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Banker, Amanda M.; Pavlik, Philip I., Jr.; Olney, Andrew; Eglington, Luke G. – Grantee Submission, 2022
The Mobile Fact and Concept Textbook System (MoFaCTS) is an individualized online tutoring system designed to increase information comprehension and retention. It is being implemented in community college anatomy and physiology (A&P) courses for further system development. A&P was selected because it is a very challenging and highly in…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Anatomy, Physiology, Retention (Psychology)
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Banker, Amanda M.; Pavlik, Philip I., Jr.; Olney, Andrew; Eglington, Luke G. – HAPS Educator, 2022
The Mobile Fact and Concept Textbook System (MoFaCTS) is an individualized online tutoring system designed to increase information comprehension and retention. It is being implemented in community college anatomy and physiology (A&P) courses for further system development. A&P was selected because it is a very challenging and highly in…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Anatomy, Physiology, Retention (Psychology)
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Cafarella, Brian – Community College Enterprise, 2023
Throughout the 21st century, the discipline of developmental education has come under fire for low success rates and has created a great deal of controversy. This has especially been the case for developmental math. Over the years, there have been many initiatives to improve student success and completion in developmental math. Some have succeeded…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Nonmajors, STEM Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Zachary J. Hyder; Gresham D. Collom; J. Patrick Biddix – Texas Education Review, 2024
We utilize a difference-in-difference design to examine the effect of adopting a statewide promise program on the enrollment of community college students across socio-economic status. Limited by a small sample size for treated units, we find inferential evidence that the adoption of a state-wide, last-dollar promise program for community colleges…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Unemployment, Public Colleges, Community Colleges
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Mellons, Victoria N.; Channing, Jill; Ko, Kwangman; Lampley, James; Moreland, Amy – Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research, 2022
The purpose of this non-experimental quantitative study was to evaluate the relationships between completion of high school dual enrollment courses and subsequent success of first-time, full-time community college students as measured by completion of an associate degree and time to completion of the degree. In addition to comparing dual and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Dual Enrollment, Success
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Spica, Elizabeth – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022
The purpose of this survey research study was to examine Tennessee community college student preferences and experiences with print and digital course material formats. Analysis considered which format students prefer between print or digital, the reasons behind those preferences, and whether those preferences significantly differed based on…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Experience, Preferences, Instructional Materials
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Monaghan, David B.; Attewell, Paul A. – Sociology of Education, 2023
Since the Tennessee Promise's 2014 launch, "free college" or "Promise" programs have proliferated rapidly and converged on design features: a "last-dollar" award and community college applicability. Researchers who study these programs' effects generally presume they are tuition-reducing endeavors. In contrast, we…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Tuition, Student Costs, Politics of Education
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Hunter R. Boylan; Barbara J. Calderwood; Barbara S. Bonham – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2019
This paper contends that, although there is much to commend in the remediation reform movement, it is unlikely to attain its goals. These goals include the Lumina Foundation's target of having 60% of Americans attain a degree or certificate, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's goal of doubling the number of low income students who earn a…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community College Students, Minority Group Students, Low Income Students