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Download full textAchieving the Dream, 2022
Gateway courses in English challenge students to strengthen skills in critical thinking, reading, grammar, and writing structure and strategies -- skills that also help build competency in comprehension and composition. They can also prove to be a particular challenge to many community college students. This case study examines the efforts at…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Direct linkClarke, Peter J.; Davis, Debra; King, Tariq M.; Pava, Jairo; Jones, Edward L. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2014
As software becomes more ubiquitous and complex, the cost of software bugs continues to grow at a staggering rate. To remedy this situation, there needs to be major improvement in the knowledge and application of software validation techniques. Although there are several software validation techniques, software testing continues to be one of the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Professional Personnel, Engineering, Testing
Vassiliou, John – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
In this study, 180 first-time-in-college (FTIC) students at Miami Dade College, Florida in need of remedial instruction in basic mathematics, reading, and sentence skills utilized the A[superscript +]dvancer[R] College Readiness Online software. Significant results were found with increased ACCUPLACER[R] scores; number of students who avoided at…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Remedial Instruction, Teaching Methods, Hispanic American Students
Deubel, Patricia – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2003
Authorship, implementation, and consumer perspectives should be considered when judging the quality of an online course. This article supports that position with reflections of an adjunct professor, who implemented a doctoral level course, Instruction Delivery Systems, during 2001 at Nova Southeastern University that had been authored by another…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Quality, Student Attitudes, Doctoral Programs
