Dolores Perin|Jodi Patrick Holschuh
Teaching Academically Underprepared Postsecondary Students
Columbia University
25 38 secondary education graduates united states proficient readers writers many continue postsecondary education take developmental education courses designed help improve basic academic skills however outcomes poor population one problem may approaches teaching need change chapter discusses approaches teaching academically underprepared postsecondary students teaching might changed improve student outcomes wide variety approaches reported literature including teaching discrete skills providing strategy instruction incorporating new multiple literacies employing disciplinary contextualized approaches using digital technology integrating reading writing instruction however field yet develop clear theoretical framework body literature pointing teaching area might improve based reading literature recommend directions future research could inform changes teaching underprepared students postsecondary level