashida – MDRC, 2012
Improving the success of academically underprepared students who are in need of developmental (or remedial) education is a key challenge facing community colleges today. Many of these students enter college with little awareness of these institutions' expectations or a clear model for how to make effective decisions about their academic careers.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Effectiveness, Two Year College Students
Cukras, Grace-Ann Gorga – College Teaching, 2006
Research has consistently found that college students, especially freshmen, are not independent learners. To help students become self-regulated learners, reading and study skills courses as well as academic assistance programs should be designed to address this concern. Students must develop an inventory of study strategies that can be…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Learning Strategies, College Students, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedCarranza, Carmy – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2001
Describes a survey on student motivation and presents developmental education students' responses describing their strategies for academic success. Addresses the importance of combining effort with effective study strategies, planning, finding a quiet space, being persistent, and preparing for class. (NB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Planning
Edwards, Steven W.; Edwards, Rebecca – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2006
The UK-I-Can Program is an adaptation of the Amer-I-Can Program, introduced in 1988 to help individuals meet their full potential and improve the quality of their lives. The focus of the program is equipping young people with life management skills necessary to lead fulfilling and productive lives, based on the belief that individuals' self-esteem…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Self Determination
