ANALYSIS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENTAL ENGLISH January 2014

Introduction/Course Description Highlights from Dr. Hunter Boylan’s Address at Cameron University September 26, 2013 Oklahoma Association for Developmental Education

Everything You Do Is Part of the Curriculum I. Students learn from their environment. A. Students learn from their interactions with others and the environment. 1. Accept students where they are and move them as far as they can go. 2. Do not make judgmental comments.

Everything You Do Is Part of the Curriculum B. Everything people do in the environment that students interact with teaches them something. 1. Assume that all students have the potential for growth and development. a. Growth is acquiring knowledge. b. Developmental is using the knowledge.

Everything You Do Is Part of the Curriculum 2. We must impress on students the need to transfer knowledge to new learning situations. a. Students must become aware that they are learning. b. Encourage students to gradually accept responsibility for their own learning.

Everything You Do Is Part of the Curriculum C. If we want students to succeed, everything they interact with should contribute to success. 1. Developmental education is the integration of courses and support services governed by the principles of adult learning and development.

Scores for Developmental Reading Out of 35 tests given: 11.4% were A’s 48.5% were B’s 20% were C’s 11.4% were D’s 8.5% were F’s RESULTS

Scores for Fundamentals of English Out of 49 tests given: 42.8% were A’s 34.6% were B’s 18.3% were C’s 4% were D’s 0% were F’s RESULTS