Basic skills education in community colleges : inside and outside of classrooms / by W. Norton Grubb with Robert Gabriner.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Grubb, W. Norton.

Contributor:

• Gabriner, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Community colleges.
• Community colleges--Curricula.
• Basic education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Basic skills education in community colleges : inside and outside of classrooms

Place of Publication:

• London : Routledge, 2013.
• New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nearly two-thirds of students require some form of remediation before taking college-level classes, and community colleges have become increasingly important in providing this education. Unfortunately, relatively few students complete the developmental courses required to make a transition to college-level work. Based on a three-year study of over twenty community colleges, Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges analyzes developmental education practices, exploring what goes wrong and what goes right, and provides a series of recommendations for improved practice. Includ

Contents:

• section I. Inside the classroom
• section II. Institutional effects on classrooms.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

• 1-136-20607-8
• 1-283-94227-5
• 0-203-09429-8
• 1-136-20608-6

OCLC:

823719060