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Download full textFerrin, Richard I. – 1971
This survey examines the extent and nature of certain special educational and support services for educationally disadvantaged community college students. The data are based on responses from 76 per cent of 180 public 2-year colleges in the Midwest. The findings were: (1) one out of nine Midwestern community college students is involved in…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Learning Problems, Remedial Instruction
National Center for Educational Communication (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1972
The Learning to Learn Program was designed to help children acquire the abilities for dealing with challenges and problems. The program provides a unique preschool experience for disadvantaged children. The Learning to Learn curriculum has maintained its original characteristics throughout the years and is designed to help children develop…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Discovery Learning, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedFeshbach, Seymour; Adelman, Howard – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities
Frankenstein, Carl – 1972
This experiment, conducted at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel was undertaken to determine if adolescents of impaired cognitive ability caused by social and/or cultural deprivation could be rehabilitated through the use of proper teaching and counseling methods. Counseling for the experimental group of students was done by a social…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedSimms, Rochelle B.; Leonard, William H. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1986
Discusses the trend toward the acceptance of greater numbers of remedial or unprepared students into colleges and universities. Suggests ways that college faculty can help students address their learning problems, including improving note-taking, clarifying laboratory instructions, providing concrete examples when teaching abstract concepts, and…
Descriptors: College Science, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Lundell, Dana Britt, Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed. – 2001
This monograph from the University of Minnesota General College (GC) discusses theoretical perspectives on developmental education from both new and established standpoints. GC voluntarily eliminated its degree programs in order to focus on preparing under-prepared students for transfer to the university system. GC's curricular model includes a…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Community Colleges
Novoa, Irma – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Describes a program in which students earn high school credits using a high tech/high touch classroom and learning basic skills and having successful learning experiences. Discusses the groundwork of the program, credit towards graduation, staffing, funding, student selection, and establishing the system. Students have a high return rate. (MVL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Uses in Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students
