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One of the most problematic issues facing community colleges is developmental education. In the last decade, more research has been conducted examining developmental education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of developmental math in a rural community college setting. Is developmental math an effective intervention? This study consisted of first time college students who took the COMPASS placement exam and scored 18-48. Students who scored 18-33 were placed in Math 098 (N=241) and received the developmental intervention. Math 098 is a semester-long course designed to prepare students for college-level math coursework, and it served as the intervention. Students who scored 34-48 were placed in Math 100 (N=469) and did not receive the developmental intervention. Because this represents a bandwidth close to a cut-score, these 2 groups are viewed as equivalent (Trochim, 2008). The initial intent of the study was to implement a regression-discontinuity design, but this failed to meet two necessary conditions. The researcher then executed an ANOVA, a series of chi-square goodnes-ofit procedures, and 2 binary logistic regressions in order to determine if any significant differences and/or relationship existed between treatment and control groups. Data were collected for this retrospective, quantitative research study from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at the selected site. The selected site represents a medium-sized, rural community college located in the South. The findings in this study illustrate that those students who received the develomental intervention reported a statistically significant higher cummulative college GPAs than those who did not. The findings also illustrated that a statistically significant difference existed in regards to grades. Therefore, there was a statistically significant difference in grade distribution between both groups. When withdrawals and grades were evaluated together, no statistically significant distribution was observed. Two binary logisitic regressions were also conducted. No relationships were statistically significant between groups regarding Math 100 pass/fail rates or Math 100 completion rates. The researcher concluded that the findings suggest that Math 098 is an effective treatment for student achievement. The researcher recommended execution of more studies that replicate this model and examine rural populations.

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This multiple case study investigated impact and perceptions of students enrolled in the Watson Digital Bridge Academy Foundation Course at Cabrillo College in Watsonville, California. The Watsonville Digital Bridge Academy is an innovative community college program that integrates four theoretical frameworks in student learning: self-efficacy, accelerated learning, team management, and developing a desire for learning. Students identified three crucial components of the Foundation Course as impacting their success in and desire to continue college. First, students believed the self-assessment of their team networking skills was useful during and after the Foundation Course. As part of identifying their own team interaction style, students also reported they learned to understand and appreciate differences in others. Second, students believed the Learning-to-Learn skills made them more efficient learners, able to take notes and engage with texts. Students were amazed that they had read and written so extensively, and felt they could approach other college assignments with new skills. Third, students were energized by the social research project that required them to gather data from community sources, facilitate group discussions and speak in front of others. While each of these components resulted in important skills, the combination had a remarkable impact on these students' beliefs about themselves. Students described themselves as more self-confident, more aware of their own strengths and weakness, more capable of academic success because of their reading comprehension and note-taking skills, and more motivated to continue their education. This case study confirmed much of the literature about the importance of learning to manage teamwork and applying these skills to real-life community projects. Community colleges play a large role in helping at-risk students achieve economic and social advantages. The key to student success is to ensure that for high-risk students, the transition into a college learning environment is both challenging, as well as a safe and comfortable environment. The Watsonville Digital Bridge Academy Foundation Course presents a unique model designed to help students make a seamless transition into the college environment with the goal of teaching students essential academic skills to become successful in college.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:44:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JUSSARA RESENDE COSTA SANTOS.pdf: 2070530 bytes, checksum: 3e2b3bfc0e67b8f828517d2da831e764 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-28 / This research had as general theme issues of planning and development of continuing education related to teachers training concepts to promote qualitative changes in the teaching and learning. The research consisted of conducting didactic-formative experiment during one semester in a class of 3rd year of primary school, which was put into practice teaching plans based on principles of culturalhistorical theory and teaching of developmental theory. Were also research activities of diagnosis objects of literacy teachers practices prevailing in school and conducting a course for literacy school teachers, previously planned depending on the experiment. Interest in the subject arose from the need for decision-making in the real context of a school, on which continued training activities of teachers would be more effective to promote qualitative changes in their work, with repercussions on modes of appropriation in the formation of concepts. The subjects were eleven literacy teachers of a school private school system of a city in the state of Minas Gerais and one of those teachers who was seen in his performance in the classroom. The research was conducted in three stages: a) diagnosis of the practices of two teachers in two classes, one of the 1st year and 2nd year another; b) completion of the continuing education course to a group of teachers; c) supervising the work of a participating teacher of the course in a 3rd class year, through didactic-formative experiment, aiming to observe changes in their practices. Data were collected through observations and footage of all course lectures and training classes developed by the teacher, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. After analyzing the data, and found some limitations in the research process, some results were extracted relevant: a) an initial diagnosis of the difficulties of teachers, made with their own participation, enables more actions focused on training needs; b) the training course with the teachers towards interventions in the formation of mental actions of the teachers has proved effective in promoting qualitative changes at work; c) the experiment was effective in the professional development of the teacher and the development of mental processes of children, acting also positively on the personal and professional development of other researchers involved. / Esta pesquisa teve como tema geral questões do planejamento e desenvolvimento de formação continuada de professores relacionadas a formação de conceitos para promover mudanças qualitativas no processo ensino e aprendizagem. A investigação consistiu da realização de experimento didáticoformativo durante um semestre letivo numa classe de 3º ano do ensino fundamental, em que foi posta em prática planos de ensino com base em princípios da teoria histórico-cultural e da teoria do ensino desenvolvimental. Foram, também, objetos de investigação atividades de diagnóstico das práticas de professores alfabetizadores vigentes na escola e a realização de um curso para os professores alfabetizadores da escola, planejados previamente em função da realização do experimento. O interesse pelo tema decorreu da necessidade de tomada de decisões, no contexto real de uma escola, sobre quais ações de formação continuada de professores seriam mais eficazes para promover mudanças qualitativas no seu trabalho, com repercussão nos modos de apropriação na formação de conceitos. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram onze professoras alfabetizadoras de uma escola da rede privada de ensino de uma cidade do interior do Estado de Minas Gerais e uma dessas professoras, que foi observada em sua atuação em sala de aula. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em três etapas: a) diagnóstico das práticas de duas professoras em duas turmas, uma do 1º ano e outra do 2º ano; b) realização do curso de formação continuada ao grupo de professoras; c) acompanhamento do trabalho de uma professora participante do curso numa turma de 3º ano, por meio de experimento didáticoformativo, visando observar mudanças em suas práticas. Os dados foram coletados por meio de observações e filmagens de todas as aulas do curso de formação e das aulas desenvolvidas pela professora, de entrevistas semiestruturadas e questionários. Após a análise dos dados, e consideradas algumas limitações no processo da pesquisa, foram extraídos alguns relevantes resultados: a) um diagnóstico inicial das dificuldades dos professores, feito com sua própria participação, possibilita ações mais focadas nas necessidades formativas; b) o curso de formação com as professoras no sentido de intervenções na formação de ações mentais das professoras revelou-se eficaz na promoção de mudanças qualitativas no trabalho; c) o experimento mostrou-se eficaz no aprimoramento profissional da professora e no desenvolvimento dos processos psíquicos das crianças, atuando, também, positivamente, no desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional dos demais pesquisadores envolvidos.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:45:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MARCIO LEITE DE BESSA.pdf: 4565646 bytes, checksum: 71be3818ddbcc36d4bb1c64586513203 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-20 / The pivotal issue that we sought to clarify was how the organization of the geometry academic curriculum, founded on Davydovs Theory of Developmental Education, could help graduate students of Education formulate the concepts of area and perimeter. Research began with a diagnostic assessment, which revealed a lack ofdomain in students who are beginning the pedagogical program graduation centered on the basic operations of mathematics, specifically focusing on geometry. Beginning with the students shortcomings in the formulation of mathematical concepts, we sought to clarify the following questions: With the teaching of instrumental mathematics based on the theory of Developmental Education,what are the possible effects in the students quality of learning? Could thisteaching foster an environmentof intellectual development in students through learning the basic concepts of geometry, such as perimeter and area? What contradictions involve the practical realization of Developmental Education, in the context of a graduate degree in Pedagogy? What kind of interpretation and evaluation did students use from their learning about perimeter and area, on this alternative for organizing the teaching of mathematics? Therefore, the study aimed to: analyze the contributions of the Davydovs theory of Developmental Education to the organization of geometry and its practical application, in view of the learning of the perimeter and area concepts for students in the first semester of the Pedagogy program. The field study involved a thirty-six-student class in the pedagogy course and a teacher, with whom we developed a formative educational experiment. The investigation consisted of bibliographic and field research. The literature review spanned the periods from 2005 to 2014, focusing on the learning and training of these concepts. Data collection involved questionnaires, reports of the subjects, interviews, and audio and video recordings. The teaching experiment was conducted in eight (8) h(a) for ninety (90) minutes each between February and June 2014. The didactic experiment followed the basic premises of Davydov. In the data analysis, Bogdan & Biklen (1994) guidelines to the categorization and systematization of data were adopted. The data analysis revealed that this studys main contribution was to provide an alternative way of organizing mathematics teaching, considering that the experiment exhibitedthat on average, 85% (eighty five percent) of students demonstrated qualitative changes in the way thinking about the concept of perimeter and 72% (seventy two percent) about the concept of area. / O problema central que se buscou esclarecer foi o de que a organização do conteúdo escolar de Geometria, fundamentada na Teoria do Ensino Desenvolvimental de Davydov, pode ajudar os estudantes do curso de Pedagogia a formar os conceitos de Perímetro e Área. A pesquisa foi iniciada com uma avaliação diagnóstica a qual revelou a falta de domínio de estudantes que ingressam no curso de Pedagogia das operações elementares da Matemática, especificamente dos conteúdos de Geometria. Partindo-se das dificuldades dos estudantes na formação de conceitos matemáticos, buscamos esclarecer as questões: Que repercussões teriam, na qualidade da aprendizagem dos estudantes em Pedagogia, o ensino de Matemática Instrumental fundamentado na Teoria do Ensino Desenvolvimental? Esse ensino pode propiciar condições para o desenvolvimento intelectual dos estudantes por meio da aprendizagem dos conceitos básicos da geometria como Perímetro e Área? Que contradições envolvem a realização prática do Ensino Desenvolvimental no contexto de um curso de graduação em Pedagogia? Que leitura e avaliação os estudantes fazem de sua aprendizagem dos conteúdos de Perímetro e Área sobre essa alternativa para organização do ensino de Matemática? Desse modo, a pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar as contribuições da teoria do Ensino Desenvolvimental de Davydov para a organização dos conteúdos de Geometria e sua aplicação prática, tendo em vista a aprendizagem dos conceitos de Perímetro e Área, por estudantes do primeiro período do curso de Pedagogia. A pesquisa de campo envolveu uma turma do curso de Pedagogia com 36 (trinta e seis) estudantes e 1 (um) professor com os quais foi desenvolvido um experimento didático formativo. A investigação constou de pesquisa bibliográfica e pesquisa de campo. A pesquisa bibliográfica abrangeu o período de 2005 a 2014, com foco na aprendizagem e na formação desses conceitos. A coleta de dados envolveu aplicação de questionários, relatos dos sujeitos, entrevistas e gravações em áudio e vídeo. O experimento didático foi realizado em 8 (oito) h(a) de 90 (noventa) minutos cada, no período de fevereiro a junho de 2014 e seguiu as premissas básicas de Davydov (1988). Na análise dos dados, foram adotadas as orientações de Bogdan & Biklen (1994) para a categorização e sistematização dos dados. A análise dos dados revelou que a principal contribuição desta pesquisa consistiu em mostrar um caminho alternativo de organização do ensino de Matemática, haja vista que o experimento permitiu verificar que, em média, 85,0% (oitenta e cinco por cento) dos estudantes demonstraram mudanças qualitativas no modo de pensar Matemática o conceito de Perímetro e 72,0% (setenta e dois por cento), o conceito de Área.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:52:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 THALITTA FERNANDES DE CARVALHO PERES.pdf: 6549969 bytes, checksum: 4d5738599189441a4843816f3efc080b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-09-29 / Mathematics is a discipline characterized by a slow learning curve, the students considering it difficult to learn its concepts. For example the teaching of spatial geometry has been distinguished by its abandonment in the classroom. This paper aims at identifying contributions and challenges of teaching spatial geometry, with an arrangement based on the theory of developmental education. What is questioned is: given the concrete conditions, how should one develop education for students in order to form the concept of spatial geometry? Moreover: What sociocultural factors are present affecting the learning of spatial geometry? How do students perceive this type of organization providing education? Does the teacher perceives it as its activity, to teach content based on this type of organization of teaching? And what is the teacher opinion of this form of education? The research was mainly based on the theories of Vygotsky and Davydov, the specific aims being: Identify and analyze the relationships between students and mathematics and with the spatial geometry a day to day basis - identify and analyze the socio-cultural factors in the specific context of school and classroom, that affect learning spatial geometry - consider the opinion of students and teacher, concerning this way of organizing the teaching of spatial geometry. For both, a qualitative study, consisting of a teaching experiment based on the assumptions of Davydov, has been carried out. Data were collected through observations, using semi-structured instruments for diagnostic assessments. The research subjects were math teacher and 28 students in a class of 2nd year of a public high school. Data analysis revealed the following results: motivation of students during the teaching experiment, enhanced knowledge of the contents after the historical logic analysis, a new alternative for providing education to the research subjects, the concept formation of the majority of students, improvement in participation of some students, not even reaching the theoretical thinking, due to various socio-cultural factors, the teaching experiment showed evidence of qualitative changes in teacher performance. It is believed that the main contribution of this research was to show an alternative way of organizing the teaching of mathematics, particularly the teaching of the concept of volume of geometric solids. It is believed that even with the difficulties and contradictions in public school and the children's school life, it is possible to organize an education grounded on the theory of developmental education and contribute to the formation of theoretical thinking in most students. / A matemática é uma disciplina marcada pelo baixo desempenho na aprendizagem, cujos conceitos são considerados difíceis de aprender. E o ensino de geometria espacial tem sido abalizado por seu abandono nas salas de aula. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo geral identificar as contribuições e os desafios de se ensinar geometria espacial organizado, com base na teoria do ensino desenvolvimental. O que se questiona é: dadas as condições concretas, como se desenvolve o ensino para que os alunos formem o conceito de geometria espacial? E ainda: Que fatores socioculturais se apresentam afetando a aprendizagem da geometria espacial? De que modo os alunos percebem este tipo de organização de ensino? E o professor, como percebe sua atividade de ensinar um conteúdo com base nesse tipo de organização do ensino, e qual seria sua visão sobre essa forma de ensino? A pesquisa fundamentando-se principalmente nas teorias de Vygotsky e Davydov. Os objetivos específicos da pesquisa foram: - identificar e analisar as relações dos alunos com a matemática e com a geometria espacial, em sua vida cotidiana; - identificar e analisar os fatores socioculturais no contexto concreto da escola e da sala de aula que interferem na aprendizagem de geometria espacial; - analisar a visão dos alunos e do professor acerca desse modo de organização do ensino de geometria espacial. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa que consistiu num experimento de ensino baseado nos pressupostos de Davydov. Os dados foram coletados por meio de observações, entrevistas semi-estruturadas, instrumentos de avaliações diagnósticas. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram o professor de matemática e os 28 alunos de uma turma de 2º ano do ensino médio, de uma escola pública. A análise dos dados revelou os seguintes resultados: Motivação dos alunos durante o ensino experimental; conhecimento intensificado do conteúdo após a análise lógica histórica; uma nova alternativa de organização de ensino aos sujeitos da pesquisa; a formação de conceitos da maioria dos alunos; melhora na participação de alguns alunos, mesmo não atingindo o pensamento teórico, devido a diversos fatores socioculturais; o experimento de ensino mostrou indícios de mudanças qualitativas na atuação do professor. Acredita-se que a principal contribuição desta pesquisa consistiu em mostrar um caminho alternativo de organização do ensino de matemática, particularmente o ensino do conceito de volume de sólidos geométricos. Acredita-se que mesmo com as dificuldades e contradições presentes na escola pública e na vida escolar dos alunos, é possível realizar o ensino embasado na teoria do ensino desenvolvimental e contribuir para a formação do pensamento teórico da maioria dos alunos.