The primary purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the performance of black students who completed courses in developmental services with black students who chose to bypass developmental services at Seminole Community College from 1977 through 1980. The developmental services program at Seminole Community College was chosen because it had many of the same characteristics of a successful program as described by Roueche and Kirk (1973). Thus, a second purpose of this study was concerned with the validation of Roueche's and Kirk's model for successful developmental service programs. / The population for this study consisted of 681 students, 234 who completed developmental services and enrolled in college English and Algebra (experimental group) and 447 who chose to bypass developmental services and enrolled directly into college English and Algebra (control group). / Twenty-nine comparisons between various aspects of academic performance of the two groups were made. The vast majority (22 of 29) of the comparisons revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the performances of the two groups. Five of the comparisons indicated better academic performance by the control group and two of the comparisons indicated better performance by the experimental group. / If the findings in this study are generalized to programs similar to the one observed, one might conclude that programs designed to the criteria suggested by Roueche and Kirk may not improve the academic performance of black students who complete the programs. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-11, Section: A, page: 3259. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75219 |
| Contributors | PARKER, LAWRENCE ALEXANDER., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 127 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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