Thursday, June 2, 2016
Century Foundation Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students
A new report from the Century Foundation examines how to improve outcomes for students who begin college needing remediation.
"When College Students Start Behind" offers a redesign of how community colleges should approach remedial courses.
The authors state that to produce more college-ready students colleges should accelerate remedial courses, supplement college placement exams with GPA, connect pre-course work topics to students' individual interests and shift from a "drill and practice" type of teaching to more contextual, real-life applications...