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Direct linkOctavia Thorns-Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
A midwestern community college utilized a corequisite model to accelerate students' developmental education that allows adult learners to take developmental writing and English composition simultaneously. First-year composition instructors had no formal training at the college on andragogical methods and teaching strategies to foster successful…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Community Colleges, Writing (Composition)
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Download full textBoylan, Hunter R.; Calderwood, Barbara J.; Levine-Brown, Patti; Anthony, S. Wes – Journal of Developmental Education, 2017
During the four decades since the founding of the National Center for Developmental Education (NCDE; originally the Center for Developmental Education), research related to the field has continued to expand and mature. As a research center focused on using research to inform and improve practice, the NCDE's 40th Anniversary timeline presents…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Trends, Developmental Programs, Program Effectiveness
Adult College Students' Perceptions about Learning Mathematics via Developmental Mathematical xMOOCs
Kilgore, Pelagia Johanna – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Debates over the promising change Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might offer to traditional online learning now produce significant attention and discourse among the media and higher education. Ample articles discuss the potential benefits of MOOCs from the perspectives of faculty and administration. However, little is known about students'…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Adult Learning, College Students
Jobs For the Future, 2016
This is the second brief in a series on strategies for Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) grantees and other educators. The Department of Labor's Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) program is providing nearly $2 billion in funds to build the capacity of the nation's…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Financial Support, Training, Adult Learning
Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Arrastía-Chisholm, Meagan C.; Pringle, Njeri M. – American Educator, 2021
Academically underprepared postsecondary students make up a large proportion of college campuses. Recent estimates indicate that up to 70 percent of incoming students at two-year community colleges and up to 40 percent of incoming students at four-year colleges enroll in developmental courses. There has been some criticism of the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: College Students, College Readiness, Evidence Based Practice, Developmental Studies Programs
Muckridge, Nicole A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine adult developmental mathematics (ADM) students' knowledge of fraction addition and subtraction as it relates to their demonstrated fraction schemes and ability to disembed in multiplicative contexts with whole numbers. The study was conducted using a mixed methods sequential explanatory design. In the first…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematics Education, Knowledge Level
