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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"underprepared"”.
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Beyond the Dream:Improving College-Readiness of Underprepared Community College Students
… address college-readiness and achievement of underprepared community college students.</p> <p>A qualitative methodology was employed in analyzing strategies implemented at community colleges to improve college-readiness. A criterion-based selection process identified six community colleges …
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Advising the academically underprepared first-year community college student athlete for transferability
… these student athletes enter community college underprepared for the rigors of higher education and, of particular importance to academic advisors in community colleges, are the students who are deemed to be of "academically underprepared" status. The process of taking remedial courses and …
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An Analysis of the Argumentative Writing Skills of Academically Underprepared College Students
The present study was conducted to extend what is known about the writing skills of low achieving postsecondary students. Using an archival data set, a sample of argumentative essays written by community college developmental (remedial) education students was analyzed. Scoring procedures for …
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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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Comparison of two methods for teaching reading to underprepared, reading deficient college freshmen
… regarding future instructional programming for underprepared college-bound students.
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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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The effects of contract grading on motivation and mathematics achievement of underprepared college students
… on motivation and mathematics achievement of underprepared college students. The study also examined the relationship between motivation and mathematics achievement. The expectancy theory of motivation containing the five components anticipated effort, valence of first level, valence of second …
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"Exploring Nurturing ""Connecting Chemistries"" of Two Exemplary Community College Instructors With Freshmen Considered Nontraditional/underprepared"
… 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 development of instructor core teaching …
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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
… 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 translating physics information between different modes …
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Investigation of the Misconceptions Related to the Concepts of Equivalence and Literal Symbols Held by Underprepared Community College Students
… Many students arrive at college seriously underprepared in mathematics, but there is scant research on the difficulties and misconceptions of these college students. The purpose of this research was to learn if underprepared community college students harbor misconceptions of equivalence …
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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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A Mixed -Method Approach to Evaluating Learning Communities for Underprepared Community College Students: The Integrated Studies Communities at Parkland College
… Illinois, piloted a learning community for underprepared students in the spring of 1998. Planners adopted a coordinated studies model, a full-time, team-taught learning community that, in this case, integrated the content from four courses, some developmental and some college-level. Full …
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The Association Between Achievement On Kentucky’s College Readiness Assessments And The Intervention Delivery Method Provided To Underprepared Twelfth Grade Mathematics Students
… or (3) blended learning tutoring provided to underprepared twelfth grade mathematics students. Data used for this study were provided voluntarily from four Kentucky districts representing six high schools. Descriptive statistics and Chi Square statistical significance research methods were …
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Graduation Rates: A Comparison of First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen Who Entered a Community College Prepared and Those Who Entered Underprepared for College-Level Work.
… the country, and many of these students are underprepared for the demands and academic rigor of college-level courses. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were significant differences in graduation rates between students who entered college academically underprepared and …
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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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Influences of an integrated teaching model and selected background characteristics on developmental studies student achievement in a community college
… 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 colleges. Since standard instructional efforts to remedy basic …
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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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Closing the Gap: A First Year Student Retention Strategy for Historically Black Colleges and Universities in South Carolina
… as more students are entering academically underprepared. Research has identified the importance of effective academic advising to first year student retention. There are three main approaches to academic advising: prescriptive, developmental, and proactive. Of these three approaches, …
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