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Reid, Mary Casey – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In this autoethnographically-infused natural history of discourse (NHD) (Silverstein and Urban, 1996; Slembrouck, 2001), I use methods from critical discourse studies (CDS) to trace 10 years of changes in "remediation" discourses within a corpus of texts associated with Missouri HB 1042, a piece of legislation passed in 2012 that…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs
Stone, Marion E., Ed.; Jacobs, Glen, Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
This monograph describes Supplemental Instruction, a student assistance program designed to improve the academic success of college freshmen based on the idea that if students are not being successful in courses then perhaps colleges should change the way courses are taught. Supplemental Instruction (SI) utilizes regularly scheduled, out-of-class,…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, College Freshmen, Success, Student Improvement
Barry, Janet – 1986
Presented are numerous ideas for workshop and in-service activities designed to involve parents as team members in the planning and implementation of the Chapter 1, Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) programs of Missouri schools. Also provided are suggestions for parents to use to enhance their children's cognitive skills in…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Glossaries, Guidelines, Home Study