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Download full textCouch, James Robert – 1969
The study proposed to determine if an 8-weeks' summer preparatory program in English, math, reading, study aids, science, and group dynamics would enable a particular group of 51 students to compete academically in the first semester of the 1968-69 school year with 51 regularly admitted students. The experimental group was chosen from those…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Experimental Programs, Summer Programs, Two Year Colleges
YOUNG, EDWIN A. – 1966
STUDENTS UNDER 22 YEARS OF AGE WITH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ABILITY TESTS SCORES OF 39 OR LESS WERE ENROLLED IN A SPECIAL "BLOCK" PROGRAM OF ENGLISH, PSYCHOLOGY, AND SPEECH. OF 110 STUDENTS IN THE FALL OF 1964, 30 HAD A C AVERAGE OR ABOVE, 91 COMPLETED THE SEMESTER, AND 75 REENROLLED IN THE NEXT TERM. TESTS SHOWED THAT THEY WERE IN THE LOWEST…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, College Entrance Examinations, Counseling, Developmental Programs
Peer reviewedBest, Linda; Fung, Terry Y. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2001
Reports on the first phase of a two-year pilot study of a university-level mathematics requirement that accommodates the needs of developmental students. Finds that the 84% pass rate for this new class format is substantially higher than the 43% pass rate for traditional developmental mathematics courses offered during the same semester. (Contains…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Developmental Studies Programs
