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Peer reviewedBeck, Paula – College English, 1978
Describes how Nassau Community College uses peer tutors to help students with severe writing problems. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching
Peer reviewedRoberts, Keith J.; Michels, Leo E. – Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Grading, Instruction, Mathematics Education
Download full textGillies, Donald L. – 1978
The need to develop students' critical thinking skills is examined in this paper, along with existing academic support services, federal regulations and requirements, data on minority group students, and measures of program effectiveness. Many programs provide tutorial services to help the student meet the demands of coursework and to increase…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedChand, Sunil – Journal of Developmental Education, 1985
Describes the following aspects of the Developmental Education Program at Triton College: student placement, courses, faculty selection, reading and writing instruction, mathematics instruction, the Learning Assistance Center (LAC), LAC tutoring, LAC special projects, LAC management, special needs assistance program for disabled students, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Disabilities
Rizzolo, Patricia – Improving College and University Teaching, 1982
A university English department's writing center uses peer tutors trained in questioning, explanation, and constructive criticism techniques. Among the issues raised are tutoring adult students and writing across the curriculum. The program has been an effective method of encouraging good writing. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Basic Skills, College Faculty, College Instruction
Flamm, Ann L., Comp.; And Others – 1984
As part of an ongoing process of curriculum revision at Reading Area Community College (RACC), this program review examines current basic skills programming and support services portions of the college curriculum. Following introductory comments in section I, section II reviews pertinent basic skills research, indicating that useful programs…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedBarton, Shirley – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1993
Describes the Technology Intervention and Support Program (TISP) at Kent State University, designed to improve the English and mathematics skills of academically disadvantaged technology students at the Ashtabula and Trumbull campuses. Discusses program objectives, participant selection and recruitment, and implementation processes. Profiles TISP…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, High Risk Students
Platt, Gail M. – 1993
The Learning Center (LC) at South Plains College (SPC), in Texas, offers remedial reading instruction, college-level reading and human development, Success Seminars, orientation services, tutoring, and independent study for academic skills development. The center, which has the most successful remedial reading program in the state, combines the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Balfanz, Robert; McPartland, James; Shaw, Alta – 2002
The push for higher academic standards has resulted in an increase in the numbers of high school students needing extra help. The need for extra help is most pervasive in high-poverty areas and most high school students need extra help not in traditional basic elementary skills but in reading, mathematics, and advanced reasoning skills. Most…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Bound Students, Critical Thinking
