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Strategies for Overcoming Math Anxiety in Developmental Math Students at Community Colleges
<p>Math anxiety is a significant problem among both traditional and adult students attending community colleges. The purpose of this study is to examine effective strategies for overcoming math anxiety in community colleges. The research question for this study was: What tools are community …
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SELF-REGULATION AND MATH ATTITUDES: EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN DEVELOPMENTAL MATH COURSES
… study was to investigate the relationship among math attitudes, self-regulated learning, and course outcomes in developmental math. Math attitudes involved perceived usefulness of math and math anxiety. Self-regulated learning represented the ability of students to control cognitive, …
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Developmental Math Education: The Bermuda Triangle of Student Success--Many Enter, but Few Succeed.
… design to evaluate the effectiveness of developmental math and the predictors of student success in developmental math for a period of three years. Four of the study’s original eight predictors of student success were statistically significant. However, a model was created using …
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Moving in, through, and out: Black and Latinx community college Student success in developmental math education
… students who were successful in completing developmental math. This research study explored their perceptions of their experiences and aimed to identify strategies implemented aided them in progressing through developmental math education to college level math courses. This study was guided …
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Exploring Best Practices in Developmental Mathematics
… struggling with poor student success rates in developmental math. Therefore, this qualitative study focused on employing best practices in developmental mathematics at an urban community college in Dayton, Ohio. Guiding the study were the following research questions: What are the best …
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Prediction of Community College Students' Success in Developmental Math with Traditional Classroom, Computer-Based On-Campus and Computer-Based at a Distance Instruction Using Locus of Control, Math Anxiety and Learning Style
… and CAI in a distance education setting) for developmental mathematics classes at the community college level. Locus of control, math anxiety and learning style were the individual differences examined. Final grade, final exam score and persistence were the indicators of success. The …
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The use of attitudinal variables to reduce potential prediction bais [i.e. bias] of ACT mathematics test scores for non traditional-age students
… extent to which age-related bias exists when ACT Mathematics test scores are used as the sole predictor of future academic performance in entry-level college mathematics courses. A secondary purpose was to investigate the extent to which academic and attitudinal variables, in conjunction with ACT …
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The Transition From High School to College : a Single-Case Study
… to test the relationship to placement in developmental classes. The data included senior year course selections, the number of units taken in math, English, and textbook-dependent courses, and grade point averages in math, English, and textbook-dependent courses. Fifteen students were …
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Developmental Mathematics: A Quantitative Investigation of Instructor Classification as Related to Student Success
… status on a student’s academic success in developmental mathematics, as measured by final semester grades at a regionally comprehensive state university in Texas between fall 2013 and spring 2017. Data were collected from the institution under study and the sample population included 1932 …
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The Necessity of Fundamental Math in College
… of this paper is to illustrate the status of developmental math courses in higher education settings, particularly community colleges, which are designed to increase the likelihood of student success in credit math classes. Non-credit remedial mathematics courses have a long curricular history …
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Can Addressing Language Skills for Fifth Grade ELLs in a Multiplication Curriculum Help Address the Achievement Gap in Math? A Multiplication Workbook for Big Kids
… two to three years in my student’s reading and math skills. I found that my student’s developmental language and math skills contributed to a lack of engagement during math time. Upon further research, I found that these three factors play a role in the wide achievement gaps between ELLs and …
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A Quantitative Examination Of Community College Students' Self-Efficacy Inside Mathematics Pathways
… quantitative study was to measure the change in mathematics self-efficacy of students enrolled in a college mathematics course at a community college in Missouri. The change was measured over a single semester as a pre-test and post-test. The timing of this study is significant, given that it …
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The impact of developmental course enrollment on self, identity, and college success of first-generation college students : a phenomenological study.
… the perceptions and experiences of enrollment in developmental coursework for first-generation college students. A Community College Research Center (CCRC) study of more than 250,000 students at 57 community colleges in the Achieving the Dream initiative found that 59% of students entering college …
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Effectiveness of a Corequisite Delivery Model for Developmental Mathematics
… of a corequisite delivery model for developmental math students at a 4-year public institution. Nationally, close to fifty percent of incoming college students are placed in non-credit bearing remedial courses (Complete College America, 2012). Students must pass the remedial course …