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Direct linkRust, Amber Heller – ProQuest LLC, 2011
When a student is not successful in mathematics, teachers frequently assume the difficulty lies within the student's mathematical ability or negative disposition towards mathematics, but the difficulty may lie with the student's reading comprehension (Draper, Smith, Hall, & Siebert, 2005; Kane, Byrne, & Hater, 1974). Many…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Reading Strategies, Mathematics Achievement, Community Colleges
Download full textPerin, 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
