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Peer reviewedKenner, Roger; Richards, Griff – NALLD Journal, 1980
Describes a computer-assisted learning system that was developed for use by second language students and remedial English students. These students are provided free access to a wide variety of instructional materials via the computer terminals. The workings of the computer programs are described along with sample input-output exchanges.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Materials, Remedial Programs, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedLewellen, James R.; Nagy, Barbara Pashos – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Students can succeed in remedial programs if such programs are well-planned and systematic, say these writers, who offer some guidelines. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Instructional Materials, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedOlson, Myrna R. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979
Guidelines for working with remedial braille readers in the areas of attitude/motivation, mechanical skills, decoding skills, and comprehension are provided. Lists of suggestions are presented in each of the areas. (PHR)
Descriptors: Braille, Comprehension, Decoding (Reading), Motivation
Peer reviewedStallings, Jane A. – Educational Horizons, 1979
Reports a study of the teaching of basic reading skills in secondary schools. Through systematic observations of classrooms, several key variables were identified which related to reading gains measured by the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills. Several administrative practices important to successful remedial reading programs are also delineated.…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques
Bertch, Julie – 1984
In an effort to help basic skills students learn the skills they need to survive in college-level studies and remediate critical areas as quickly as possible, many community colleges have overlooked the value of other studies and the more general literacy that is essential to any education. By rushing to comply with students' utilitarian goals,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Needs
Download full textVenditti, Phillip N. – 1988
A perennial challenge for developmental educators is to upgrade students' skills over many years without losing their own sense of professional dedication and momentum. Two instructional techniques that can be of use to developmental educators in meeting this challenge are interactive errands and dialogue journals. These activities enable students…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Interpersonal Communication, Remedial Instruction
Peer reviewedJansson, Deborah R.; Schillereff, Theresa A. – Reading Teacher, 1980
Shows how child-centered activities, such as art, can spark reading interest with remedial readers. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedReading Teacher, 1980
Offers suggestions from five contributors regarding a calendar of reading activities related to bird observation, a way of involving parents in helping children with reading difficulties, formation of a special club for Title I children, an exercise in vocabulary development, and the value of using music to teach reading. (ET)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Music Activities
Stallworth-Clark, Rosemarie; And Others – 1996
This study investigates the combined effect of student characteristics and instructional method on at-risk college students' academic performance. It examines the relationship of student characteristics and instructional methods to the performance variables of students' grades in a mandatory reading/study course for reading-deficient students;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Koeppel, Mary Sue – 1983
The writing lab at a Florida two-year technical institute is designed to help students fulfill the writing requirements for their technical degree programs. In the lab, developmental students take composition courses that may be substituted for traditionally required composition courses in their programs. Some students take additional writing…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Program Descriptions
Martin, Margaret – 1982
Drawing from the experiences of the remedial/developmental program at Rockland Community College (RCC), this paper suggests a series of strategies for serving the educationally disadvantaged community college student amidst the economic and political pressures of the 1980s. Introductory comments identify the objectives for the development of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Ancillary School Services, College Faculty, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedBarrett, Mary T.; Graves, Michael F. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes a program designed to teach content area vocabulary that resulted in vocabulary growth and improved comprehension. (AEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Junior High School Students, Program Descriptions, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedDuke, Charles R. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1980
Advocates individualizing remedial writing courses at the college level and describes three programs that emphasize individual placement, focus on student writing rather than on workbook materials, and offer peer tutoring. (MKM)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedWhinnery, Keith W.; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1991
This study of 55 elementary-level general, special, and remedial education teachers found no intergroup differences in perceptions of the amount or quality of assistance available for mainstreamed students with mild handicaps, or in perceived effectiveness or overall acceptability of eight instructional strategies and 11 social behavior…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention
Keimig, Ruth Talbott – 1984
Successful college instruction programs have two features that are associated with increased grade point averages and retention: (1) they are comprehensive and meet student needs, and (2) they are better institutionalized into the academic mainstream of the college or university. Several program characteristics are crucial to learning improvement,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Instruction, College Students
