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Bartlett, Joan C.; Moore, Janet R. – 1985
In this report about reading and study skills laboratories in colleges and universities, the importance of considering the differing needs of each institution and knowing what has been successful in different situations is stressed. The report presents descriptions of five developmental skills laboratories, representing an urban community college,…
Descriptors: Learning Laboratories, Postsecondary Education, Reading Centers, Reading Skills
Walker, Carolyn; And Others – 1980
The Learning Assistance Center's peer tutoring program at Stanford University is described in this paper. Ways are suggested to register students as tutees, match them with tutors, operate tutoring sessions, account for and control tutoring hours, evaluate tutoring performance, and train peer tutors. In this program, tutors are Stanford students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching, Program Administration
Peer reviewedDemicell, Jeanette A. – English Quarterly, 1979
Outlines the learning assistance program at a Canadian community college. (RL)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, English Instruction, Language Instruction
Gudan, Sirkka; Sudik, Donna – 1981
The academic support system for students at a two-year college is described in this paper. Various sections of the paper discuss (1) procedures for diagnostic testing of academic abilities, perceptual skills, and learning styles; (2) the tutorial program, including staff recruitment and training, program procedures, problems, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Learning Laboratories, Program Descriptions, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Improvement
Kay, Robert S.; Sullivan, Leroy – 1978
Colleges and universities are now dealing with certain students through a new component in their instructional environment. These emerging Learning Centers are typically designed to assist and guide capable but fundamentally ill-prepared handicapped students in acquiring needed background. In some cases, such components not only help dispense…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Basic Skills, College Students, Higher Education
Download full textStolte, Joanne B.; Smith, Shirley C. – 1980
A cost-effective, computer-based, Navy-related basic reading skills program was developed for United States Navy recruits reading below sixth grade level. The program, called Performance-Related Enabling Skills Training (PREST), is designed to enable recruits to improve their reading and study skills and, thereby, increase the probability of their…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Armed Forces, Computer Assisted Instruction, Functional Literacy
Texas Coll. and Univ. System, Austin. Coordinating Board. – 1982
The workshop represented in this proceedings was conducted to stimulate dialogue on the place of remedial instruction in postsecondary education and to promote the effectiveness of remedial/developmental education and the maintenance of educational quality. The proceedings begin with an introduction to the workshop and its 14 resulting…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Role, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education
Schale, Florence; Epner, Marcia – 1980
This yearbook on innovative learning strategies in colleges is divided into four parts. "Part I: Description of Program Models" contains descriptions of an alternative learning center at Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona; a program combining technology with humanism at El Camino College, Torrance, California; the developmental studies…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Truckee Meadows Community Coll., Sparks, NV. – 1982
The Truckee Meadows Community College curriculum development project was designed to enhance the success of underprepared college students aspiring to succeed in the college's occupational and general educational programs. Initial plans called for (1) the development of individualized learning and basic skills modules; (2) creation of an…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Dochen, Carol; Johnson, De – 1980
Over a period of three years an experimental program was conducted at Southwest Texas State University to help increase the number of successful completions of admission contract conditions by transfer students with low grade point averages. An increase in the number of students successfully meeting the required grade point average of…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Behavior Patterns, Credit Courses, Educational Research
