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Direct linkHumphreys, Leslieann – ProQuest LLC, 2018
College and career readiness is the standard for those who receive a high school diploma regardless of the method through which the credential is obtained. Approximately 60% of college freshman require remediation in either mathematics, reading or English. Mathematics remediation is needed for two-thirds of this population. Learners who enter…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Achievement Gap, Adult Education, Remedial Mathematics
Download full textTighe, Elizabeth L.; Arrastía-Chisholm, Meagan C.; Pringle, Njeri M. – American Educator, 2021
Academically underprepared postsecondary students make up a large proportion of college campuses. Recent estimates indicate that up to 70 percent of incoming students at two-year community colleges and up to 40 percent of incoming students at four-year colleges enroll in developmental courses. There has been some criticism of the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: College Students, College Readiness, Evidence Based Practice, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedRodrigues, Kathleen J. – Journal of Adult Education, 2012
This paper describes application of innovative practice and procedures in relationship to recognized principles and theory of adult education used in college math instruction. Adult learning principles provide the theoretical constructs and foundation of the practice supporting a learner-centered approach to learning. The purpose was to explore…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Teacher Effectiveness, Experiential Learning, Adult Learning
Klinger, Christopher M. – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2011
A major challenge for practitioners in adult mathematics education is to achieve effective learning outcomes in the face of prevailing negative attitudes in their students, often present as a consequence of unsatisfactory early mathematics learning experience and flowing from the wellestablished connection between adult innumeracy and mathematics…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes
