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Success in College Mathematics: Comparisons Between Remedial and Nonremedial First-Year College Students.
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In this article, the authors compared first-year college students enrolled in remedial-type mathematics courses with their counterparts enrolled in non-remedialcoursework Findings include that students enrolled innonremedia mathematics courses enter the institution with many advantages over students enrolledin remedial mathematics Tests of a path analytic model confirmed that background variables play a major role indetermining success in college mathematicsAbstract:
Recent international comparisons show that themathematics achievement of American students is belowthe international average In response to thissituation, the present study compared first-year college students enrolled in remedial-type mathematicscourses with their counterparts enrolled in nonremedialcoursework Findings include that students enrolled innonremedial mathematics courses enter the institution with many advantages over students enrolled inremedial mathematics Tests of a path analytic modelconfirmed that background variables play a major role indetermining success in college mathematicsread more
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Does Mathematics Remediation Work?: A Comparative Analysis of Academic Attainment among Community College Students.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used hierarchical multinomial logistic regression to analyze data that address a population of 85,894 freshmen, enrolled in 107 community colleges, for the purpose of comparing the long-term academic outcomes of students who remediate successfully (achieve college-level math skill) with those of students without remedial assistance.
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Cooling Out in the Community College: What is the Effect of Academic Advising on Students’ Chances of Success?
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Unlocking the Gate: What We Know About Improving Developmental Education
TL;DR: In this article, a literature review identifies the most promising approaches for revising the structure, curriculum, or delivery of developmental education and suggests areas for future innovations in developmental education practice and research.
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Mathematics Self-Efficacy of College Freshman
TL;DR: For example, this article found that students' ability to learn and succeed in mathematics has been a concern of educators for many years, especially since mathematics seems to be a determinate of not only choice of a college major but also serves as a determinant in the acquisition of a degree.
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The Impact of Developmental Education on Community College Persistence and Vertical Transfer
Gloria Crisp,Chryssa Delgado +1 more
TL;DR: The authors used data from the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal study (BPS: 04/09) to measure the impact of developmental education on community college students' odds of persistence and vertical transfer after controlling for enrollment in remediation and institutional-level variables.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of gender discrimination in the workplace, and propose an approach based on self-defense and self-representation, respectively.
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Family structure, parental practices and high school completion.
Nan Marie Astone,Sara McLanahan +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the relationship between family structure and children's achievement in high school and found that children who live with single parents or stepparents during adolescence received less encouragement and less help with school work than children who lived with both natural parents, and parental involvement has positive effects on children's school achievement.