This paper describes the Pre Technical Learning Lab at the Utah Technical College at Provo which is aimed at providing individualized instruction and tutoring to meet the varied needs of the students. The contents include: "Assessment of Student Needs," which discusses pupil teacher conferences, initial reading assessment, reading tests used for…

The primary purpose of this study was to determine through controlled classroom experimentation, the relative effectiveness of audio-tutorial and programmed learning as a supplement to conventional classroom instruction. (Author)

The Learning Laboratory component of the Department of Educational Program Support at the University of Wisconsin at Parkside was evaluated during the academic year 1983-1984 to monitor laboratory and material usage, determine from what areas students were referred, and identify their reasons for laboratory use. The laboratory was part of a…

Writing laboratories in colleges across the United States have encountered problems when offering individualized instruction: too often the students work in isolation with materials that are inadequate or inappropriate. This paper suggests, as a remedy to this situation that tutors be made available to the students whenever the writing lab is open…

The article contains an overview of the IDC-a learning laboratory initiated in September, 1973, at King College, Bristol, Tennessee. The article is focused upon the idea of developing such a Center, its goals, its services and conclusions. (Author)

Four interference factors to math learning are poor or no instruction, low motivation, inappropriate learning theory, and physiological learning dysfunction. The math clinic, a teaching-learning strategy, uses diagnostic teaching skills and various learning rates for math studies. Instruction is matched to the student from information provided by…

The Learning Support Center (LSC) at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, has developed the Three R method--resources, retention, and renewal--of helping high risk students understand the material in their classes and remain in the university. The first method, resources, involves four types of resources--state-of-the-art equipment, qualified…