National Center for Developmental Education 
"Must" Reading for Developmental Educators

    Ahrendt, K.  (1987).  Teaching the developmental education student.  New directions for community colleges source book.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass.

    Angelo, T. & Cross, K.  (1993).  Classroom assessment techniques:  A handbook for college teachers.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

    Boylan, H.  (1999).  Exploring alternatives to remediation.  Journal of Developmental Education, 22(3), 2-11.

    Breneman, D., & Haarlow, W.  (1998).  Remedial education: Costs and consequences.  Washington, DC:  Fordham Foundation.

    Breneman, D., & Haarlow, W.  (1998).  Remediation in higher education.  Washington, DC:  Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

    Caffarella, R.  (1994).  Planning programs for adult learners.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass.

    Casazza, M., & Silverman, S.  (1996).  Learning assistance and developmental education.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass.

    Chickering, A., & Reisser, L.  (1993).  Education and identity.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass.

    Commander, N.E., Stratton, C.B., Callahan, C.A., & Smith, B.D.  (1996).  A learning assistance model for expanding academic support.  Journal of Developmental Education, 20(2), 8-16.

    Cross, K.  (1976).  Accent on learning.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass

    Cross, K., & Angelo, T.  (1991).  Classroom assessment.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

    Gaither, G.  (1999, Winter).  Promising practices in recruitment, remediation, and retention.  New Directions in Higher Education, Number 108.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass.

    Grubb, W. N., & Associates.  (1999).  Honored but invisible:  An inside look at teaching in community colleges.  New York, NY:  Routledge.

    Higbee, J., & Dwinell, P.  (Eds.).  (1998).  Developmental education:  Preparing successful college students.  Columbia, SC:  National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. 

    Institute for Higher Education Policy.  (1998, December).  College remediation: What it is, what it costs, what’s at stake.  Washington, DC:  The Institute for Higher Education Policy.

    Keimig, R.  (1983).  Raising academic standards: A guide to learning improvement (ASHE/ERIC Research Report # 4).  Washington, DC:  Association for the Study of Higher Education.

    Kulik, J., & Kulik, C.  (1990).  Developmental instruction:  An analysis of the research.  Boone, NC:  National Center for Developmental Education.

    Lavin, D., & Hyllegard, L.  (1996).  Changing the odds:  Open admissions and the life changes of the disadvantaged.  New Haven, CT:  Yale University Press.

    Lowman, J.  (1996).  Mastering the techniques of teaching.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass.

    Maxwell, M.  (1997).  Improving student learning skills.  Clearwater, FL:  H & H Publishing.

    McCabe, R.  (2000).  No one to waste.  Washington, D.C.: Community College Press.

    McCabe, R., & Day, P.  (1998).  Developmental education:  A twenty first century social and economic imperative.  Mission Viejo, CA:  League for Innovation in the Community College and the College Board.

    Rose, M.  (1989).   Lives on the boundary:  The struggles and achievements of America's underprepared.  New York, NY:  Collier Macmillan.

    Roueche, J., & Roueche, S.  (1993).  Between a rock and a hard place.  Washington, DC:  Community College Press.

    Roueche, J., & Roueche, S.  (1993).  Remedial education:  High Stakes, high performance.  Washington, DC:  Community College Press.

    Roueche, J., & Snow, G.  (1977).  Overcoming learning problems.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass.

    Silverman, S., & Casazza, M.  (1999).  Learning and development:  Making connections to enhance teaching.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass.

    Smith, B.D., & Commander, N.E.  (1997).  Ideas in practice: Observing academic behaviors for tacit intelligence.  Journal of Developmental Education, 21(1), 30-36.

    Stahl, N., Simpson, M., & Hayes, C.  (1992).  Ten recommendations from research for teaching high- risk college students.  Journal of Developmental Education, 16(1), 2-10.

    Tinto, V.  (1997).  Classrooms a communities:  Exploring the educational character of student persistence.  Journal of Higher Education, 68(6), 599-623.

    Tinto, V.  (1986).  Leaving college:  Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition.  Chicago, IL:  University of Chicago Press.

Prepared by the National Center for Developmental Education
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
January, 1998, Revised 3/1/00