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Edwards, Ann R.; Beattie, Rachel L. – NADE Digest, 2016
This paper focuses on two research-based frameworks that inform the design of instruction and promote student success in accelerated, developmental mathematics pathways. These are Learning Opportunities--productive struggle on challenging and relevant tasks, deliberate practice, and explicit connections, and Productive Persistence--promoting…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Developmental Programs, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Dees, Lori; Moore, Emily; Hoggan, Chad – NADE Digest, 2016
As developmental education practitioners in the midst of North Carolina's Developmental Reading and English Redesign, we are interested in researching best practices for instructional design and application. We discovered that the principles of reflective practice pervade much of the literature on program planning and practice, so we began to…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Reading Programs, Instructional Design, Educational Principles
Bodnar, Julie R.; Petrucelli, Susan L. – NADE Digest, 2016
Underprepared students often need assistance building writing skills and maintaining confidence in their abilities and potential. The authors share the philosophy, pedagogy, and experience of freshman developmental education and the writing center at a four-year, private, not-for-profit urban college. They describe high-impact educational…
Descriptors: College Students, Writing Instruction, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Programs
Koch, Sharon J. – NADE Digest, 2012
The issue of preparation of the nation's student body has many facets, including the preparation of faculty charged with their instruction. This article reviews findings from a single-case study of community college English faculty members' perceived self-efficacy (Bandura, 1997) using best instructional practices, as identified by the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Writing Instruction, Best Practices
Garcia-Navarrete, Sylvia; Sax, Caren; Levine, Joel – NADE Digest, 2012
The nature and role of developmental education classes are under tremendous scrutiny across the nation today. Specifically, students are entering community college and four-year institutions of higher education unprepared to understand and apply much of the reading material presented to them in college-level classes. This article describes the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Developmental Programs, Reading Instruction
Armstrong, Sonya L.; Reynolds, Rita – NADE Digest, 2011
This manuscript describes a first-year college study strategies course designed to introduce students to literacy practices typical in academic settings. Given constraints imposed by institutional requirements on students' schedules during their first year, an authentic course pairing with a content area course is rarely possible; therefore, the…
Descriptors: Literacy, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Learning Strategies
Behrens, Susan; Mercer, Cindy – NADE Digest, 2011
This hypothetical case of a freshman wrestling with her identity as an English user demonstrates that the old categories of native and non-native speaker do not adequately describe today's college population. The lack of informed strategies in college writing courses to deal with students possessing different degrees of proficiency in English…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Writing Instruction, Language Proficiency, Student Placement
Powell, Mary Ann; Harrington, Judy – NADE Digest, 2011
Teaching circles are an innovative mechanism to support faculty and improve student learning. This article describes the use of instructor teaching circles to support math-anxious students at a mid-sized urban university, including the purposes, formation, and sometimes surprising outcomes associated with using this method. Teaching circles for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Case Studies
Paulson, Eric J.; Bauer, Laurie – NADE Digest, 2011
An understanding of the role of metacognition--thinking about thinking--is a fundamental aspect of the theoretical base of most textbooks for college reading and study strategies courses today (e.g.,Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006). The theme we seek to develop in this article is that elements of what make a reading and study…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, College Students, Goal Orientation
Carter, Judith Corbett; Daraviras, Tracy – NADE Digest, 2010
The Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), Search for Education Elevation and Knowledge (SEEK) Program, a higher education opportunity program, provides special assistance to students who are entering college for the first time. SEEK students are from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds, and receive financial support as well as…
Descriptors: Success, College Readiness, Developmental Programs, Academic Support Services
Boylan, Hunter R. – NADE Digest, 2009
This manuscript describes five of the most common mistakes made in developmental education programs based on the author's experiences, which include consulting at over 200 community colleges. These mistakes include failing to create a seamless transition, failing to train adjunct instructors, failing to coordinate developmental programs, failing…
Descriptors: Consultants, Error Correction, Developmental Programs, Community Colleges
Megeehon, Alexandria – NADE Digest, 2008
Using technology in a developmental classroom, particularly a classroom platform such as WebCT, can help provide a sense of community in a developmental writing course. The rationale for designing a hybrid developmental writing course is discussed as well as the ways in which students perceived themselves as "real writers" as a result of…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, College Programs, Technology Uses in Education, Writing Instruction
Eney, Patricia; Davidson, Evelyn; Lau, Pam – NADE Digest, 2008
Providing instructor manuals for part-time faculty is not a new practice. Post-secondary institutions often produce manuals filled with everything from the college calendar to the procedure for obtaining a parking pass. However, in the age of stretched budgets and waning support from their institutions, developmental education programs are looking…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Part Time Faculty, Developmental Programs, Faculty Development