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Alicea, Stacey; Suárez-Orozco, Carola; Singh, Sukhmani; Darbes, Tasha; Abrica, Elvira Julia – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016
Despite decades of research indicating classrooms shape student engagement, learning, and development, there is a dearth of empirically grounded research focusing specifically on observed classroom engagement as a predictor of student outcomes in community colleges. This article describes the development of a qualitatively grounded, quantitative…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Learner Engagement, Predictor Variables
Darbes, Tasha – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Assessment and placement practices at community colleges that are used to divide students into college ready, ESL and English remedial tracks play a key role in shaping the academic pathways of students (Hughes & Scott-Clayton, 2011). These assessments are based on assumptions of the nature of bilingualism and student needs and thus have…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Immigrants, Bilingualism, Psychological Patterns