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Direct linkPerez, Anabel – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to identify the experiences that support the success of Latina/o community college students who began in basic skills courses at two or more levels below college-level and went on to complete college-level English and math. Fifteen Latina/o community college students attending a large…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, College English
Esposito-Noy, Celia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of students enrolled in a basic skills math class at a California community college and the role of the peer model in informing their college-going behaviors. There is significant interest in increasing the number of students who complete basic skills courses and make progress towards a…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Basic Skills, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics
Perry, Carol A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the educational experiences and outcomes of low-skill adults in West Virginia's community and technical colleges, providing a more detailed profile of these students. Data for the variables were obtained from archival databases through a cooperative agreement between state agencies. Descriptive statistics…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Technical Education, Adults, Adult Education
Hirsh, Deborah Duggin – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A small but growing body of evidence in reports, journal articles and conference papers indicates that if basic skills are embedded within specific career training programs, under-prepared students can acquire life enhancing basic skills at a higher rate than when those skills are taught in the traditional, unconnected way (Baker et al., 2009; Kuh…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, At Risk Students, Two Year College Students, Basic Skills
McIntosh, Joshua Grant – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the impact of basic skills curricular learning communities on academically underprepared community college students to determine if participation in such programs significantly contributed to student persistence from year one to year two. The conceptual framework that informed this study was Tinto's (1993) longitudinal model of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Basic Skills, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges
Rey, Jason Goering – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Online education is a modality of teaching that has proliferated throughout higher education in such a rapid form and without any guidelines that its quality and merit is largely unknown, hotly debated, and still evolving. Institutions have used online education as a method of reducing costs and increasing enrollments and students have flocked to…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Teacher Effectiveness, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence
