A study investigated the learning styles of remedial students and the implications for computer-assisted instruction. The subjects were 31 sixth-grade Chapter 1 students from a middle school in Idaho who did not have learning disabilities nor were candidates for special education. The subjects were given the Reading Style Inventory (RSI). Results…

This final report details the computer-based Performance-Related Enabling Skills Training (PREST) Project, designed to meet the United States Navy's need to develop an efficient and effective means of increasing the reading skills of Navy recruits with minimal loss of training time and minimal diversion of military personnel. The report is divided…

A remedial program was developed at Nashville State Technical Institute to provide individualized instruction in mathematics, English, and reading. Students scoring less than a composite 50 percent on the five sections of a developed diagnostic reading test were assigned to the remedial reading program. The IBM Model 30 Computer was used to assign…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate performance, backgrounds, attitudes, interests, academic needs, and problems of remedial English students at Baruch College of the City University of New York. The students were exposed to three instructional methods: computer-assisted instruction, programed instruction, and regular classroom instruction,…

Computer assisted instruction (CAI) modules were developed to improve the reading comprehension skills of college students at Alabama A and M University. These modules were designed and tested to provide individualized instruction in a remedial reading program that was already operating at full capacity. Based on an informal assessment, it appears…

This study investigated the effectiveness of the use of computer networking in providing guided practice in teaching reading comprehension to middle school students (grades 6-8) in remedial reading class. (Guided practice is defined as the phase of instruction immediately following the presentation of a new skill, concept, or strategy, in which…

The procedure for determining, by computer-programing, English sections according to test results at El Camino College, California, is described. El Camino College is a large community college in the Los Angeles area, admission to which is based solely on a high school diploma and residence in the district. As a result of entrance test scores on…

This handbook offers suggestions for implementing actions (termed variously in other settings as treatments, interventions, methods, techniques, strategies or activities) recommended for individual learners by CONSULT-I (R), a computer program created by James Fattu and Edward Patrick. Application of the program described in the handbook was under…

Analyzes results of a study that investigated the efficiency of computer-based instruction (CBI) for teaching remedial skills in reading and mathematics to educationally disadvantaged students in grades 3 through 10. Test results from Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) and Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT) are compared, and further research is…

Since 1984, the Language Arts Lab at Irmo High School (Columbia, South Carolina) has provided: (1) remediation in reading and writing to students with low standardized test scores; and (2) assistance to other students in the areas of study skills, college entrance exam preparation, term papers, reading and reading assignments, grammar, and…

This revised evaluation supplement to the "DOVACK Method for Teaching Reading Project Report" corrects errors in the report's original evaluation supplement with respect to the results of the 72-day and 108-day DOVACK Random Sample Vocabulary Recognition Tests employed to measure the effectiveness of DOVACK as a language experience…

Over the past several years, the preeminence of the transfer function at Arizona's Mesa Community College (MCC) has been overshadowed by the increasing demand for remedial education. In fall 1992, 65% of the students assessed for placement in English, mathematics, and reading scored below college-level in at least one of these subjects, and…

Findings of two doctoral research studies analyzing the organizational and instructional characteristics of successful reading and mathematics developmental programs in Texas community colleges are presented in this report. The first paper describes a 1989-90 analysis of developmental reading test scores to determine the characteristics of the…

The DOVACK Reading System was field tested on 391 low income, minority, elementary and secondary students over a period of 3 years. The objectives were to test the system for its adaptability to the populations for which it was designed, its effectiveness in meeting goals and objectives, and its economic feasibility on a larger scale. Using five…

The West Virginia Department of Education created and implemented a computer-assisted summer remediation program for Job Training Partnership Act-eligible students who were academically deficient. The curriculum had four components: mathematics computation, reading comprehension, personal guidance, and career exploration. Sites in 12 county school…