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Strengthening Developmental Education Reforms: Evidence on Implementation Efforts From the Scaling Innovation Project

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Strengthening Developmental Education Reforms: Evidence on Implementation Efforts From the Scaling Innovation Project
Abstract/Description
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
2013
Pages
1-48
Publisher
Community College Research Center
Resource type
en
Resource status/form
en
Scholarship genre
en
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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