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Download full textBeamer, Zachary – Inquiry, 2020
In Fall 2020, the VCCS [Virginia Community College System] will begin implementing the Direct Enrollment Pilot, building upon lessons learned in prior reforms and successes of reforms in other states. In the new corequisite model of developmental education, students at the margins of college preparation are placed directly into the college…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Remedial Mathematics, Enrollment, Student Placement
Beamer, Zachary – Inquiry, 2021
In corequisite models of instruction, marginally prepared students are placed directly into college-level coursework, taught with a paired support course. Initial research suggests that such models yield significant improvements in the number of students passing credit-level mathematics when compared to previous models of prerequisite remediation.…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Developmental Studies Programs, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
Waycaster, Pansy – Inquiry, 2019
Virginia Highlands Community College (VHCC) implemented MTH 155 -- Statistical Reasoning Co-Requisite -- in the spring semester of 2018. MTH 155 replaced MTH 146 on VHCC's campus. Prerequisites for this course are the first five developmental MTE modules. The intended co-requisite audience for this new course consists of students having…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Mathematics, Remedial Mathematics, Required Courses
Waycaster, Pansy – Inquiry, 2004
The purpose of this study was to assess how well the ASSET, COMPASS, and in-house readiness tests actually do in their placement of students into the algebra developmental courses. Specifically, the author collected and analyzed student data from these placement tools and the core final exams for MTH 03 and MTH 04 to determine how well these…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Developmental Programs, Algebra, Remedial Mathematics
Peer reviewedWaycaster, Pansy – Inquiry, 2001
Describes a study that sought to identify which remedial programs are most effective in community colleges. Reports that five college classrooms were visited at various times to observe teaching methods and class attendance. Concludes that one mode of instruction is not a panacea for all students and that colleges should offer at least two modes…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Learning Problems
Overby, Bronte A. – Inquiry, 2004
In this article, the author uses a comparison of various measures of success for developmental students at Patrick Henry Community College with the faculty's perceptions of these measures to break down misconceptions and stereotypes about developmental education and provide ever-needed credibility and acceptance for developmental programs.…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Misconceptions, Graduation Rate, Academic Persistence
