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Jamie Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite the many benefits associated with obtaining a college degree, many of our nation's public-school students, particularly marginalized students, remain ill-equipped to pursue their desired post-secondary goals (Morgan et al., 2014). The researcher uses published literature to define and substantiate the systemic challenges that lower…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Career Readiness, Intervention, Community Organizations
Felita R. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The first-year experiences of six African American male students participating in a developmental education program at a community college were examined. African American male students constitute a significant proportion of those who struggle with academic performance. The initial year of college can be challenging for African American males,…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Developmental Studies Programs, Community College Students
Reznichenko, Nataliya – Online Submission, 2006
A major goal of this paper is to document changes that occurred in developmental mathematics classrooms in the community college setting when the graphing calculator (GC) Texas Instruments (TI)-83 was introduced to students. The six-week intervention was conducted during the section of Intermediate Algebra in the Community College Baltimore County…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention, Community Colleges
Bagnato, Stephen J.; And Others – 1978
The COMP-Ident Assessment Format for developing assessment and intervention procedures to follow up initial screening of preschool handicapped children in rural areas is the second stage in the HICOMP Project. Linkage between assessment and programming includes describing the child's current levels of functioning in all areas; specifying long- and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Rochford, Joseph A.; O'Neill, Adrienne; Gelb, Adele – Stark Education Partnership, 2010
During the 2009-10 academic year, 1,444 8th grade students in the Canton City, Plain and Marlington Local School Districts (hereafter called Stark students) took the EXPLORE Test as part of a pilot project, "Ready to Go: Increasing Eighth Grade Readiness," sponsored by the Stark Education Partnership with funding from the Ohio College…
Descriptors: Intervention, Pilot Projects, Familiarity, Academic Achievement
Cherne, Ferne; And Others – 1985
The Student Tracking System (STS) at San Antonio College is designed to increase retention of high risk students, and primarily students enrolled in developmental education courses. In addition to identifying students experiencing difficulty in the classroom, STS alerts educational support services personnel to these students, provides a system of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, College Students