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Download full textWilliams, Daphne E.; Siwatu, Mxolisi S. B. – Educational Research Quarterly, 2017
Developmental education programs and services have long provided underprepared and unprepared postsecondary students with the academic tools and life-management skills necessary to successfully complete collegelevel coursework. Legislation and policy changes, including implementing statewide minimum admissions requirements and restricting…
Descriptors: Algebra, Developmental Programs, Remedial Programs, Remedial Mathematics
Direct linkSmith, Kristy L.; Weir, Patricia L. – High Ability Studies, 2013
The relative age effect (RAE) suggests that athletes may be provided with greater opportunities for success depending on the position of their birthdate in a sport's selection year. While the effect has been well established in men's sports, less is known about women's sports. This study examined the RAE in developmental girls' hockey in Ontario.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Athletes, Females
Wolfle, James D.; Williams, Mitchell R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This research study examined the 2006 cohort of First-Time-in-College students from all 23 community colleges in Virginia. The goal was to examine fall-to-fall persistence and success in the first college-level mathematics course. Predictor variables used were developmental status, age, gender, and race and ethnicity of the student. Interaction…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Age Differences, Gender Differences
Hu, Shouping; Park, Toby J.; Woods, Chenoa S.; Tandberg, David A.; Richard, Keith; Hankerson, Dava – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
Developmental education courses in college--defined as classes taken in college that are below college level (Bautsch, 2013)--have come under increased scrutiny in recent years. Concerns focus on the large number of students enrolled in developmental education courses, the high cost of providing them, and the low success rates among students who…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Investigations
Bannier, Betsy – Learning Assistance Review, 2007
This study, which explores factors that motivate developmental mathematics students to seek available assistance with their coursework, showed statistically significant correlations between the number of math learning center visits and various variables. An interaction effect was revealed between mathematics confidence and years of college…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Learning Centers (Classroom), Enrollment, Remedial Mathematics
Peer reviewedStreet, Sue – School Counselor, 1981
A study of the development of high school students' self-social relationships indicated a need for a concentrated program on personal growth and development in tenth grade when individual identities are forming. High school students scored highest on the self-complexity and self-centrality tests. Developmental trends for sex were also indicated.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Programs, Developmental Stages, High School Students
Wang, Y. Lawrence; Johnstone, Whitcomb – 1997
An evaluation of the developmental first grade, or pre-first grade, program of the Irving Independent School District (Texas) was conducted through four studies. Students are placed in the pre-first grade as a transition between kindergarten and first grade, typically on the basis of some assessment of maturity. The first study examined the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Developmental Programs, Ethnicity
Campbell, John W.; Blakey, Linda S. – 1996
A longitudinal study evaluated whether early remediation affected the persistence and/or performance of underprepared students at a midwestern, suburban community college. The study focused on the 3,282 students who completed the basic skills inventory in either Fall 1991 or Fall 1992. Students were classified as either prepared (N=2,028) or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Age Differences
