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Download full textGrubb, W. Norton – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2010
Basic skills courses are designed to teach students certain basic academic competencies they have not mastered. However, very little research has examined the quality of instruction inside basic skills classes. This paper presents preliminary findings from observations in 13 California community colleges. The clearest finding is that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Innovation, Basic Skills, Educational Quality
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1961
A SPECIAL COURSE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WHO ENTER HIGH SCHOOL WITH ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS BELOW THE SIXTH-GRADE LEVEL IS PRESENTED. AFTER COMPLETION, THE STUDENTS WILL BE QUALIFIED TO TAKE THE ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS COURSE DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT PLANNING TO ENTER COLLEGE. THE BASIC CONCEPTS, UNDERSTANDINGS, AND SKILLS…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Guides, Mathematical Concepts, Remedial Programs
Bertch, Julie – 1984
In an effort to help basic skills students learn the skills they need to survive in college-level studies and remediate critical areas as quickly as possible, many community colleges have overlooked the value of other studies and the more general literacy that is essential to any education. By rushing to comply with students' utilitarian goals,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Needs
Lancaster, Mary Beth – 2001
This report describes the developmental education program at Jefferson Davis Community College (JDCC) (Alabama). Approximately 59% of JDCC's student population must take pre-college, or developmental, courses in math, reading, English, and study skills. JDCC's developmental program includes computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in reading, math, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Wyatt, Monica; Pickle, J. Michael – 1990
A study investigated the effect of the stated objectives of remedial reading programs on the objectives and teaching practices of classroom reading instructors. Interviews were conducted with nine reading teachers in two highly structured college reading programs. Each operated with a set curriculum, set materials, and prewritten tests, but the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Mei, Dolores M.; Dworkowitz, Barbara – 1990
This report evaluates the use of instructional models in eight New York City high school remediation programs funded in 1988/89 by Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and the Pupils with Compensatory Educational Needs (PCEN) program. It found that teaching strategies within each of the models were surprisingly similar. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedBasile, Donald D. – Reading World, 1980
Discusses: (1) educational changes that have led to a national decline in literacy; (2) a college philosophy course in which students are trained to write philosophical essays; (3) ways to integrate reading and writing skills into the teaching of a discipline; and (4) college level mini-courses in reading and writing skills that supplement classes…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Educational History, Educational Trends
Soll, Lila; McCall, Cecelia – 1981
One of four reports describing the basic skills programs in writing, reading, English as a second language, and mathematics at the City University of New York (CUNY), this volume describes the reading programs--including administrative structure, course structure and content, and faculty--for nine senior colleges and eight community colleges in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Programs, Counseling Services, Higher Education
Meyer, Linda A. – 1983
The Direct Instruction Follow Through program of enhanced instruction for children in kindergarten through grade 3 was introduced in 1968 in schools serving disadvantaged students in 180 communities throughout the United States. To determine the long-term effects of the program, a study compared the performance of the first three cohorts of Follow…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research
Wang, Ming-mei; And Others – 1981
National compensatory education and the relationship between student achievement growth and educational processes are assessed in a first year report of the Sustaining Effects Study required by Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Federal funds were authorized to provide special compensatory services to educationally…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Educational Environment
Price, John L.; And Others – 1990
A remediation approach developed by the Vilonia public schools (Arkansas) to remediate content/skill deficiencies in middle level students resulted from three conditions: state laws and regulations regarding minimum competency testing; more awareness of problems with at-risk students; and recognition of the need to reach students academically…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Lederman, Marie Jean – 1986
Two main points should be noted concerning strategies recommended for teaching basic writing students. First, teachers can develop only those strategies that are consonant with their own personalities and that will enable students to develop their own writing strategies. Second, whatever strategies are selected should lead students beyond the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen
Bernhardt, Bill; Farber, Elizabeth – 1975
This paper is intended to help teachers to focus on attitudes and techniques that are useful in working effectively in college skills centers and to become more receptive to the reality of their students' unique problems and needs. The first section offers exercises to help teachers examine their assumptions about learning and about basic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, English Instruction, Evaluation, Higher Education
White River Vocational Technical School, Newport, AR. – 1990
The Basic/Technical Literacy project at White River Vocational Technical School in Arkansas implemented a comprehensive curriculum to raise students' basic reading and technical literacy levels in their chosen skill area. During the project, master vocabulary lists for each skill area were developed, and self-test worksheets and study guides were…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Literacy Education, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education
Stanford Research Inst., Menlo Park, CA. Educational Policy Research Center. – 1977
Despite the demonstrated need for better basic skills among adolescents and growing public concern over the condition of urban junior high schools, only a small proportion of ESEA Title I money is used to help students beyond the sixth grade. This study was designed to determine what Federal, State and local resources are being used to assist…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educational Methods, Educationally Disadvantaged
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