Learning Communities' Impact on Student Success in Developmental English

“The More Mistakes You Have the Better You Could Improve”: Two Students’ Interpretations of Pedagogy in Developmental and College English

“…Key themes of the developmental education literature suggest student success can be improved with centrally organized developmental education and mandatory enrollment (Boylan, 2002); limiting the amount of time students spend in developmental education (Bailey, Jaggars, & Jenkins, 2015;Bailey et al, 2010;Jaggars, Hodara, Cho, & Xu, 2015); providing wellcoordinated wrap-around academic services including academic success courses, mandatory tutoring, and advising (Bailey et al, 2015;Boylan, 2002;Perin, 2004;Perin & Charron, 2006); instituting formal learning communities (Barnes & Piland, 2013;Butler & Christofili, 2014;Malnarich, 2005;Raftery, 2005;Schnee, 2014;Smith, 2010); and providing robust professional development and support for faculty (Bailey et al, 2015;Boylan, 2002;Mellow, Woolis, KlagesBombich, & Restler, 2015).…”