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Hall, Kailyn Shartel – Journal of Basic Writing, 2020
At a four-year public comprehensive university in 2017, a mandated attempt to implement a corequisite model for Basic Writing education challenged assumptions about the types of students enrolled in the existing program. Students, who by institutional placement measures (ACT scores) would be placed in First-Year Writing, were voluntarily enrolling…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Barriers, Advanced Placement
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Wakefield, Nathan; Champion, Joe; Bolkema, Jessalyn; Dailey, Douglas – International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate implementation of an early intervention mastery activity during the first two weeks of college algebra and precalculus courses at a large U.S. public university. Statistical modeling of (N = 935) students' performance in the courses, including a logistic regression model of pass/fail course achievement…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, Mastery Learning, Mathematics Instruction
Richards-Smith, Helen – 1986
The usefulness of scores on the American College Testing (ACT) program and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in predicting whether Grambling State University (Louisiana) students would be placed on academic probation was studied. Additional concerns included: whether there is a critical point or scores on the ACT/SAT that was linked to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, Aptitude Tests, College Students