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Diehl, Tara; Bobak, Regina – Journal of Developmental Education, 2021
This paper analyzes how weekly study plans can increase student achievement in developmental mathematics courses at a four-year public institution of higher education. Quantitative data were collected regarding student completion of weekly study plans through an experimental methodology. Results show that students in the experimental group earned…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Study Skills, Skill Development, Scheduling
Lindsay Daugherty; Alexandra Mendoza-Graf; Diana Gehlhaus; Trey Miller; Russell Gerber – RAND Corporation, 2021
Until recently, many colleges provided academic support to students by requiring students to complete one or more developmental education courses in a subject area before they could enroll in college-level coursework. As early as 2010, research indicated that very few students were making it out of these developmental education courses and into…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Remedial Instruction
Bickerstaff, Susan; Edgecombe, Nikki – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2019
Adult proficiency in numeracy in the United States lags that of other developed nations, and the nonselective institutions that dominate the higher education sector struggle to address the learning needs of the sizeable proportion of students who enroll in their institutions and are deemed academically underprepared in mathematics. Research on…
Descriptors: College Students, College Mathematics, Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs
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Mireles, Selina Vasquez; Offer, Joey; Ward, Debra P.; Dochen, Carol W. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effectiveness of incorporating study strategies in a developmental mathematics/college algebra program. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected through a quasiexperimental methodology. Results show that students reported increases on the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI)…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Algebra, Developmental Programs, Mathematics Instruction
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Boylan, Hunter R. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2011
This article presents an interview with Dr. Paul Nolting, a national expert in assessing individual math learning problems, developing effective student learning strategies, and assessing institutional variables that affect math success. Since his dissertation in 1986 on improving math success with study skills Dr. Nolting has consulted with over…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Study Skills, Developmental Studies Programs, Specialists
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Di Tommaso, Kathrynn – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 2010
This paper presents a qualitative study that used classroom observations, faculty interviews, and student interviews to investigate the meaning and importance of seven non-cognitive variables to a cohort of developmental writing students at an urban community college. The variables studied included finances, study management, college surroundings,…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Role Models, Basic Writing, Helplessness
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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
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Simmons, Marcus – College Quarterly, 2006
Most instructors and administrators will refer to a student's lack of study and organizational skills to explain why so many freshmen students drop out or fail to continue with their educational goals. Often students graduate high schools without having to vigorously study and apply themselves in order to pass. As a result, many students enter…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Reading Improvement, Study Skills, Postsecondary Education