The purpose of this study was to assess the affective barriers to student achievement in developmental mathematics classes. A Delphi process was used to identify and corroborate a list of affective domain concerns that act as barriers to achievement for developmental students and developmental mathematics instructors. The process consisted of…

Administrator development programs are multiplying, yet little is known of their effects. If instruction is meant to produce cognitive, affective, and psychomotor changes in participants, inservice programs should duplicate that process--and, by extension, improve schools. Two instruments in each of four areas (cognitive , affective, psychomotor,…

The impact of basic skill developmental programs on student success in career programs was investigated. Data collected from 61 two-year institutions provided the basis for selection of six survey sites. At each site, random samples of students in their initial enrollment in developmental programs, students previously enrolled in developmental…