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Bildner, Beatrice; And Others – 1979
The Summer Umbrella Program was designed to provide remedial instruction to children with demonstrable needs in reading, mathematics, and English as a second language. Instruction functioned on an individual or small group basis, employing a flexible, eclectic, multi-modality methodology. The instructional design was diagnostic/prescriptive. Pre…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Junior High Schools
Wilson, Barry J.; And Others – 1979
Most research in the area of early identification of learning problems has been devoted to determining the predictive validity of various assessment measures. Results indicate that the predictive validity of these measures is far from perfect and varies considerably from study to study. The transition room program provides what appears to be a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Identification
Download full textTHELEN, ALICE – 1966
THE GENERAL CURRICULUM PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED FOR BUILDING OF SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT OF BREADTH OF BACKGROUND IN PREPARATION FOR CONVENTIONAL COLLEGE CLASSES. PRETESTS AND POST-TESTS WERE EVALUATED FOR 165 STUDENTS AFTER ONE SEMESTER IN THE PROGRAM AND SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN ACADEMIC SKILL LEVEL, WRITING, AND READING. SIMILAR RESULTS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Community Colleges, Experimental Programs
Epes, Mary; And Others – 1979
The COMP-LAB, a CUNY-based writing course combining classroom instruction with an autotutorial writing laboratory for students deficient in standard written English, is described and evaluated in this assessment. The background and purpose of the project are discussed in the first two sections, prior to an extensive description of the project…
Descriptors: College Programs, Communication Problems, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
Price, Marianne; Goodman, Libby – 1977
The final project evaluation on "Curricular Development for Secondary Learning Disabilities" focuses on the academic achievement of 86 students who participated in seven secondary learning disabilities classes in which the curricular model developed by the project was utilized. It is noted that the purpose of the project was to provide intensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Language Arts
Lang, Gladys Cole – 1975
Three reading tests were given as pretests and posttests to 1,752 students in grades one through six in 12 Title I elementary schools. Of these students, 935 were enrolled in a special, individualized reading program utilizing reading centers housed in each school. Self-instructional materials were used as part of a diagnostic-prescriptive…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Program Effectiveness
Losak, John – 1971
Selected aspects of the remedial reading-writing program of Miami-Dade Junior College were evaluated. Placement in the program was designed as the independent variable. Grade point average, reading and writing test scores, continuation in college, and performance in regular college courses were dependent variables. Students earning a raw score of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average
Carter, Larry G. – 1976
The PACE (Personalized Approach to College Education) program at Community College of the Finger Lakes was designed to provide basic academic skill development in reading, English, and mathematics for students with academic records in the bottom quartile of the entering freshman class. The program emphasizes student responsibility for learning and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedPool, Lydia B. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Diagnostic Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedBaugher, Dan – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1981
A review of scientific studies of remedial training programs indicates a need for advance planning. Suggested requirements for administration of a successful program include: determining training needs and objectives, design and implementation of training programs, and evaluation of training effectiveness. Most existing evaluations suffer from…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Evaluation Methods, Job Skills
Sullivan, Arthur M.; Wilson, Paul – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1980
A program that attempted to upgrade prospects of students entering Memorial University of Newfoundland Regional College in Corner Brook is described. The results of the program, which compare the academic performance of marginal students who participated in the program with that of those marginal students who did not, are presented. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, College Freshmen, Followup Studies
Rachal, Janella; Abshire, Barbara – 1990
The Louisiana State-Funded Program for High-Risk Four-Year-Olds (SPHF) works to improve the readiness of preschool children eligible to enter kindergarten the following year who are at risk of being insufficiently prepared. This interim report qualitatively and quantitatively evaluates the implementation and effectiveness of the SPHF. Sixty-two…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1990
The large number of missing student test scores, the results of uneven student attendance, precluded any meaningful assessment of the impact of the 1988/89 Pregnant School-Aged Girls Program in the New York City public schools. Pregnant students have the option of attending classes at one of five special schools. There, they attend remedial…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, High Schools, Pregnant Students
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)
Bers, Trudy H. – Association for Institutional Research, 1987
The special nature of remedial programs and the variance in definitions, components, purposes, and structures are discussed to help institutional researchers design program evaluations. The term "remedial program" is used to refer to any combination of courses, support services, testing, placement practices, and institutional policies…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Testing
