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Pardo, Roberta M. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This journal-ready dissertation contains three articles related to the developmental mathematics redesign at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC). The first article covers background information related to the Maricopa Community College District (MCCCD) sponsored initiative from Fall 2011 through implementation at CGCC in Fall 2017. The…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematics Education, Instructional Design, Grades (Scholastic)
Nina Arshavsky; Julie A. Edmunds; Fatih Unlu; Lily Fesler – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
This mixed methods experimental study examined the impacts of the Early College High School model on students' college readiness in mathematics measured by their success in college preparatory mathematics courses in the 9th through 11th grades, and disaggregated for academically prepared and underprepared students. This study looked at the…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Readiness, Mathematics Achievement, College Preparation
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Bickerstaff, Susan; Lontz, Barbara; Cormier, Maria Scott; Xu, Di – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2014
This chapter describes a promising new approach to teaching developmental arithmetic and prealgebra, and presents research findings that demonstrate how a faculty support network helped instructors adopt new teaching strategies and gain confidence in teaching the reformed course.
Descriptors: Success, Arithmetic, Community Colleges, Program Descriptions
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Stickles, Paula R. – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2015
Often secondary mathematics methods courses include classroom peer teaching, but many pre-service teachers find it challenging to teach their classmate peers as there are no discipline issues and little mathematical discourse as the "students" know the content. We will share a recent change in our methods course where pre-service…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teachers
Couturier, Lara K.; Cullinane, Jenna – Jobs For the Future, 2015
This call to action is based on a simple but important premise: The nation cannot allow college placement policies, processes, and instruments to undermine promising efforts to increase student success in mathematics and increase attainment of STEM credentials. Efforts to redesign math pathways hold great promise for improving the teaching and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Improvement, STEM Education, Academic Aspiration
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Doherty, 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
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Rodgers, Kathy; Posler, Brian; Trible, Linda – PRIMUS, 2011
The Rapid Review program at the University of Southern Indiana (USI) was designed to decrease the number of semesters under-prepared students spend completing the developmental mathematics sequence without sacrificing their ability to be successful in subsequent math courses. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare first-time, full-time…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Program Effectiveness
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction