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Download full textMesa, Vilma – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2010
This paper presents results of a qualitative study describing classroom participation in pre-college mathematics classes taught by seven successful community college faculty members. The analysis reveals high levels of student participation coupled with low complexity, which can result in detrimental opportunities for students to learn…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Mathematics Instruction, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Clarke, Johnnie Ruth; And Others – 1976
This monograph, consisting of four sections, focuses on developmental education in the higher education setting. The first section, by Johnnie Ruth Clarke, provides an overall perspective on learning through developmental programs. Included are discussions of the developmental approach, developmental students and instructional activities, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
Ludwig, L. Mark – 1977
The special cultural and socioeconomic circumstances that make traditional approaches to teaching ineffective and unsatisfactory for the underprepared student in higher education institutions are examined and special techniques for assisting these students are presented. Some innovative approaches and techniques that have proven effective in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Developmental Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Gordon, Margaret – 1996
New Horizons is a course offered by the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Continuing Education that is aimed at first-time returners to education. In the 20 years since New Horizons was developed for women returners to education and/or employment, it has retained its original developmental outcomes but broadened its target group in response to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Continuing Education
Enright, Gwyn, Ed. – 1978
The articles in this collection focus on learning assistance and other components of college reading instruction. The topics of the 35 articles include the following: (1) charting a realistic course for learning assistance, (2) modern measurement technology, (3) a national survey of learning assistance evaluation, (4) students' cognitive…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
Skulicz, Matthew – 1984
Developmental writing students pose particular problems for composition instruction because of their pragmatic orientation and because they come from and live in an oral, nonliterate culture. The writing instructor must create writing situations that make real-world demands and bring about real-world consequences, and assign topics that students…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Nontraditional Students, Postsecondary Education
