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.
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.
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Date
Pages
1-48
Publisher
Community College Research Center
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Other
Open access/full-text available
Yes
Peer reviewed
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.
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6
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