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Daugherty, Lindsay; Karam, Rita; Basco, Daniel; Kaufman, Julia H. – Grantee Submission, 2019
In education, practitioners are increasingly looking for strategies to bring data and evidence into decisionmaking and to roll out programs in intentional ways that allow for ongoing improvement. This toolkit acts as a guide to improvement strategies for teams of practitioners at colleges, providing them with the knowledge and tools they need to…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Improvement
Akst, Geoffrey; Ryzewic, Susan Remmer – 1985
In April 1983, a questionnaire on the evaluation of remedial mathematics programs wax distributed to all mathematics chairpersons of American institutions of higher education. About 650 (25%) of the institutions responded, yielding information on more than 500 remedial programs and 250 evaluations. The survey dealt with four general areas of…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Course Descriptions, Educational Research, Evaluation
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Lewellen, James R.; Nagy, Barbara Pashos – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Students can succeed in remedial programs if such programs are well-planned and systematic, say these writers, who offer some guidelines. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Instructional Materials, Program Evaluation
Gordon, Edward E. – 1989
This pamphlet provides educators with a consumer's guide to private tutoring services in their communities. It includes a history of the tutoring tradition, methods used by tutoring services to show student progress, procedures for locating a tutor or tutoring service, criteria for selecting a tutoring service, a checklist for assessing tutoring…
Descriptors: Business, Check Lists, Consumer Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Horner, Annette; Jacobson, Karen H. – 1985
An action research project was undertaken to understand how the Writing Laboratory at Reading Area Community College (RACC) defines and accomplishes its work, what faculty and students expect of the lab, and how they make use of it. The investigation sought to foster discussion and reflection on the appropriate role and staffing of a college…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Learning Laboratories, Participant Satisfaction, Program Evaluation
Charles, Dorothy – Momentum, 1993
Describes the Integrated Learning Systems, a system of networked computers running both broad curriculum software and a management system that tracks student progress at St. Gabriel School in Philadelphia. Emphasizes its use as a remedial tool for reading and math, its location inside the classroom, and positive results/ reactions obtained. (BCY)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Miller, Karen J. – 1996
This fastback provides an overview of developmental education at the college level, focusing on what the concept means and how developmental education programs work. Developmental education is an umbrella term that includes both academic and social/psychological support services for underprepared students. Developmental education students are…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Colleges, Community Colleges
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Hartman, Hope J. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1990
Analyzes factors internal to the tutor and tutee (i.e., cognition, metacognition, and affect) and external to them (e.g., teacher/tutor background knowledge, educational environment, content to be learned, socioeconomic status, family background, and cultural forces) that influence the tutoring process. Suggests a theoretical framework for…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Evaluation Criteria, High Risk Students
Moresi, Mereline; Lovelace, Terry – 1986
The Lafayette Parish Compensatory/Remedial Program for 1985-86 involved remedial teachers in 31 schools serving 1,022 students in grades 2 through 6 who had previously failed the state Basic Skills Test (BST). A minimum of 70 hours instruction was provided to the children in the area(s) in which each was deficient. Focus was on assessing the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
Skinner, Elizabeth Fisk; Carter, Stephen – 1987
In 1986, a study of remedial programs in Texas community colleges was conducted to determine the range of current practices and to assess the outcomes achieved. Each campus was sent a detailed self-study guide focusing on policies and practices related to assessment and placement, descriptive and evaluative information, policies related to course…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Educational Diagnosis, Noncredit Courses
MacDonald, Ross B. – 1987
In 1984, a year-long evaluation was conducted at Los Medanos College (California) of the Language Arts Tutorial Program, a cross-curricular assessment and retention program built around course-specific assessments and tutorial assistance. The primary objective of the evaluation was to measure the effectiveness of the assessment procedure and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, High Risk Students, Outcomes of Education
Petit, Susan, Ed. – Forum, 1986
This issue of "Forum," a journal designed to provide a marketplace of ideas for California community college faculty, contains six articles on current educational concerns. First, "Seeking a Working Vision: Community Colleges and the Mission Statement," by Richard A. Garcia, argues that community colleges must put joint…
Descriptors: Activism, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Learning Disabilities
Fleming, Delryn R., Ed.; And Others – 1984
Papers in this journal issue were drawn from the proceedings of the 1984 conference of the Western College Reading and Learning Association, as well as articles submitted for juried selection, and focus on reading, learning assistance, developmental education, and tutorial services at the college level. Papers are divided into sections for…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction
Magid, Annette; And Others – 1988
In fall 1987, a Freshman Strategy Seminar (FSS) was pilot tested and evaluated at Erie Community College's (ECC's) South Campus to assist students lacking basic English and mathematics skills. Developmental class sections in writing, reading and math were reserved for the FSS students, in the hope that a cluster course approach would reduce…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, First Year Seminars
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Haeuser, Patricia N. – 1993
Despite their vital role in open-access, two-year colleges, remedial education efforts have increasingly come under attack by legislators and the public, who view such programs as duplicating the appropriate function of high schools, and who believe that limited state resources should be devoted to more prestigious programs. For a college to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
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