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Direct linkHarnly, Jessica J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
More than two-thirds of first-year community college students require remediation in reading and/or mathematics before they can take college-level courses. Among these underprepared students who take the recommended developmental mathematics courses to become college-ready, less than one-third successfully complete these courses, posing a barrier…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Remedial Instruction, Social Cognition, Mathematics Achievement
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Download full textSimms, Kathryn – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2021
This study takes a step toward using data-driven instruction (i.e., using data to guide instructional choices) in the accounting classroom: Evaluating which students are most likely to struggle in the first course of accounting. More specifically, it evaluates the correlations between four constructs (i.e., academic background, grit, attendance,…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Introductory Courses, Accounting
Giannoulas, Angelos; Stampoltzis, Aglaia – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2021
Mathematics is a constituent of the education of Engineering students. This paper reports on a study investigating the attitudes and perceptions towards mathematics of first year Engineering students. The sample consisted of 145 freshmen (80 men and 65 women) from one Greek university, derived from three Engineering departments (Mechanical,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Engineering Education, Mathematics Anxiety
Cullinan, Dan; Biedzio, Dorota – MDRC, 2021
Colleges throughout the United States are evaluating the effectiveness of their strategies to place entering students into college-level or developmental education courses. Developmental, or remedial, courses are designed to advance the reading, writing, and math skills of students who are deemed academically underprepared for college-level…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Student Placement, Student Evaluation, Remedial Instruction
Daffner, Molly S.; DuPaul, George J.; Anastopoulos, Arthur D.; Weyandt, Lisa L. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2022
More students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are pursuing higher education. Existing studies have investigated the postsecondary educational outcomes of college students with ADHD, finding that these students typically have lower academic performance and higher dropout rates than their non-ADHD peers. Far fewer studies…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Students with Disabilities, Success
Runck, Lisa Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Community colleges and community college counselors have a vital role in degree attainment in the United States (Ma & Baum, 2016). Community colleges are responsible for educating approximately 40% of all college attending students (American Association of Community Colleges [AACC], 2017). Community college counselors are the third largest…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
