This morning is Hunter Boylan talking about the background and scope of developmental education, and this afternoon is Dr. Ed Morante talking about assessment and placement. I'm hoping Hunter talks a bit about student development and its relationship with remediation. I was talking with someone the other day, trying to figure out the big Venn diagram of it all. There are students who never learned it; there are students who need to relearn it; and there are students who are going to do poorly despite knowing quite a bit. All three need development, but if you try to remediate the third one, it'll go poorly. And maybe some in the first two categories only need slight development whereas some need a significant amount.
Off to breakfast and class. Breakfast is in the Orwellian sounding Central Dining Hall, which is actually quite nicer than it sounds. It's a quarter mile or so walk - down a hill, though a tunnel, up some stairs, and between the student union and gym. Classroom doors open at 8:30, coffee and tea 'til nine.
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