Double jeopardy: Testing the effects of multiple basic skill deficiencies on successful remediation

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 695-725

  Bahr, Peter Riley ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic skills; Community college; Developmental education; English; Mathematics; Remedial education; Remediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250799690     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-006-9047-y     Document Type: Article

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