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S. Büchele; S. Berndt; A. Felix – European Journal of Higher Education, 2024
Most studies on remedial courses are based on their mandatory attendance. However, changes may have occurred in the attendance policy of developmental math courses since the state of Florida decided to overcome obligatory math remediation for unprepared students. Consequently, researchers have recently started focusing on voluntary math remedial…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Remedial Instruction, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
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Rienties, Bart; Kaper, Wolter; Struyven, Katrien; Tempelaar, Dirk; van Gastel, Leendert; Vrancken, Sanne; Jasinska, Magdalena; Virgailaite-Meckauskaite, Egle – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
An increasing number of higher educational institutes are offering remedial, bridging, preparatory or transitional courses in a blended and online format to remediate and enhance students' knowledge and skills. This article addresses how teachers and institutes design and implement these courses. The descriptions of transitional courses were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Course Descriptions, Academic Support Services
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O'Connor, Wendy E.; Morrison, Todd G. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1997
The effectiveness of the Mathematical Skills Foundation Programme at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), a program that evaluates the mathematical knowledge of each student to individualize instruction, was studied with data from 304 students. Results suggest that the remedial program did not have a positive measurable effect on students…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Salamah, Galal – 1984
Three common policies used by English departments in Kuwait universities to accommodate the students in appropriate course types and levels are discussed and compared from a practical perspective. The three policies are concerned with placement tests and remedial courses and are intended to: (1) place students with high scores on the standardized…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Arabs, College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs