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Perin, Dolores – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
Skills in reading, writing, and mathematics are key to academic learning but are conventionally taught separately from the discipline areas to which they must be applied. For example, students may be taught writing skills in the morning in an English course and then be expected to apply them to writing an essay in a history class in the afternoon.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Writing Skills, Learning Motivation, Skill Development
Perin, Dolores – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
This paper is a literature review that explores the nature and effectiveness of contextualization as a way to improve outcomes for academically underprepared college students. Two forms of contextualization have been studied: "contextualized" and "integrated" instruction. There is more descriptive work on the contextualization of basic skills than…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Basic Skills, Instructional Effectiveness
Perin, Dolores; Charron, Kerry – 2003
This paper presents the findings of a qualitative, instrumental case study that examined students' academic preparedness, as well as assessment and placement policy in 15 community colleges in 6 states across the country. Although most community colleges mandate basic skills assessment for all entering freshmen, many do not require low-scoring…
Descriptors: Age, Basic Skills, College Students, Community Colleges