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Instruction in English Syntax as Related to Achievement of Community College Students. Final Report.
Fryburg, Estelle L.
This study attempts to determine relationships among the understanding of English syntactic patterns, reading achievement and grade point average among students at Bronx Community College (New York). The students used in the study were 124 entering freshmen who scored below 60 on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, and who were enrolled in the reading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, English Education, English Instruction
Mitchell, Myrna L. – 1980
The Math Center described in this report operates at Pima Community College to provide individualized, self-paced instruction as an alternative to lecture courses. The report first describes the Center's staff organization and then examines seven courses offered through the Center on remedial, vocational, and transfer levels. Each of these courses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Records, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
Budros, Kathleen; Kangas, Jon – 1992
A study was conducted at San Jose City College (SJCC) to determine whether method of instruction in Math 310 (Arithmetic) affected new college students' rates of success, first-semester competency, and persistence. The three instructional approaches used in Math 310 were a traditional three-unit classroom (CL); a structured math lab offering…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, Arithmetic, Community Colleges

Burke, Marilyn; And Others – 1992
Following the introduction of a one-credit practice lab, and computer-assisted practice into a developmental reading course at the Riverside Campus of Austin Community College (Texas), students made gains on course exit test scores. In an effort to determine whether the test-score gains were due to increased practice time or due to the use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis