ERIC Number: EJ1124232
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Dec
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
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Assistance or Obstacle? The Impact of Different Levels of English Developmental Education on Underprepared Students in Community Colleges
Xu, Di
Educational Researcher, v45 n9 p496-507 Dec 2016
Developmental education is the most common approach used by community colleges to assist underprepared students for college-level course work. Yet there is limited evidence regarding this strategy on students assigned to the lowest level of the developmental sequence. This paper extends current knowledge on this critical question by examining the impacts of different levels of developmental reading and writing on students' academic outcomes. The results suggest that the impacts are generally insignificant for students on the margin of needing developmental course work, yet the estimates are negative on students assigned to the lowest level of the developmental sequence. The results therefore support the increasing national push to reform these programs.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Remedial Instruction, English Instruction, Remedial Reading, Writing Instruction, Academic Achievement, Regression (Statistics), Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Virginia
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