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Effect of Students' Ethnic and Cultural Backgrounds on the Success of Practical Projects within Statistics and Data Science Courses
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Anna Khalemsky; Yelena Stukalin – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2024
The article describes the inclusive perspective of instruction of multi-stage practical projects in undergraduate non-STEM statistics and data mining courses at an academic college in Israel. The student population is highly diverse, comprising individuals from various cultural and ethnic groups. The study examines the impact of diversity on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Statistics Education, Data Science
Testing CREATE at Community Colleges: An Examination of Faculty Perspectives and Diverse Student Gains
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Kenyon, Kristy L.; Onorato, Morgan E.; Gottesman, Alan J.; Hoque, Jamila; Hoskins, Sally G. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
CREATE (Consider, Read, Elucidate the hypotheses, Analyze and interpret the data, and Think of the next Experiment) is an innovative pedagogy for teaching science through the intensive analysis of scientific literature. Initiated at the City College of New York, a minority-serving institution, and regionally expanded in the New York/New…
Descriptors: Testing, Achievement Gains, Teacher Attitudes, Community Colleges
Serving the Needs of Struggling Developmental Education Students: The Development of a Program Planning Guidebook for Community College Administrators
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Bohnet, Kimberly Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation describes the process of creating a guidebook that developmental education administrators can use to build their capacity as leaders, learners, and program planners. The guidebook is the product of a qualitative study designed to better understand how community college administrators who have program planning responsibilities for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges, College Administration, Administrators
The Economic Domino Effect: A Phenomenological Study Exploring Community College Faculty's Lived Experiences during Financial Hard Times in Higher Education
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Taylor, Tridai A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of eight full-time community college faculty members who taught during the economic crisis of 2008. The study was guided by the central research question, "How do community college faculty members describe their lived experiences regarding the recent economic crisis of 2008 and its impact…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Higher Education
Remediation in the Community College: An Evaluator's Perspective
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Levin, Henry M.; Calcagno, Juan Carlos – Community College Review, 2008
Remediation is the most common approach to preparing students academically and socially during their early stages of college. However, despite its profound importance and its significant costs, there is very little rigorous research analyzing its effectiveness. The goal of this article is to provide a conceptual framework for the evaluation of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Programs, Remedial Instruction, College Students
Remediation in the Community College: An Evaluator's Perspective. CCRC Working Paper No. 9
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Levin, Henry M.; Calcagno, Juan Carlos – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2007
Remediation is the most common policy designed to prepare students academically and socially during their early stages of college. But despite its profound importance and its significant costs, there is very little rigorous research analyzing its effectiveness. The goal of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework for evaluation of remedial…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Programs, Remedial Instruction, College Students