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Direct linkHillock, Poh Wah; Jennings, Michael; Roberts, Anthony; Scharaschkin, Victor – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2013
This article describes a mathematics support programme at the University of Queensland, targeted at first-year engineering students identified as having a high risk of failing a first-year mathematics course in calculus and linear algebra. It describes how students were identified for the programme and the main features of the programme. The…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Freshmen, Calculus, Algebra
Kanamugire, Camille; Rutakamize, Joseph – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2008
This article discusses an educational practice that has been introduced in Rwanda, which aims to bring back into the formal education system children who are out-of-school or unschooled, even though they are over the legal enrolment age. The authors analyse this intensive programme, designed for children at that age and adapted to their daily…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Educational Innovation
Download full textBond, Lloyd – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2009
Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC) is a multi-site action-research project, focused on teaching and learning in pre-collegiate mathematics and English language arts courses at 11 California community colleges. In this report, the author discusses the data gathered over the course of the SPECC project and reflects…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Language Arts, Evidence, Action Research
Ward, Ben – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1979
Discusses the confusion that results from differences among various labels used in developmental and basic education programs. Proposes clarification of such terms as "center,""lab,""individualized," and "clinic" and suggests definitions for proper usage. (DR)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Definitions, Developmental Programs, Learning Laboratories
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1980
This fifteenth annual report provides a summary of activities offered in Ohio through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Information presented includes (1) statistics for fiscal 1980, (2) participation trends, (3) instructional impact, (4) expenditure and staffing patterns, (5) parent involvement, and (6) five-year trends. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Castelda, Sharon; Wagner, Mary – 1990
The Des Moines Plan (DMP) is described, which is a comprehensive kindergarten through grade 12 program designed to improve and strengthen students' reading, writing, and mathematics skills. The program was implemented during the fall semester of the 1986-87 school year. The DMP adopted the instructional model implemented by the Chapter 1 program…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Knight, Michael E. – 1979
Five hundred twenty-six second through sixth graders were identified as needing supplementary reading instruction, their specific needs were diagnosed, and intensive prescriptive instruction was provided. A lab oriented learning center environment was prescribed which included a listening/viewing center, a decoding center, a game center, a library…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions
Kelly, Charles P. – 1979
Students in need of supplementary reading and mathematics instruction were identified, their specific needs determined, and prescriptive activities formulated. Prescriptive reading and math teachers were responsible for program implementation and coordination with classroom teachers in three elementary schools and one junior high school. Staff…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction
Smith, Lawrence L.; Bengston, John – 1978
This report documents the results of a special reading program offered to low income high school students involved in a youth incentive entitlement work/study project in Alachua County, Florida. The first section of the report discusses the need for literacy training through a reading enrichment program for entitlement students and the inadequacy…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, High School Students, Instructional Design, Literacy
Langlois, Margaret – 1979
Through the Title I/Impact Aid programs, special reading and math services were provided for 2,385 students in grades one through nine. Three levels of the Metropolitan Achievement Tests were used as objective pre and post test measures. Pupil activities in reading varied according to diagnosed needs, grade level, and demonstrated task mastery.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Henderson-Barrick, Ann; And Others – 1979
The document contains three papers presented at the Annual International Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children in 1979, on the establishment, function, and impact of a preschool speech, language, and hearing program (the Preschool Speech, Language and Hearing Program of the School District of Philadelphia). The first paper, "The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Early Childhood Education, Hearing Impairments, Identification
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Strategic Planning/Research and Development. – 1991
A study described the 1989-90 Chapter 1 Developer/Demonstration Program, Learning to Read through the Arts (LTRTA), and evaluated the effectiveness of its implementation. The program offers intensive reading and reading-oriented arts instruction to Chapter 1-eligible students. Of the 797 students served by the program, 98 were ungraded special…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Berrum, Phyllis – 1990
This report describes 11 effective compensatory education programs in Oregon schools funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. One high school, four middle school, and six elementary school programs are profiled. Each profile includes the following information: (1) demographics; (2) staffing; (3) parent…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1983
The Austin (Texas) Independent School District presents its third and final report to the Texas Education Agency concerning the Summer School Pilot for 1982. This program was designed to provide additional basic skills instruction so that elementary school retainees would not fall further behind during the summer and would be better prepared to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education
Knight, Michael E. – 1979
The Summer Program objectives were to increase pupil competency by providing remedial and corrective instruction in reading and mathematics for children who were likely to be held back, needed strengthening in basic skills, or were one or more years below grade level in reading or math achievement. Eight elementary and junior high schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Compensatory Education
