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Basic Skills of Education in Community Colleges : Inside and Outside of Classrooms.
Nearly two-thirds of students require some form of remediation before taking college-level classes, and community colleges have become increasingly important in providing this education. Unfortunately, relatively few students complete the developmental courses required to make a transition to colleg...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; BASIC SKILLS OF EDUCATION IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES: Inside and Outside of Classrooms; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 UNDERSTANDING THE QUANDARY OF BASIC SKILLS: Framing the Issues in Community Colleges; 2 DEVELOPMENTAL STUDENTS: Their Heterogeneity, Readiness, and Perspectives; SECTION I Inside the Classroom; 3 INSTRUCTION IN BASIC SKILLS: The Dominance of Remedial Pedagogy; 4 INNOVATION IN BASIC SKILLS INSTRUCTION: The Landscape and the Locus of Change; 5 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES: Their Possibilities and Limits.
- 6 INTEGRATING STUDENT SERVICES WITH INSTRUCTION: Chaffey College's Long Journey to SuccessSECTION II Institutional Effects on Classrooms; 7 ASSESSMENT AND ALIGNMENT: The Dynamic Aspects of Developmental Education; 8 FUNDING, RESOURCES, AND THE MONEY MYTH: Effects on Instruction and Innovation; 9 OTHER INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON INSTRUCTION AND INNOVATION; 10 RESOLVING THE BASIC SKILLS DILEMMA: Conclusions and Recommendations; APPENDIX: The Methodology of the Study; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX.