Required Reading
Kozeracki, C. A. ed. (Spring, 2005). New Directions for Community Colleges: Responding to the Challenges of Developmental Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (A pdf file of this book is in Canvas.)
Essay Examination I
Directions: Based on your reading of Carol A. Kozeracki’s Responding to the Challenges of Developmental Education, provide detailed answers for each of the essay questions, using 12 point font size, preferably in Times New Roman following the APA Manual Style Guide (6th ed.).
1. Discuss four elements that contribute to a classroom’s success or failure as a learning environment, and describe the effectiveness of learning community programs in helping developmental students achieve their educational goals.
2. Discuss the three theorists whose work has guided developmental education during the last five decades. Also, what is your theoretical perspective of developmental education within the American community college system?
3. Discuss the need to develop a plan to properly align pedagogy, student needs, curricular content, and institutional support in order to make educational programs, including developmental programs, more effective.
4. Discuss what is known about the causal effects of remediation on developmental student learning outcomes.
5. Describe the effectiveness of developmental learning community programs in helping developmental students achieve these educational goals.
6. What is your theoretical view of the role of community colleges within the American higher education system?
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