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Developmental Students: The Challenge of Peer Relationships
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Di Tommaso, Kathrynn – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Despite increased program offerings at many community colleges, the retention and success of developmental students are often extremely low. Research has indicated that a complex set of challenges complicates developmental student success, but students' experiences with these variables are not well understood. In this paper, I report findings from…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, School Holding Power, Developmental Programs, Educational Methods
A Matter of Degrees: Promising Practices for Community College Student Success--A First Look
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Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2012
Community colleges across the country have created innovative, data-informed programs that are models for educating underprepared students, engaging traditionally underserved students, and helping students from all backgrounds succeed. However, because most of these programs have limited scope, the field now has pockets of success rather than…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes, Community Colleges, Focus Groups
Learning Style Mapping. Research Project in Vocational Education Conducted under Section (131) of Public Law 94-482. Final Report.
Reece, Jane – 1978
A project compared the use of cognitive style mapping (CSM) in individualized instruction and counseling with current institutional practices in secretarial science and developmental studies. (CSM is defined as a means of assessing each student's preferences in receiving and processing information--for purposes of personalizing and individualizing…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Career Counseling, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
AN 8-WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE TRAINING PROGRAM TO RETRAIN OFFICE EDUCATION TEACHERS FOR TEACHING BUSINESS ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING.
KOSCHLER, THEODORE A. – 1965
AN INSTITUTE TRAINING PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO AID IN TEACHING METHODS AND CURRICULUMS DEVELOPMENT IN BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING. THIS PROGRAM OFFERED RETRAINING FOR 17 TEACHERS DURING AN 8-WEEK PERIOD. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WAS INCLUDED FOR COURSE MATERIAL TO USE AS PATTERNS AND GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS. CLASS OUTLINES WERE DEVELOPED TO BE USED…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Programs, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Myth Exposed: Academically Deficient Students Gain 2.3 Grade Equivalents in Only One Semester at a 96% Black Inner-City Community College in South Central Los Angeles Or Inner-City Academic Acceleration: How to Structure a Developmental Skills Program so that Black, Inner-City Students Accelerate Their Academic Growth Rate to a Rate 5.9 Times as Great as They Have Achieved in the Past.
Wallace, Ruby; And Others – 1978
The success of the Developmental Skills Program offered at Los Angeles Southwest College, a 96% black institution, is indicated by an average student grade equivalent gain of 2.3 years in one semester; a 5 year average accelerated academic growth rate that is 5.9 times the rate of academic growth black inner-city students have experienced in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration, Basic Skills, Bibliographies
Teaching Young Children with Behavioral Disorders. Working with Behavioral Disorders: CEC Mini-Library.
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Zabel, Mary Kay – 1991
This booklet reviews the literature and considers applications of Public Law 99-457 (Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments--1986) in developing programs for young children with behavior disorders. The following topics are considered: provisions of the law (states are required to provide a free, appropriate public education to all eligible…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Compliance (Legal), Curriculum Development