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The Effects of Systematic Desensitization on Test-Anxious Students in an Urban Community College: Learning Theory and Applications.

Woods, Nathaniel A. – 1983

A study involving 97 students (79 females and 18 males) at New York City Technical College was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of desensitization in reducing test anxiety and improving grade point averages (GPAs). The study compared the GPAs of students who completed workshops using the desensitization hierarchy developed by R. Strieby…

Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Counseling

Effect of Developmental/Remedial Reading Program Participation on the Grade Point Average of Students with Reading Skills Deficiencies at Lakeshore Technical Institute.

Schrader, Marvin A. – 1984

In an effort to determine the effectiveness of Lakeshore Technical Institute's (LTI's) Developmental/Remedial Reading Program, a comparative analysis was made of the grade point averages (GPA's) of 20 students who participated in the program and 24 students identified as having reading skills deficiences who did not participate in the program.…

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Reading Programs, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average