Improving techniques for Texas Academic Skills Program mastery : administering developmental reading and writing programs of Lamar University at Orange /
The purpose of this naturalistic study was to determine
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this naturalistic study was to determine characteristics of developmental students who passed the reading and writing portions of the Texas Academic Skills Program Test; then to restructure the curriculum at Lamar University at Orange to cultivate these characteristics in more students. Stratified random sampling was used, dividing the population into four subgroups; then ensuring representation by taking a stratified random sample from each sub-group. A total of 32 subjects was chosen, with eight from the four sub- groups. The following research questions focused the study: 1. Which characteristics vary between developmental students who pass the reading and/or writing portion of the TASP Test and those who do not pass? 2. Which common characteristics of developmental students can be altered to improve their reading and/or writing, and which cannot? 3. Which specific methods used in developmental classes can be incorporated into the developmental peer- tutoring program to improve mastery of TASP reading and/or writing? 4. Which specific methods used in the developmental peer-tutoring classes can be incorporated into the developmental classes to improve mastery of TASP reading and/or writing? Dominant themes revealed throughout this study were problems of math anxiety, problems of finances and transportation, benefits of self responsibility, benefits of goal clarification, benefits of time management, and importance of the affective mode in all instructional settings. Overall, the strongest findings concerned students' inertia at registering for the TASP Test because of forgetfulness and/or math anxiety. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Educational Administration". |
| Physical Description: | viii, 254 leaves ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |