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Direct linkBrower, Rebecca L.; Nix, Amanda N.; Daniels, Hollie; Hu, Xinye; Jones, Tamara Bertrand; Hu, Shouping – Innovative Higher Education, 2021
This paper presents an overall educational philosophy of working with students underprepared for college-level work, which we term "a pedagogy of preparation." We consider how instructors scaffolded instruction to foster college readiness in students who were now able to enroll in college-level work regardless of academic preparation…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Community Colleges, Educational Philosophy, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Download full textBrower, Rebecca L.; Nix, Amanda N.; Daniels, Hollie; Hu, Xinye; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping – Grantee Submission, 2021
This paper presents an overall educational philosophy of working with students underprepared for college-level work, which we term "a pedagogy of preparation." We consider how instructors scaffolded instruction to foster college readiness in students who were now able to enroll in college-level work regardless of academic preparation…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Community Colleges, Educational Philosophy, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Brower, Rebecca L.; Mokher, Christine G.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Cox, Bradley E.; Hu, Shouping – AERA Open, 2020
This multiple case study examines the extent and ways in which leaders and administrators in Florida College System (FCS) institutions engage in distributed leadership through data sharing with frontline staff. Based on focus groups and individual interviews with administrators, faculty, and staff (659 participants) from 21 state colleges, we…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Administration, Participative Decision Making, Data Use
Brower, Rebecca L.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping; Park-Gaghan, Toby J. – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background: This multiple case study explores the self-determination needs of academically underprepared students. The context for our study was a sweeping redesign of developmental education (DE) in Florida's community colleges, state-level legislation Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which made DE optional for many students. Purpose of Study: The…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Two Year College Students
Brower, Rebecca L.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping; Park-Gaghan, Toby J. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Background: This multiple case study explores the self-determination needs of academically underprepared students. The context for our study was a sweeping redesign of developmental education (DE) in Florida's community colleges, state-level legislation Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which made DE optional for many students. Purpose of Study: The…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Two Year College Students
Brower, Rebecca L.; Woods, Chenoa S.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Park, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping; Tandberg, David A.; Nix, Amanda N.; Rahming, Sophia G.; Martindale, Sandra K. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand how educational scaffolding may explain changing patterns of student success in mathematics in the era of developmental education (DE or remediation) reform in Florida College System (FCS) institutions. Specifically, we apply the concept of scaffolding to underprepared FCS students who are at…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, At Risk Students, Educational Change, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Nix, Amanda N.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Brower, Rebecca L.; Hu, Shouping – Community College Review, 2020
Objective: Community colleges have long made higher education more accessible to students from diverse academic backgrounds, particularly those who are academically underprepared and require remediation. In light of developmental education (DE) reform, our article answers the following questions: How do campus personnel articulate the unique…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Access to Education, State Legislation, Remedial Instruction
Nix, Amanda N.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Brower, Rebecca L.; Hu, Shouping – Grantee Submission, 2020
Objective: Community colleges have long made higher education more accessible to students from diverse academic backgrounds, particularly those who are academically underprepared and require remediation. In light of developmental education (DE) reform, our article answers the following questions: How do campus personnel articulate the unique…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Access to Education, State Legislation, Remedial Instruction
