As pressure mounts to improve completion rates nationwide, community colleges know they have to reduce the number of students who test into developmental education. For most instructors, that means intervention. It means getting to students early and often and working to improve test scores so that students arrive on college campuses ready for the rigors […]
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Is Lack of Preparation to Blame for Poor Math-Placement Scores?
Thinker and prolific writer Malcolm Gladwell has long defended his “10,000-hour rule.” Essentially, the rule — made famous in Outliers, Gladwell’s 2008 best-selling book — posits that it takes 10,000 hours of dedicated practice for someone to master a craft to the best of his or her abilities. This could be any skill, from stone […]