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nondevelopmental

nondevelopmental

8.1
Not related to growth or progress
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒnˌdɪvɛlˈɒpməntəl/
translation icon : no relacionado con el crecimiento
  • Hispanic students were the majority of both groups (81.7% of developmental students; 76.9% of nondevelopmental students), but within the nondevelopmental group, there was a higher percentage of students of other ethnicities (10.7% vs. 2.8% of the developmental group).
  • nondevelopmental group
  • nondevelopmental students
  • Developmental and nondevelopmental

Examples

  • The achievement of developmental students, defined as those who were placed into, attended, and completed developmental English and who went on to complete a college-credit English course (either associate's or transfer level), was compared with the achievement of nondevelopmental students, those who did not place into developmental education but who completed an associate's or transfer-level English course.

    Academic text (2008)
  • More of the nondevelopmental students spoke English as a primary language (72.8% of nondevelopmental versus 45.9% of developmental students).

    Academic text (2008)
  • Frequencies for the developmental and nondevelopmental groups are shown in Table 3.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Descriptive Statistics for Developmental and Nondevelopmental Groups

    Academic text (2008)
  • In the developmental group, 67.9% were female, compared with 58.0% in the nondevelopmental group.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Students who placed into Levels 4 or 5 (associate's degree-level and college-transfer level, respectively) and completed a Level 4 or 5 course constituted the nondevelopmental group.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Binary logistic regressions were conducted to predict successful completion of the psychology course from developmental status (developmental vs. nondevelopmental).

    Academic text (2008)
  • Slightly less than three quarters (73.7%) of the sample used to answer the second research question successfully completed the psychology course, with rates of 69.7% and 76.3% for the developmental and nondevelopmental students, respectively.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Hispanic students were the majority of both groups (81.7% of developmental students; 76.9% of nondevelopmental students), but within the nondevelopmental group, there was a higher percentage of students of other ethnicities (10.7% vs. 2.8% of the developmental group).

    Academic text (2008)
  • The study focused on nondevelopmental factors that influence student performance, such as external motivation and study habits.

Surface Forms

nondevelopmental positive

Morphology

nondevelopmental = developmental (transparent) = non + develop + ment + al

Regular negation of the adjective 'developmental' by the productive prefix 'non-'.

Etymology

Nondevelopmental is made from non- 'not' and developmental from develop 'to grow or make progress', so it describes things that are not related to growth or development. That's why the word is used for concerns or factors that do not affect progress or development.