Desperate to Achieve: Understanding the Lives, Struggles, and Motivations of Community College Students Assigned to Developmental Classes
By Jason VanOra
LC 2014002705, CIP
ISBN-10: 0-404-61681-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-404-61681-6
Cloth
$76.80
AMS Studies in Education, No. 11
1. Developmental Students in Community College: The Issues at Hand
2. “I Have so Many Things to Do I Am Literally Going Crazy”: Academic Struggles
3. “I Was Pregnant and There Was No Running Water and No Food”: Trauma and Hardship
4. “College is Giving Me a Chance to Live”: Motivations and Love of Learning
5. “We’re Going to Get Together and Just Going to Practice and Practice”: The Role of Others
6. “I’ve Learned That It’s OK to Fail”: Student Wisdoms
7. Implications for Teaching, Learning, and the Academy
Appendix A: Sample Placement Exam Questions
Appendix B: Methodology
Appendix C Demographics and Remediation Histories
References
Index