After much debate an soul searching, I believe the best idea for my dissertation paper will the issues of retaining students who must take remedial math,
My Statement of Problem -
70% of the students that enter a community college are referred to remedial math classes. Of those students in remedial math, 30% will not complete the semester and will not return to college for the upcoming semester. I believe that community colleges can positively impact these numbers by having a self paced math program along with a caring, understanding faculty.
Ok good Cynthia, but you have more than one problem in your problem statement. Start your problem statement with "The problem to be addressed in this study is that..." and go into ONE problem you would like to focus on (either most students are in remedial math or there is a large percentage of students in remedial math that drop out. Try not to use numbers or percents in your problem statement since this is perfect data to support your problem (and therefore should go in the background and justification section). Can you post just your problem statement (a single sentence) so I can comment on it?
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