Strengthening Developmental Education Reforms: Evidence on Implementation Efforts From the Scaling Innovation Project
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- Title
- Strengthening Developmental Education Reforms: Evidence on Implementation Efforts From the Scaling Innovation Project
- Abstract/Description
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In this paper, the authors draw on empirical data from CCRC’s Scaling Innovation project to examine trends in developmental education instructional reform and outline a framework for reform adoption and adaptation. The paper’s findings are based on two qualitative data sources: a scan of developmental education reforms that involved changes to curricula, course structure, and/or pedagogy; and fieldwork conducted at 11 colleges working to replicate high-potential instructional innovations developed at other colleges.
The data suggest that colleges tend to enact developmental education reforms in ways that may unintentionally undermine their potential benefits. The authors present a framework for engaging practitioners in activities that will increase the impact of their developmental education reforms while strengthening institutional capacity. - Date
- Pages
- 1-48
- Publisher
- Community College Research Center
- Resource type
- en Research/Scholarly Media
- Resource status/form
- en Published Text
- Scholarship genre
- en Other
- Language
- en-gb
- Open access/full-text available
- en Yes
- Peer reviewed
- en No
- Citation
- Edgecombe, N., Cormier, M. S., Bickerstaff, S., & Barragan, M. (2013). Strengthening Developmental Education Reforms: Evidence on Implementation Efforts From the Scaling Innovation Project (Working Paper No. 6; pp. 1–48). Community College Research Center.
- Type
- Working Paper
- Number
- 6
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