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Bodnar, Julie R.; Petrucelli, Susan L. – NADE Digest, 2016
Underprepared students often need assistance building writing skills and maintaining confidence in their abilities and potential. The authors share the philosophy, pedagogy, and experience of freshman developmental education and the writing center at a four-year, private, not-for-profit urban college. They describe high-impact educational…
Descriptors: College Students, Writing Instruction, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Programs
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Mary Orlando; Karen Hattaway – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2020
This paper describes a corequisite pairing of Integrated Reading and Writing (INRW) and Humanities (HUMA) 1301 taught at San Jacinto College North in Houston, Texas. The authors describe their planning process, which combined course learning outcomes with cognitive theory and best-practice resources for effective teaching. These complementary…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction, Humanities Instruction
Naidu, Bhupinder – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The research literature concerning traditionally aged college mathematics students' who require remediation, in beginning Algebra topics, states that these students lack confidence in their mathematical skills, have experienced failure and frustration in the past, have low self confidence issues with respect to mathematics and often lack…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Remedial Mathematics, Algebra, Self Esteem
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DeBraak, LaRonna – NADE Digest, 2008
As scholars continue to debate over the specific skills underprepared students need in order to complete their course of study, perhaps the focus should be on how to tap into students' independent thought processes and encourage students to utilize independent thought to contribute to interdependent groups. Placing value on students' independent…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Developmental Programs, Independent Study, Cooperative Learning
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Osterholt, Dorothy A.; Barratt, Katherine – Journal of Developmental Education, 2010
Many developmental students begin college ill-equipped in the social and emotional competencies to be successful. Thus, it is essential that institutions of higher education address the broader needs of these students. The purpose of this article is to present collaborative learning as a tool for addressing the social and emotional inhibitors that…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, College Students
Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
This 2016 directory identifies, describes, and contains evaluative data evidence-based practices that improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and historically-underrepresented 6th grade through college students. The directory was a production of the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this directory was to identify, describe, and evaluate evidence that the education practices improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and historically-underrepresented 6th grade through college students. Method: The sample for the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
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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
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Tannen, Sandra – NADE Digest, 2007
According to a study of 944 two- and four-year colleges, "caring attitude of faculty and staff" was listed as the most important factor for retaining students (Roueche, 1993). This article will explain how one teacher demonstrates genuine concern for students while demanding high standards of excellence and student accountability. This…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Goal Orientation, College Students, Caring
Sugimoto, Roy, Ed. – 1976
Drawn from the proceedings of a conference focusing on ways to improve the teaching of college level learning skills, the articles in this collection deal with a variety of topics. Among the topics discussed in the 37 articles are the following: (1) a systems approach to planning, implementing, and evaluating peer counseling programs; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Students, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs
Reynolds, Mary Anne, Ed. – 1981
This teacher's manual, designed to improve the math and writing skills and self-images of entering college students, offers a model for faculty-counselor collaboration within the developmental classroom and focuses on affective and cognitive learning. The first chapter provides an administrative strategy for encouraging faculty-counselor…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Mathematics, College Students, Community Colleges