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Download full textDoherty, Brooks – NADE Digest, 2016
Driven by faculty-based action research, redesigned residential and online courses, and changes to placement testing, Rasmussen College increased its developmental education pass rates by double digits while decreasing the number and percentage of students who require remedial coursework. Like many institutions of higher education, Rasmussen…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, College Instruction, Program Development, Reading Instruction
Garcia-Navarrete, Sylvia; Sax, Caren; Levine, Joel – NADE Digest, 2012
The nature and role of developmental education classes are under tremendous scrutiny across the nation today. Specifically, students are entering community college and four-year institutions of higher education unprepared to understand and apply much of the reading material presented to them in college-level classes. This article describes the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Developmental Programs, Reading Instruction
Karstadt, Roberta; Rey, Victoria M. – NADE Digest, 2009
Newspapers are an effective educational and motivational tool in developmental reading classes. However, many students are unfamiliar with newspapers and read them infrequently. In order to foster newspaper reading and familiarize the college freshmen enrolled in their developmental reading classes with newspapers, the writers of this article…
Descriptors: Newspapers, Developmental Programs, Reading Instruction, Instructional Materials
College Online Developmental Reading Instruction: Creating a Path to Independent and Active Learning
Johnson, E. Janet – NADE Digest, 2010
Online courses require students to be independent readers and efficient learners. College students who need developmental reading lack these qualities; consequently, faculty do not generally view developmental reading courses as appropriate for an online format. However, an effectively designed online course based on best practices can engage less…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Reading Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Reading
McGrath, Jane; Hamer, Arden – NADE Digest, 2007
The success of a developmental reading course really should be measured several semesters later by how well the students have transferred their new strategies to their content courses. To help facilitate this transfer, a list of ten instructional strategies are presented that have been developed from the literature and classroom experience.…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Reading, College Students
Latimer, Sherri; Johnson, Shannon – NADE Digest, 2007
Developmental reading students respond positively to poetry. This genre engages them and intimidates less than prose. Reading poetry aloud further improves their reading skills because students feel compelled to increase their knowledge and abilities and to pay closer attention to the text when they are required to perform. Videotaping…
Descriptors: Remedial Reading, Developmental Studies Programs, Video Technology, Reading Instruction
