ERIC ED376784: Statewide Survey of Developmental Education in Pennsylvania. Trends in Developmental Education: Research and Practice. Monograph #1.

63 Pages·1994·0.87 MB·English

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ED 376 784
AUTHOR Wilkie, Carolyn; Foreman, John, Ed.
Statewide Survey of Developmental Education in
TITLE
Pennsylvania. Trends in Developmental Education:
Research and Practice. Monograph #1.
Pennsylvania Association of Developmental
INSTITUTION
Educators.
PUB DATE
94
NOTE
63p.
PUB TYPE
Research/Technical (143)
Reports
Tests /Evaluation Instruments (160)
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DESCRIPTORS
*College Instruction; College Students;
*Developmental Programs; Higher Education;
*Institutional Research; Learning Disabilities;
Limited English Speaking; Private Colleges; *Remedial
Instruction; Remedial Programs; Special Needs
Students; State Colleges; Surveys; Tutorial Programs;
Two Year Colleges
*Pennsylvania
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
A state-wide survey of Pennsylvania colleges sought
to document the developmental education programming and remedial
services these institutions offer their students. A 100-item
questionnaire was sent to all 189 institutions that award
undergraduate degrees and certifications. Eighty institutions
(1) most institutions
responded. Findings include the following:
offered assistance in writing, math, reading, and study skills and
(2) other common programming included
less frequently in science;
freshman seminar classes, summer or pre-college programs, special
advising/counseling services, placement testing, and campus-wide
(3) colleges especially targeted special
tutoring programs;
admissions students, learning disabled, and
(4) the highest
English-as-a-Second-Language students fr.r services;
participation rate was for writing help followed by help with math,
(5) 64 percent of programming was offered
reading, and study skills;
through a decentralized structure though a centralized structure was
(6) 89 percent of responding
more typical in the 2-year institutions;
institutions conducted evaluations of their developmental education
services on a regular basis using multiple variables; and (7) the
most common primary operational definition of developmental education
programming was a remedial one though developmental definitions were
also common. Appendixes contain the survey and its cover letter.
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STATEWIDE SURVEY
OF DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION
IN PENNSYLVANIA
(MONOGRAPH #1)
PADE MONOGRAPH SERIES:
Trends in Developmental Education:
Research and Practice
CAROLYN WILKIE, Author
JOHN FOREMAN, Editor
1994
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unnumbered
List of Tables
Unnumbered
Introduction
41
Unnumbered
Summary/Abstract
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Report
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What is PADE*
III
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of the Current Research?
What are the Purposes
3
Organized?
How is this Monograph
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for the PADE Survey?
What Methodology was Used
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Questionnaire
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Survey Population .
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about Developmental
What Do the Results Show
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II
Education in Pennsylvania?
II
5
Response Rate
'Developmental
Operational Definitions of
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Education' Used in PA
40
Formats and
Traditional Academic Programming,
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in PA
Types of Credits Offered
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11
in Pennsylvania
Other DE Programming Common
Programming per
Types and Patterns of DE
12
Institution Type
110
Graduating
Which DE Courses Tend to Carry
14
Credit?
Institutional
Which DE Courses Tend to Carry
15
Credit?
15
Services
Students Targeted for DE
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Services .
Primary Referral Sources for DE
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Tabls of Contents, cont.
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Participation Rates among First-Year Students
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Can We Expect a Change in the Numbers of
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Developmental Education Students?
21
Administration of PA's DE Programs
of DE
Differences in the Administration
23
Services by Institution Type
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Funding for DE Services
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24
Staffing Patterns Common in DE .3rograms
Experiential Requirements for DE Faculty and
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25
Counselors/Training & Inservice
26
Longevity of DE Programs and Services
41
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Evaluation of DE Programs and Services
. . .
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What Conclusions Can be Drawn from the PADE
28
Statewide Survey'
Recommendations for Future Action & Research
30
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
40
Appendix C
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LIST OF TABLES
110
Operational Definitions of "Developmental Education"
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1:
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Percentage of Schools (US & PA) Offering Formal Courses
2:
per Programming Component
8
Type of Credit Offered for Developmental Education
3:
Services (US & PA)
9
Primary Sources of Referral to DE Services by
4:
11
Institution Type
18
Freshman Participation Rates in DE Academic Programming
5:
in PA
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Percentage of Schools Offering Reading, Writing, and
6:
Pennsylvania &
Math Services via Academic Departments:
22
National Data
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INTRODUCTION
JOHN FOREMAN, EDITOR
As former President of PADE, an active PADE member, and a
seasoned developmental educator, it is my pleasure to act as
Editor of this premier publication in our new monograph series,
"Trends in Developmental Education:
Research and Practice,"
published by the
Pennsylvania Association of Developmental
Educators (PADE).
This monograph series is intended to provide a publication
outlet for research that is of a pilot nature or which is of
particular
significance
developmental
Pennsylvania's
to
education programs.
Some of the publications in this series may
be studies of the magnitude of this initial report, "Statewide
Survey of Developmental Education."
Others may be a series of
shorter reports centering on specific issues of importance to
developmental educators with a variety of job functions
counselors, administrators, tutors, and/or instructors.
Still
series may focus on issues
in this
other publications
of
importance throughout the state, such as program evaluation
or
funding.
by Carolyn
This first monograph, conducted and authored
faculty member with
experience
years
Wilkie,
in
of
20
a
developmental education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
reports the results of a survey of developmental education
The report provides us
programming throughout Pennsylvania.
with valuable information about many aspects (1f our programming,
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Introduction
the extent to which
such as the types of services offered,
41
credit is awarded for courses, staffing patterns, organizational
operational definitions
"developmental
and
of
structure,
education."
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This monograph would not have been possible without the
guiding efforts and support of the PADE Board of Directors, the
cooperation of the institutions that responded to the survey,
41
especially thank for their
and the Review Board,
which
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intensive work on this project.
Current members of the PADE Monograph Review Board are:
* Ms. Maureen Stradley, current PADE President and
developmental education professor at the Community
College of Allegheny County;
President and
PADE
former
Louis
Tripodi,
Dr.
*
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University
Clarion
of
educator
developmental
at
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Pennsylvania;
* Dr. Sally Lipsky, a former member of and contributor
to PADE's Newsletter Committee and a developmental
educator at Indiana University of Pennsylvania;
41
member of PADE's Board of
Bruce Skolnick,
* Mr.
Directors, co-chair of the Membership Committee, and
a developmental educator at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania;
Political
NADE/PADE
current
Saroff,
Joan
Ms.
*
current
and
President,
PADE
former
Liaison,
developmental education professor at the Community
College of Allegheny County; and,
* Mr. John Foreman, former PADE president and Director
of the Act 101 Program at Shippensburg University of
Pennsylvania.
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Introduction
the
I hope that this new publication series is of value to
nationally.
PADE membership as well as to developmental educators
and/or
invite your submission of ideas for future monographs
I
papers.
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