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Sliva, Julie A. – 2004
This book is intended to provide practical guidance to elementary grade teachers in inclusive classrooms with students having difficulties in learning mathematics. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 1 provides an overview through the use of case studies of three students that note research on learning difficulties in mathematics, and on…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Educational Principles, Elementary Education
College Reading Research and Practice: Articles from "The Journal of College Literacy and Learning."
Paulson, Eric J., Ed.; Laine, Michaeline E., Ed.; Biggs, Shirley A., Ed.; Bullock, Terry L., Ed. – 2003
This volume presents 27 articles from "The Journal of College Literacy and Learning," a peer-reviewed journal (formerly the "Forum for Reading") produced by the International Reading Association's College Literacy and Learning Special Interest Group. Following "Foreword" (Donna E. Alvermann) and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Higher Education, Literacy
Download full textCrane, Laura R.; McKay, Elizabeth R.; Poziemski, Christine – 2002
Students successful in developmental coursework later do as well or better than students not needing developmental courses. This study examined the performance of 3,873 students new to a college for the fall 1997 semester through the spring 2001 semester. Analysis of variance and logistic regression were used to tease out effects of level of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, College Students
Northern Virginia Community Coll., Annandale. Office of Institutional Research. – 2001
This document discusses the enrollment of Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) students in developmental English, developmental math, and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses. Students examined were first-time students, transfer students, continuing students, and returning students. Enrollment statistics and demographic data from fall…
Descriptors: Age, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, English
Mueller, Pamela N. – 2001
This book uses pseudonyms for the 22 high school students who were researched, observed, interviewed, and worked with, in preparation for their appearance in this narrative. Their stories are presented in the book in their own words--to support a strong plea for a much more effective literacy curriculum. Noting that their voices validate much of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, High Risk Students
Santa Barbara City Coll., CA. – 2001
This document reports on a survey administered at Santa Barbara City College (California) to determine the effectiveness of its English basic skills classes. The survey was also designed to explore the intention of students taking these courses to continue in the course sequence, as well as discover the students' current and future educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College English
Lundell, Dana Britt, Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed. – 2000
This collection of essays is intended to spark thoughtful discussion about future directions for developmental education. The essays grew out of a conversation among 21 local, regional, and national leaders in the field of developmental education at the "First Intentional Meeting on Future Directions in Developmental Education," held in October,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Basic Writing, Developmental Psychology
Sonnek, Bonnie K. – 1996
The first part of this paper details a study that examined differences between students who received course-based and non-course-based writing remediation. A total of 260 students at Southwest Texas State University who had received one or more semesters of course-based writing remediation or one or more semesters of non-course-based writing…
Descriptors: College Students, Courses, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Capossela, Toni-Lee – 1997
Until recently, the conventional wisdom about the conjunction of peer tutoring and writing in the disciplines was that a tutor unfamiliar with subject matter actually operated at an advantage. In spite of some of the theoretical advantages of ignorance, recent research suggests that it is difficult to ask probing questions and make useful…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Remedial Instruction
Greenes, Carole E. – 1994
Project FOCUS has developed seven mathematics Instructional Modules, each of which focuses on a specific mathematical concept and related skills. The modules are: "Integers and Computation with Integers"; "Fractions and Computation with Fractions"; "Decimals and Computation with Decimals"; "Ratio, Proportion and Percent"; "Graphs and Their…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Concept Formation, Educational Change, Educational Strategies
McLaughlin, Margaret – 1997
An in-process longitudinal study examined what happened to remedial readers and writers placed into college-level remedial English classes after they left the remedial program. Subjects were 61 students (40 African Americans and 21 Caucasians) who had randomly been placed into two remedial English classes. Data included interviews with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, English Instruction
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1998
This brief report uses tables and narrative to summarize data on remedial education provided in higher education institutions, including the percentage of institutions offering remedial courses and the percentage of freshmen who enroll in these courses. The data indicate that: (1) the percentage of freshmen enrolled in remedial courses and the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Roeck, Glen P. – 2001
A program was designed to improve the organizational and study skills of high school freshmen attending a remedial world geography class in a suburban area surrounding a large midwestern city. The target population included special education students, students identified as at-risk, and others who had poor placement test scores. Data analysis…
Descriptors: Geography, High Risk Students, High School Freshmen, High Schools
Grubb, W. Norton – 2001
The roster of developmental programs available to students in community colleges is expanding, though remedial education itself does remain a marginal aspect of higher education. The programs are usually under-funded, segregated from "regular" offerings, and taught by part-timers. This report suggests that the colleges are sending signals that…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation
Holmsten, Vicki – 1999
This study considered the problem of evaluation--"how do we know when a student is ready to move into the regular college writing classroom." The subjects were culturally diverse students in a basic writing course at San Juan College in Farmington, New Mexico. Findings suggest that: (1) students in the course do not fit neatly into any…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism
