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THE PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF “LOW-ROUTER” STUDENTS IN DEVELOPMENTAL MATH
by
Dee Uwono Koike
____________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2010
Copyright 2010 Dee Uwono Koike
Object Description
| Title | The perceptions and attitudes of “low-router” students in developmental math |
| Author | Uwono Koike, Dee |
| Author email | deeuwono@gmail.com; deeuwono@hawaii.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-05-07 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-07-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Brewer, Dominic |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sundt, Melora Picus, Lawrence |
| Abstract | Although much national effort has been made to align the K-12 and higher education systems, the educational pipeline is still leaky at every stage. Furthermore, one of the on-going issues in the educational system is the lack of readiness of high school graduates for post-secondary education, especially for low income and minority students. As a result, there is a staggering number of students who enter college and are placed into non-credit-bearing, remedial courses. One of the goals set by the Department of Education (DOE) is to decrease the number of Hawaii high school graduates enrolled in remedial education.; This qualitative study adds to the body of literature by providing an increased understanding of “low-router” students‟ choice to enroll in remedial/developmental math versus college math at a community college by examining their perceptions and attitudes. Consequently, five distinctive themes emerged from this study. They were: 1) student characteristics, 2) path, 3) factors that explain “low-router” students‟ perceptions and attitudes, 4) “low-router” students‟ understanding of their situation and 5) constituents that supported or hindered “low-router” students‟ choice of math placement. As a result, this study provided several recommendations for high school and college administrators to improve current practices in order to support and encourage students to prepare for college, transition into college and decrease the number of high school graduates enrolled in remedial education. |
| Keyword | remedial/developmental math; community college; low-router students; perceptions and attitudes |
| Geographic subject (state) | Hawaii |
| Coverage date | 2005/2009 |
| 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 |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3182 |
| Rights | Uwono Koike, Dee |
| 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-Koike-3858 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Koike-3858.pdf |
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| Full text | THE PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF “LOW-ROUTER” STUDENTS IN DEVELOPMENTAL MATH by Dee Uwono Koike ____________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2010 Copyright 2010 Dee Uwono Koike |
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