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Bryant, John E. – J Learning Disabilities, 1970
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Educational Equipment, Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedMercantino, Anthony L. – Journal of Correctional Education, 1980
The learning laboratory of the Training School for Boys, a New Jersey correctional school for eight- to fourteen-year-olds, provides remedial reading instruction through a diagnostic-prescriptive model with the assistance of trained volunteers and interns. (SK)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Core Curriculum, Correctional Education
Download full textEngelhardt, Jon M. – 1974
The paper encourages the establishment of university-based clinics for the diagnosis and remediation of children's learning problems in mathematics and describes the operation of such a clinic at Arizona State University. Mathematics clinics are seen to serve two purposes: helping individual children overcome their special mathematics learning…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Clinics, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary School Students
Lent, John – Instructor, 1983
Teachers from four school systems set up their own computer centers from scratch. Each center is tailored to the needs and resources of the school or schools involved. The centers range from a one-machine operation in the corner of a resource room to a laboratory with 18 microcomputers. (PP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Centers (Classroom)
Moreland, William H. – 1975
Language-disabled students who have experienced difficulties in the process of language acquisition and who may show talent in some academic areas yet fail miserably in others are increasingly able to attend college because of "open door" policies. How will colleges traditionally rooted in textbook-centered lecture courses deal with the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs
Fotos, Joseph P. – 1976
A team led by the author developed and implemented a model program to aid the learning disabled (LD) child in a small school district remote from an intermediate service unit. The program's aims were to help the LD child achieve grade level more readily in the basic skills; to assist him in achieving a higher opinion of himself, his peers, his…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Kerstiens, Gene, Ed. – 1974
The thirty-five papers in this volume were presented on the theme "Reading--Update: Ideals to Reality." The keynote address, delivered by Leland L. Medsker, was entitled "Postsecondary Education in the Decade Ahead." Titles of other papers include "Characteristics of Community College Students,""A Key to Unlock…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Conference Reports, Higher Education, Individualized Reading
PDF pending restorationSehler, Arselia – 1972
Reported are proceedings from an institute on children's learning disabilities (summer, 1972) which involved 60 participants who were directors or teachers in innovative programs, members of the state advisory committee on learning disabilities; and staff from Michigan's educational department. Practices and procedures of programs which had proven…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conference Reports, Diagnostic Teaching, Exceptional Child Education
Spear, Barbara E. – 1979
A program for adults with learning disabilities is being conducted at the Educational Testing and Learning Clinic (ETLC) at Orange Coast College (OCC). The program has five components. In order to enroll, the student's basic skill level must be below the eighth grade in reading, spelling, and writing, and below the sixth grade in mathematics. The…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effect of a questioning strategy on reading comprehension and attitudes towards reading of secondary school remedial readers; (2) enhancing memory for…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Compensatory Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Dyslexia
Enright, Gwyn, Ed. – 1980
The articles in this collection focus on new sources of energy for learning at the college level. The topics of the 25 articles include the following: (1) the emerging role of the learning specialist in higher education, (2) adult learning disabilities, (3) vocabulary development for students of English as a second language, (4) the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Developmental Programs, Dialects
Community School District 9, Bronx, NY. – 1979
Programs undertaken by Community School District 9 in Bronx, New York, funded by Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act and Impact Aid, are evaluated in this report. The following programs are presented: (1) Basic Skills Center Reading Program, (2) Project Best (a bicultural/bilingual reading and math program for Spanish dominant…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Enright, Gwyn, Ed. – 1977
Drawn from papers accepted for presentation at a conference focusing on personalizing college-level learning skills programs, the 35 articles in this collection are arranged into five categories: investigations, program descriptions, program prescriptions, applications, and reactions and interactions. Specific topics discussed in the articles…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 17 titles deal with the following topics: disadvantaged and nondisadvantaged students' detection of written fallacies in reasoning; the effects of remedial reading instruction, a camp-style reading/study program, and reading…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Auditory Training, Black Students, Compensatory Education
