Math is a stumbling block for many community college students. Often, they arrive on campus unprepared for college-level work, get placed in developmental classes, and never really progress. Promising ...

The value of developmental math courses has come into question in recent years, spurred by national data that few students who enroll in these courses will earn college credit or a degree in the ...

When I became a student success coach at Northwood University, I did something unusual: I enrolled in a developmental mathematics class. Going to class, taking notes, studying, quizzes, exams—I did it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — Lake Land College in Mattoon has eliminated developmental math courses, becoming the first Community ...

An experiment to remap developmental math in four Texas community colleges resulted in a higher pass rate and a larger number of developmental math credits earned by the students who participated. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — Lake Land College in Mattoon is doing things differently this year, as they get ready to help students ...

San Jacinto College developmental math professor Shannon Solis recently earned Developmental Education Specialist certification from the Kellogg Institute for the Training and Certification of ...

Community college students in remedial math courses have the odds stacked against them. Only 27 percent of them go on to earn a bachelor’s degree, according to research from the Department of ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Planning Committee Members and Presenters." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Increasing Student ...

Mathematics — whatever your experience in school, you are likely to have developed a strong opinion. It’s quite possible you’ve been turned off for years; math tends to do that to some people. Now ...

Somewhere in your skull right now, there is no math department. No region of the brain exists solely to process equations, ...

Suggested Citation: "5 Building Capacity to Meet the Needs of Students." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Increasing Student Success in Developmental Mathematics: ...