Descriptor
Source
Author
Boylan, Hunter R. | 1 |
Burg, Leslie | 1 |
Ciolan, Lucian | 1 |
Glidden, William C. | 1 |
Goodnight, Ron | 1 |
Jennings, Kathleen | 1 |
Kaufman, Maurice | 1 |
Klein, Rosalyn | 1 |
McLean, James E. | 1 |
Mitchell, Thomas R. | 1 |
Popejoy, Michael W. | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 13 |
Reports - Descriptive | 7 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Opinion Papers | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 1 |
Teachers | 1 |
Location
Romania | 1 |
United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Adult Education Act 1966 | 1 |
Economic Opportunity Act 1964 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Boylan, Hunter R. – 1976
This paper describes the operation and results of an individualized center funded under an Office of Education grant for the provision of special services to disadvantaged students. This center is designed to apply individualized instructional techniques to remedial, developmental, and general education courses for disadvantaged students enrolled…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, General Education
Proia, Kathleen E. – 1976
In planning a program of remedial English, college English faculties should ask several questions about the necessity of such a program, the needs of the students, the interests and capabilities of the teachers, the content of the courses, and the methods which can be applied in the remedial classroom. In addition, an effective remedial program…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Course Evaluation, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Burg, Leslie; Kaufman, Maurice – 1979
The compensatory program in reading/study skills, writing, and mathematics at Northeastern University (Massachusetts) is described. An evaluation of the program's reading/study skills component during 1977 and 1978 is reported, demonstrating significant student improvement as a result of the program. Guidelines are offered to help other colleges…
Descriptors: College Students, Compensatory Education, Guidelines, Higher Education
Klein, Rosalyn; Youngblood, Brenda – 1975
The authors offer remedial techniques which might help counselors to deal with children with learning disabilities. Ninety-five percent of children with learning disabilities suffer difficulties in the visual and auditory modalities. Children with visual problems may experience difficulties in visual discrimination, visual-motor coordination and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Counselor Role, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Elementary School Students
McLean, James E.; And Others – 1982
This document provides background on the development of the Alabama Basic Competency Tests (ABCT). James E. McLean, in "Introduction to the ABCT," discusses the creation of the tests, compares them with the California Achievement Tests, and indicates the ABCT relationship to the Alabama High School Graduation Exam. "Review of Past…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Development
Jennings, Kathleen – 1977
A questionnaire sent to universities across the United States, asking for information about remedial English programs, yielded responses from 85 universities. Analysis of the responses resulted in the formulation of seven rules for organizing a successful remedial English course: (1) Don't bind the course to a textbook. (2) Aim the course toward…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Content, Educational Diagnosis, English Curriculum
Popejoy, Michael W. – 1994
This five part paper reviews problems faced by underprepared students and describes a model developed by faculty at the South Campus of Florida's Palm Beach Community College for dealing with such students. Section I reviews issues related to defining student underpreparedness and developing a model to serve all types of underprepared students,…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Role, Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged
Mitchell, Thomas R. – 1989
Laredo Junior College (LJC) is a comprehensive community college in Texas, serving a student population that is 93% Hispanic and 61% female. In response to evidence that LJC was not adequately preparing students with the basic and academic skills needed to transfer, LJC expanded and restructured its assessment, placement, and remediation programs.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Goodnight, Ron – 1996
The Lifelong Learning Center for the 21st Century was proposed to provide personal renewal and technical training for employees at a major United States automotive manufacturing company when it implemented a new, computer-based Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machining, robotics, and high technology facility. The employees needed training for…
Descriptors: Computers, Continuing Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Industrial Training
Roueche, John E. – 1984
By the late 1960s, the most offered courses in American community colleges were remedial reading, remedial writing, and remedial arithmetic. The success of the early efforts in community colleges was marginal at best, as is evidenced by a 1968 study indicating that nearly 90 percent of all remedial students failed or dropped out of remedial…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Glidden, William C.; And Others – 1984
To meet the remedial-instructional needs of its recruits, the Coast Guard developed a basic skills program, entitled the Basic Educational Enrichment Program (BEEP), at its recruit training center in Cape May, New Jersey. Objectives of the program were to ensure that all graduates of Coast Guard recruit training possess at least eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Benefits, Educational Needs
Vines, Diane Welch – 1983
The National Adult Literacy Initiative calls for a collaborative effort among the public, private, voluntary, and military sectors to address more effectively illiteracy through adult education. One of the first points in the initiative calls for continued educational services funded by the federal government and administered by the states. Other…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Ciolan, Lucian – 2001
The end of communist rule in Romania meant that the country's Rroma (Gypsy) population could affirm its ethnic and cultural identity. However, educational opportunities for Rroma children remain low. The following are among the many factors that have led to social exclusion of the Rroma in Romania: existing policy priorities; high unemployment and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Development