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Direct linkJaggars, Shanna Smith; Hodara, Michelle; Cho, Sung-Woo; Xu, Di – Community College Review, 2015
To support the long-term success of underprepared students, many community colleges are experimenting with accelerated developmental education models, which allow students to complete remediation and enroll in college-level math and English within a shorter time frame. This study examines three developmental acceleration programs, including two in…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Developmental Studies Programs, Community Colleges, College Mathematics
Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Hodara, Michelle – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
Nationwide, community colleges struggle with how to improve the poor outcomes of students referred to developmental education. Based on a case study of an urban community college system, this paper sets forth an "opposing forces framework" to help diagnose the underlying issues that may thwart colleges' efforts to improve developmental outcomes.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Urban Schools, Institutional Autonomy
Download full textFay, Maggie P.; Bickerstaff, Susan; Hodara, Michelle – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2013
Drawn from surveys completed by 122 students enrolled in developmental math at four community colleges and from seven student focus groups with a total of 34 developmental math students at those same colleges, this research brief illuminates student experiences with and perspectives on the math assessment and placement process. Findings suggest…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Mathematics, Two Year College Students
Hodara, Michelle; Cox, Monica – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2016
This study explores developmental education placement rates and how well high school grade point average and exam performance predicted performance in college-level courses among first-time students who enrolled in the University of Alaska system from fall 2008 to spring 2012. Like other colleges and universities, the University of Alaska, the…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Grade Point Average, Scores, Tests
Hodara, Michelle – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
For developmental education students, rates of developmental math course completion and persistence into required college-level math courses are particularly low. This literature review examines the evidence base on one potential means for improving the course completion and learning outcomes of developmental mathematics students: reforming…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Metacognition, Educational Change, Teaching Methods
Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Hodara, Michelle – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
The developmental education process, as it is typically implemented in colleges across the country, seems straightforward: underprepared students are assessed and placed into an appropriate developmental course sequence designed to prepare them for college-level work; once finished with the sequence, these students presumably then move on to…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Curriculum Design, Community Colleges, Institutional Autonomy
