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Download full textPaulson, Eric J. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2013
This is the second iteration of the Developmental Education Radar Screen project. As with the first iteration, in 2011, the author uses a "radar screen" metaphor to discuss trends in developmental education based on responses to a series of topics and categories provided by a group of leaders in the educational field. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Programs, Basic Writing, Remedial Reading
Peer reviewedNunez-Wormack, Elsa; And Others – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1992
Describes the five-week, tuition-free Prefreshman Summer Program developed by the College of Staten Island to reduce or eliminate the need for developmental courses during the academic year. The program includes intensive reading, writing, and mathematics instruction, supplemental tutoring, college orientation, counseling, and academic advising.…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Freshmen, College Preparation, Colleges
Hindes, Victoria A.; Hom, Keri; Brookshaw, Keith – 2002
About 46% of high school graduates enrolled in California State Universities need remedial courses in both math and English to prepare them for college level. These students typically earned B averages in their high school math and English classes. In order to address this issue, Shasta College launched Operation WAVES (Win by Achieving Valuable…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, College Freshmen, Community Colleges
Cornell, Victor; And Others – 1996
Over the past several years, the preeminence of the transfer function at Arizona's Mesa Community College (MCC) has been overshadowed by the increasing demand for remedial education. In fall 1992, 65% of the students assessed for placement in English, mathematics, and reading scored below college-level in at least one of these subjects, and…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Anandam, Kamala; And Others – 1991
Miami-Dade Community College's (MDCC's) implementation and assessment of computer software as a part of Project SYNERGY, a multi-institutional project funded by the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation designed to seek technological solutions for helping students underprepared in reading, writing and mathematics, is described in this…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Case Studies, Community Colleges
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. Div. of Educational Technologies. – 1992
With funds from the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Project SYNERGY was launched in January 1990 to address the problem of students entering colleges underprepared in basic skills and to make use of the tremendous potential for significant remediation through computers. Twenty-two institutions in the United States and Canada,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
