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Peer reviewedBizzaro, Patrick; Werner, Stuart – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1985
Describes a program adding a counseling component to a developmental writing course to address students' sense of isolation through sessions on group formation, goal setting, values clarification, and strength identification. Reports that program participants outperformed nonremedial students in subsequent composition courses. (PAA)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Developmental Studies Programs
Bennett, Gary D. – 1988
A study reports on a six-week remedial program designed to help youth at residential care group homes maintain their skill levels in reading and math during summer vacation. Twenty-nine children, all of whom were considered educationally at risk, were selected from seven residential care homes for the project. Most of the children's Wide Range…
Descriptors: Delinquent Rehabilitation, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
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
Ackermann, Susan P. – 1990
The study sought to determine the effects of a summer bridge program on the academic, personal, and social development of underrepresented and low-income students during their first year at the University of California, Los Angeles. The 1988 cohort of students enrolled in the Freshman Summer Program/Transfer Summer Program (FSP/TSP) were tracked…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Programs, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textBrody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1975
This report is the eighth in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and underachieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The document provides a summary section which focuses on program purposes,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1974
This report is the seventh in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and underachieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The document has an introductory section including such topics as the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
Brody, Lawrence; Schenker, Hank – 1973
This report is the sixth in a series of longitudinal studies describing the College Discovery and Development Program aimed at identifying disadvantaged and under achieving ninth graders and developing their college potential in five special high school development centers. The sixth year brought the completion of the discovery and development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged
