Journeying from academically-underprepared to prepared : exploring developmental community college students' perceptions of developmental advising at a Carribean-based community college

This study explored how developmental students enrolled at the TTIOO community college experienced the resident developmental advising service. Emphasis was placed on ascertaining how these students perceived the role of developmental advising in enabling them to develop self-regulated behaviors inclusive of goal-setting skills and academic self-efficacy. The study also explored the extent to which this service promoted increased levels of persistence. A qualitative phenomenological case study guided the research process. The data collection methods included phenomenological interviews that were conducted with six student participants; semi-structured interviews that were conducted with two developmental advisors employed at the TTIOO; and documentary analysis. The study's major limitations include: the majority of the data analysis revolved around the phenomenological interviews; the interviews were facilitated virtually; and the participant selection procesents demonstrating varied levels of academic performance, and both male and female genders. The last limitation is that only one developmental advisor was employed at the time of the study. The findings revealed that the major challenges the participants encountered was the shame and embarrassment of being labelled a developmental student, a sense of being burdensome, difficulty managing course requirements, and personal and financial factors. Secondly, lecturers had a more pronounced effect on the participants' goal setting-competencies and levels of academic self-efficacy. Although the participants were appreciative of the guidance and support provided by their developmental advisor, they believed that the intervention had a minimal impact on their persistence levels. Keywords: developmental advising, developmental students, academic self-efficacy, goal-setting, persistence

SYSTEM, INTEGRALIZATION AND LEARNING HOW TO RELATE

Within the contemporary educational systems, a transition is carried out from the monodisciplinary model, as a generator of a segmented learning on distinct, disjoint compartments, to the integrated type models. The integrated approach to learning proposes bringing the school closer to real life, it refers to a certain way of treating, organizing and planning learning that produces an interrelation of study disciplines, meeting the developmental students’ needs. In this way, we turn our attention to the relationship analysis that the student is to understand, operating between system and integralization, as immanent and transcendent levels. We argue that the evolution of the system-integration relationship within a learning process necessarily implies the axiological specificity of the entities that compose it. In the approach we propose, the integralization is subsequent to the system, in most contexts in which this process takes place. We can therefore assert that the theoretical view we are trying to argue consists, in fact, in the attempt to present dialectic of integration starting from that of the system, so that we can answer the question what is important in establishing integrity: elements or relationships. Thus, the system is reinstated and, along with it, the relationship learning returns to the quality of ontological entity, which receives the reality from a broader point of view.

Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Project Based Learning Terhadap Perkembangan Konsep Diri Mahasiswa

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to knows the effect of Project Based Learning model on the improvement of developmental Students self concept PJKR Students at STKIP Situs Banten . The method used is Pre experiment with One Group Pretest –Postest Design and samples in this study were 40 of 1st Semester Regular Class PJKR students of STKIP Situs Banten.The processing data used a statistical approach by T test . According to data analysis result, The effect of Project Based Learning model on the improvement of developmental Student self concept PJKR Students at STKIP Situs Banten has a significance value of 0.000. From these results it can be concluded that there are significant effect of learning model on on the improvement of developmental Student self concept PJKR Students at STKIP Situs Banten. So as we can conclude that there are significant effect of project-based learning model on improving of developmental Student self concept PJKR Students at STKIP Situs Banten. According to the result’s analysis, the authors suggest the lecturers and teachers in the learning process, especially in teaching physical education. Researchers recommend using a project-based learning model proven effect on student learning student self concept. And suggest to next research apply to another psychological aspect such as self esteem and self confidence. ABSTRAKTujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh model pembelajaran Project Based Learning terhadap perkembangan konsep diri mahasiswa PJKR STKIP Situs Banten. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah pre eksperimen dan sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa PJKR STKIP Situs Banten sebanyak 40 orang. Pengolahan data menggunakan pendekatan statistika dengan teknik uji T. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data, Pengaruh model pembelajaran Project Based Learning terhadap perkembnagan konsep diri mahasiswa PJKR STKIP Situs Banten adalah nilai signifikansi sebesar 0,000. Dari hasil tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh model pembelajaran project based learning terhadap perkembangan konsep diri mahasiswa PJRK STKIP Situs Banten. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian tersebut, penulis menyarankan bagi guru dan dosen agar dalam proses pembelajaran khususnya dalam pembelajaran Pendidikan Jasmani. Peneliti merekomendasikan untuk menggunakan model pembelajaran project based learning yang terbukti berpengaruh terhadap perkembangan konsep diri mahasiswa.dan untuk penelitian selanjutya juga peneliti menyarankan untuk mencobakannya pada aspek pskiologis lain seperti self esteem dan dan kepercayaan diri.

Integrating Service-Learning Pedagogy Into Community College Coursework

Developmental students face significant academic and life challenges as they pursue a college degree. As students in developmental studies often struggle to complete their courses, research focused on innovative pedagogy that engages students while developing skills is needed. This project sought to investigate implementing an on-campus, service-learning (SL) component into developmental reading courses. Students participated in SL by reading to children at the on-campus Early Childhood Center (ECC) one time per week, during scheduled class, with time provided for structured metacognition through reflective journals. A phenomenological approach was used for this study, and Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to examine responses and note trends in data. It was found that students who participated in SL as part of their developmental reading course reported multiple positive effects such as developing a positive academic mindset, improving self-efficacy, and increasing motivation to read.

Views of Technology Importance for Developmental Students at the Community College Level

This qualitative study examined the perceptions of nontraditional developmental education students in a community college setting. This study describes adult, nontraditional students' perceptions of their experiences, college supports, and best teaching practices which helped them to succeed. Interview data were obtained from four students, a supplemental instruction leader, and a program manager. Participant responses included themes about the conditions and challenges which the students face, as well as recognition of the intentional engagement practices on the part of the college infrastructure which students perceived to be most helpful and supportive to them. This data can provide valuable information to university administrators, college advisors, and classroom faculty, as well as inform future policy and practice.

The Additive Advantage and Bilingual Programs in a Large Urban School District

The current study analyzes the relationship between elementary school reading achievement and participation in the following language acquisition programs—transitional bilingual, developmental, two-way bilingual immersion, and English immersion. With a focus on the achievement of Spanish-dominant English learners, the study uses multilevel models to examine Spanish and English reading outcomes for evidence of an “additive advantage” associated with programs that pursue full proficiency in students’ home language and English. Set in a large urban school district in Texas, this research finds that participants in the most additive program, two-way, earned the highest Grade 5 English reading performance. In contrast, students in transitional and two-way programs demonstrated similar Spanish reading growth, and developmental students had significantly slower growth than transitional students.

Corequisite Courses for Developmental Students at a Large Research University

This article details the efforts that the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) o􏰓ce at a large research university made toward pilot- ing, refining, and scaling corequisite courses for students who require developmental education. House Bill 2223, passed by the Texas Legislature in June of 2􏰏􏰎􏰔, requires public institutions to increase the percentage of developmental students enrolled in corequisite courses. In response, student outcome data, curricular examples, and suggestions for structuring corequisites are presented.