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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Underprepared Students"”.
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Educationally underprepared students' perception of their experience in a pre-freshman bridge program
… this study was to investigate the perceptions of underprepared students regarding their participation in a pre-freshman bridge program. Data were collected through a series of interviews conducted over the course of three months. Interviews focused on students' perceptions of their classroom and …
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Tools for underprepared students in engineering physics with a focus on online mastery learning exercises
For students entering college with very little or poor physics background, the transition into fast-paced calculus based physics courses at a large university can be demanding; this thesis documents tools used in a preparatory course which is intended to ease that transition by teaching fundamental …
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Model-based teaching and learning of kinematics in an introductory physics course for underprepared students
… of an introductory physics course designed for students who are academically and scientifically underprepared. A new method for portraying objects in motion, "freeze frame" representation, was introduced. The particular visual conceptual model was employed as a representational bridge for …
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The Impact of Curricular Learning Communities on Furthering the Engagement and Persistence Of Academically Underprepared Students at Community Colleges
… curricular learning communities on academically underprepared community college students to determine if participation in such programs significantly contributed to student persistence from year one to year two. The conceptual framework that informed this study was Tinto's (1993) longitudinal …
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The Influence of Individual Factors on Web-based Developmental Education Course Success in a Two-year Technical College
… education (DE) courses among the academically underprepared students. The independent variables (IV) selected for this study included students' prior academic preparation (PAP), comfort with technology (CWT), interaction with faculty (IWF), and motivation (MOT). The dependent variable (DV) was …
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Faith capital: a persistence study of two student learning communities at a northeastern community college
… learning communities in support of at-risk, underprepared students enrolled at the community college where the research was conducted. Towards that end, theories of social capital, social justice education, and emergent organizational strategies are aligned with practitioner perspectives in …
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A basic mathematics diagnostic instrument
… test in basic mathematics appropriate for underprepared students. The objectives of the Basic Mathematics Diagnostic Instrument (BMDI) were designed to meet the needs of both basic mathematics instructors and the students who have been identified as needing remediation in basic mathematics. …
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Conceptualising design knowledge and its recontextualisation in the studiowork component of a design foundation curriculum
… of Technology have traditionally prepared students for the world of work and their close ties with industry directly impact on vocational curriculum, which has to impart subject knowledge and specialized knowledge valued by industry, whilst simultaneously encouraging the acquisition of …
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Factors impacting on first-year students' academic progress at a South African university
… learning experiences of two groups of first-year students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape during the course of 2009/2010. The aim was to obtain insight into the learning challenges that these students encountered and the reasons why some of them …
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A Communication Class: A Place Where Things Happen
… the effectiveness of a communication course for underprepared students from the perspective of the students, the teacher and the institutional representatives utilizing teacher research. Data from the students was collected by means of journals, writing assignments, class discussion, interviews, …
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College Transition Programs for Community College Students
Over the past four decades the number of students enrolling in colleges and universities requiring at least one pre-college level course has been about one-third of all students. Underprepared students are as likely to complete their academic goals as their prepared counterparts if they are able to …
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"Exploring Nurturing ""Connecting Chemistries"" of Two Exemplary Community College Instructors With Freshmen Considered Nontraditional/underprepared"
… community college instructors and freshman students considered nontraditional and underprepared. Two recognized exemplary instructors and seven nontraditional and underprepared students participated in this in-depth interview study. It revealed that teacher beliefs and values affect the …
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Influences of an integrated teaching model and selected background characteristics on developmental studies student achievement in a community college
… persistence in college and that poorly prepared students are less likely to persist. The effect of counseling on underprepared students was investigated because this form of active involvement was considered a key element in the retention of developmental studies students in open-access community …
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Student Success: The Effects of a Community College First-Year Course
Many first-year seminar courses focus on helping students adjust academically and socially to college life with the intent of increasing persistence and ultimately degree completion. While there is evidence in the literature that these courses positively affect persistence and academic success at …
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Closing the Gap: A First Year Student Retention Strategy for Historically Black Colleges and Universities in South Carolina
… percent of these African American college students are attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities, but first year retention numbers are low at these institutions as more students are entering academically underprepared. Research has identified the importance of effective …
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A Mixed -Method Approach to Evaluating Learning Communities for Underprepared Community College Students: The Integrated Studies Communities at Parkland College
… structures for entering freshmen or for honors students, and are suggesting that the connections made, both academic and social, are rejuvenating faculty and enhancing student retention. Historically, students entering college without college-level skills in reading, writing, and mathematics …
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Skill, Will, and Self-Regulation: Assessing the Learning and Study Strategies of University Summer Bridge Program Students
… the educational needs of their academically underprepared students. With college dropout rates increasingly rising, post-secondary institutions must ensure that these students have both the knowledge and the skills necessary to succeed in higher education and beyond. The aim of this study was …
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Leadership in Policy Issue Networks: The New Community College of Baltimore
… attempted to serve the educational needs of underprepared students, primarily from the African-American community. The study includes information on the ways in which the policy was implemented at the college. The findings of the study indicate that coalitions form and are maintained on the …
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Effects of peer mentoring on the achievement and persistence of academically underprepared college freshmen
… and persistence of entry-level academically underprepared college students.</p> <p>PROCEDURE: Subjects were freshmen at Bemidji State University during the fall terms of 1985 and 1986 who were assigned to remedial/developmental English because of low placement test scores. An experimental …
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An Analysis of the Academic Success Achieved by Five Freshman Cohorts through a Community College Developmental Education Program.
<p>The challenge of underprepared students' entering America's colleges and universities is not new. Because of their "open door" policies, community colleges are more likely to enroll students who are not college prepared. This retrospective study focused on the performance of students who had …
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