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D'Antonio, Monica – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Developmental courses in community colleges often leave students unprepared, demeaned, and uninspired. These gatekeeper courses need reform, especially in terms of curriculum and instruction. One framework -- Dr. Gholdy Muhammed's Historically Responsive Literacy (HRL) -- could be useful for developmental courses and students. HRL is a teaching…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Culturally Relevant Education, Community College Students
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Barnes, Randall A.; Piland, William E. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
Recent efforts to improve developmental education have included references to learning communities as examples of effective practices in basic skills education. The study "Basic skills as a foundation for student success in California community colleges" (2007) cited research from Tinto that suggested that learning communities and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Community Colleges, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
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Prentice, Mary – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
Designed to investigate the impact of service-learning on developmental-level students' success and retention, this study reports the results of pre-and postcourse surveys with service-learning and nonservice-learning sections of developmental courses at Miami-Dade College. Knowledge gained, course pass rates, and both in-class and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Studies Programs, School Holding Power, Community Colleges