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Undergraduate Developmental Mathematics Students' Fraction Understandings
… fractions are well-documented for undergraduate developmental mathematics students. Thus, it may not be surprising that fractions act as a gate-keeping topic for college-level mathematics. However, research on the way(s) that undergraduate developmental mathematics students understand fractions …
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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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Cooperative Learning and Journal Writing in College Developmental Mathematics
… methods used to supplement a college developmental mathematics course. Eighty-two adult learners in three intact classes were assigned to one of the following treatment groups: journal writing, cooperative learning, and independent practice. Students in each treatment group were given …
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Emotional Learning in Developmental Mathematics: Mathematical Anxiety and Resilience
… and lab instructors working in a state college’s developmental mathematics program. The researcher used an Emotional Intelligence in Learning Mathematics conceptual model focused on raising developmental mathematics students’ metacognitive comprehension of emotional intelligence and constructivist …
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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 …
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Strategies for teaching developmental mathematics students at the college level
… strategies used by effective instructors of developmental mathematics, and to discover the perceptions developmental mathematics students have about these strategies. While there are research projects focusing solely on developmental mathematics achievement, this study fills a need by …
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DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS IN TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND STUDENT SUCCESS
<p>Poor success rates of developmental mathematics courses at community colleges have currently received nationwide attention. Efforts to remedy the situation include complete course redesigns and intervention strategies. A recent intervention strategy in use is the implementation of success …
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DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS IN TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND STUDENT SUCCESS
<p>Poor success rates of developmental mathematics courses at community colleges have currently received nationwide attention. Efforts to remedy the situation include complete course redesigns and intervention strategies. A recent intervention strategy in use is the implementation of success …
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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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Success of entering college freshmen taking developmental mathematics at Texas Woman's University
… using several different variables in developmental mathematics when comparing the redesign and paired redesign course to traditionally taught lecture and computer based developmental mathematics courses at Texas Woman's University. This study followed a design similar to the University …
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Supplemental Instruction In A Community College Developmental Mathematics Curriculum: A Phenomenological Study Of Learning Experiences
… at least one remedial course, which is often developmental mathematics. Developed in 1973, Supplemental Instruction (SI) has quickly gained recognition as an academic support program that is used to aid student performance, retention, and academic success. This dissertation used a …
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Instruction Type and Student Major as they Relate to Student Success in College Level Developmental Mathematics Classes
The low success rate of developmental (or remedial) mathematics courses is a hot topic at the higher education level. In this research, student success is considered in terms of final grade, D/F percentage, and withdrawal percentage. The author is interested in looking at student success at a …
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The Impact of Teacher Interaction on the Achievement and Self-Efficacy of Students Within a Computer-Based, Developmental Mathematics Course
… with what are considered to be sub-standard mathematics skills. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, 2001), in the fall of 2000, 24% of entering freshmen in 4-year institutions, and 53% of entering freshmen at 2-year institutions were enrolled in a developmental …
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Students' Agency in an In-Class Computer-Centered Developmental Mathematics Classroom: The Best Laid Plans of Math and (Wo)men
… Since a large proportion of students in these developmental classes are students of color, and unlikely to be successful, developmental courses are not leveling the playing field of higher education. In-class computer-centered (ICCC) classes are a possible solution to this social justice issue …
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The intended and enacted curriculum in a new developmental mathematics course: a study of community college students' participation and attitudes
… college students taking pre-college-level mathematics classes, community colleges perform an important function in providing access to advanced coursework and degrees. Low success rates in these classes has led mathematics educators to consider alternative forms of curriculum and …
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The Effects of a Varied Method of Instruction on Student Achievement, Transfer, Situational Interest, and Course Retention Rates in Community College Developmental Mathematics
… method of instruction, in community college developmental mathematics. The varied method of instruction consisted of active learning teaching practices with foundations in social constructivism, whereas the non-varied method of instruction was founded in Cognitive Load Theory and consisted …
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A study of the impact of instructional approach on community college students’ problem solving and metacognitive abilities in the developmental mathematics course, Introductory Algebra
… The study addressed the lack of success that developmental mathematics students in a community college have in the <em>Introductory Algebra</em> course and in subsequent curriculum mathematics courses. Research suggests that the prevalent procedural-oriented instructional methodology used in …
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An assessment of the attitudes and anxieties of the African-American students who were enrolled in Developmental Mathematics II classes at Halifax Community College
… to assess the attitudes toward the learning of mathematics and the mathematics anxieties of the African-American students enrolled in Developmental Mathematics II classes at Halifax Community College. Along with assessing the attitudes toward the learning of mathematics and the mathematics …
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Standardized Testing Placement And High School Gpa As Predictors Of Success In Remedial Math
… two primary questions. First, who belongs in developmental mathematics and secondly, what is the nature of the relationship between current placement methodology and community college student success in developmental mathematics courses? In this study the researcher examined the relationship …
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