Describes the use of audio-visual-tutorial methods in chemistry teaching which was reinforced by color slides, study guide, and laboratory experiments. Concludes the presence of satisfactory results when a minimum rate of progress was set out in advance. (CC)

This paper examines Howard University's Center for Academic Reinforcement (CAR), which provides college compensatory education to underprepared students. Research findings from CAR and the academic and non-academic factors related to students' successful completion of the program are discussed. The research findings reported include: (1) the…

The Homework Help Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, has the following objectives: (1) to encourage high school and college students from low income areas to remain in school through economic assistance; (2) to present a new opportunity for these students to achieve success; (3) to motivate these high…

This report describes the development of the Brooklyn (New York) College Learning Center (BCLC), which provides direct academic support services to students, staff development services, and new technologies for instruction and support services. The report used information available from institutional databases and information from research efforts…

A center for teachers of the mentally retarded provided five demonstration classes and a curriculum resource library. Inservice and teacher education activities and videotapes were developed, as were curriculum guidelines and materials. Projected activities called for establishing an audiotape resource library and expanding the programs for…