Author : William Maxwell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Book Synopsis Fragmentary Cohorts, Full Cohorts, and the Placement by : William Maxwell
Download or read book Fragmentary Cohorts, Full Cohorts, and the Placement written by William Maxwell and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper is an exploratory description of remedial coursetaking over several semesters. In attempting to characterize the introductory course classrooms of urban community colleges, it proposes a distinction between fragmentary and full cohorts. Also proposed is a concept little examined in community colleges, the placement/course level match, the match between placement testing and the level of subsequent remedial course-taking. Despite whatever assessment is stipulated by placement testing, community college students are somewhat free to exercise their choices as to whether they enter a remedial course at the assessed level, or enter another course at a higher or lower lever. This paper is a longitudinal study of the coursetaking paths taken in remedial mathematics courses after placement testing of students.