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THE IMPACT OF REMEDIAL MATHEMATICS ON THE SUCCESS OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO MALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS
by
Kaneesha K. Miller
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2006
Copyright 2006 Kaneesha Miller
Object Description
| Title | The impact of remedial mathematics on the success of African American and Latino male community college students |
| Author | Miller, Kaneesha K. |
| Author email | kkmiller@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-05-04 |
| Date submitted | 2006 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2006-09-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Maxwell, William E. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rideout, William M., Jr. Prather, George M. |
| Abstract | This study examined course taking patterns in remedial mathematics and their possible impact on the success of first-time African American and Latino male community college students in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). The questions that this study answered focused around student background characteristics and performance in remedial mathematics. This study's independent variables were ethnicity, age, course load, level of remedial math and time of entry into remedial mathematics courses. Remedial mathematics courses represented those courses below the designated community college level course and were analyzed by levels. These independent variables were paired with the dependent variable of student success, which was measured in terms of grade point average (GPA) and course completion rates. The study utilized academic integration as first discussed in Tinto's Student Departure theory and hypothesized that student characteristics and student success was correlated with course-taking patterns in remedial mathematics. Data utilized were from the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) dataset.; The study found that remedial mathematics courses impact the success of African American and Latino male community college students. The four hypotheses addressed were partially supported by the data. Older students were more successful in remedial mathematics than younger cohorts in terms of GPA and course completion rates. Full-time students also had higher success rates in remedial math than part-time students. Both findings supported Tinto's original hypotheses regarding age and course load. This study also found a high correlation between performance in college-level mathematic courses following successful completion of remedial mathematics courses. Additionally, delayed entry in remedial mathematics past the first semester led to higher overall GPA's and course completion rates. The implications of this study were that the majority of first-time African American and Latino male community college students are not progressing through the remedial mathematics sequence; however the likelihood of success in college level math courses is correlated with successful completion of remedial mathematics courses. Student age and the timing of enrolling in the remedial mathematics course were found to be significant factors. Therefore, students should be required to complete remediation; but encouraged to delay enrollment past the first semester. |
| Keyword | remedial mathematics; males |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m53 |
| Rights | Miller, Kaneesha K. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Miller-20060928 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-Miller-20060928.pdf |
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| Full text | THE IMPACT OF REMEDIAL MATHEMATICS ON THE SUCCESS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO MALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS by Kaneesha K. Miller A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2006 Copyright 2006 Kaneesha Miller |
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