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Watson, Arden K. – 1987
The developmental college student, distinguished by lower than average academic scores, may also experience the inhibiting fear of communication, speech anxiety. Students who are both developmental and communication apprehensive lack confidence in their personal academic abilities, and thus develop poor attitudes toward learning and low academic…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Skills
Download full textNew Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1992
This information booklet for parents answers some of the questions parents often ask about their children's participation in basic skills improvement programs. It suggests ways in which parents can support and reinforce the school's role and offers suggestions for parent involvement and ideas for at-home activities to support skill development.…
Descriptors: Activities, Basic Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Compensatory Education
Zimmermann, Jacquelyn, Ed. – 1993
This consumer guide describes what the James Comer School Development Program is, how it got started, and its goals and principles; and presents an evaluation of its success. The program, which was started 25 years ago by a child psychiatrist (James Comer), is designed to improve the educational experience of poor minority youth. It works on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Wilkie, Carolyn, Ed. – 1996
This publication contains seven peer-reviewed papers from a conference on college developmental education with the theme of student success. The papers are: (1) "Reversing the Academic Probation Dilemma" by John Foreman and Nancy Ann Rossi on programming for students on academic probation; (2) "Reading and Writing: Tools for Problem…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Class Activities
Pritchard, May Long; And Others – 1984
Basic principles for the establishment of a comprehensive youth education and employment system are offered in this guide, with particular focus on those youth who are at greatest risk of becoming or remaining chronically unemployed. Drawing on the knowledge generated by research and operational experience over the past decade, the guide proposes…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, High Risk Persons
Faulkner, Ann B.; And Others – 1993
This guide is designed to offer interesting, authentic practice in reading college-level technical textbooks and periodical articles. The book contains actual reading assignments and strategies to help students improve comprehension and to develop metacognitive insight into their own reading processes. The guide is presented in three levels, each…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Compensatory Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Ramaswami, Soundaram – 1994
This evaluation assesses the impact of New Jersey's Reading Recovery program on first-grade students in the Newark School District. The report presents results from two cohorts and is divided into two main sections. Section 1 deals with the achievement of the students from the 1991-1992 academic year. Their performance at the end of first grade in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education
Ridley, Peg – 1982
Management of the California Demonstration Program in Reading, a project designed to give educationally disadvantaged students at the junior high and middle school level a second chance to learn basic reading and math skills, is described. Material is divided into 18 sections covering program goals, instructional strategies, personnel,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Environment, Compensatory Education, Educational Needs
