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Iman, Raymond S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Decries the discrimination accorded to Ivy League football players by Pro Football owners and suggests corrective measures including a Head Start program involving preseason coaching for Ivy Leaguers, formation of a Department of Recreational Studies headed by Ara Parseghian or Darrell Royal, and a remedial course for punters during Christmas…
Descriptors: Humor, Remedial Programs, Remedial Teachers, Tales
Peterson, Gene B.; Drury, Thomas F. – 1972
The report explores extent, availability, and cost of basic and remedial education services in Department of Labor manpower training programs. It discusses factors in the decision to provide basic education, types of organizations providing basic education, schedules and linkages with skill training providing basic education tailored to specific…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Labor Force Development, Literacy Education, Remedial Programs
COMSTOCK, ALDYTHE T. – 1967
THE TOWN OF BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, EXPERIMENTED WITH A PLAN FOR TRAINING ITS OWN READING TEACHERS. FORMER TEACHERS AND OTHER WELL-QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY WERE HIRED TO TEACH 2 TO 4 DAYS EACH WEEK. DURING THE PRESCHOOL PLANNING DAYS, THE SPECIAL READING TEACHERS (ONE FOR EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) MET WITH THE READING COORDINATOR TO…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Lay Teachers, Part Time Faculty, Reading Instruction
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
Humphrey, Jack W. – 1971
A remedial reading program can be justified if it is well managed. Such a program is characterized by effective planning, organization, staffing, direction, control, innovation, representation, and communication. The key to a well-managed remedial reading program is a responsible principal. The principal should organize a committee to handle…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Principals, Program Administration, Program Development
Peer reviewedGemake, Josephine S. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Presents a check list created by teachers to be used as an evaluation instrument in observations of reading laboratories in the New York City area. Reflects their ideas about the essential components of a remedial reading program. (FL)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
Driscoll, Patrick A. – Nat Elem Princ, 1969
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Home Instruction, Primary Education, Remedial Instruction
Peer reviewedWitkowski, Susan – Learning Assistance Review, 1998
Shares the author's beliefs about the practice of teaching developmental writing in an attempt to get colleagues in other academic settings involved in a dialogue about the writing philosophies in their practices. Presents an interest in the beliefs and theories that form the foundation of what others do in their writing programs. (VWC)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education
Strang, Ruth – 1968
This monograph includes an extensive review and evaluation of the research literature and offers teachers and clinicians background for understanding reading diagnosis, the correlates and causes of reading disabilities, diagnostic techniques, and remediation. The following topics are discussed: (1) the nature and levels of diagnosis, (2) the…
Descriptors: Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties, Reading Difficulty, Reading Improvement
ROUECHE, JOHN E. – 1968
THE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITH NONSELECTIVE ADMISSION POLICIES ATTRACTS INCREASING NUMBERS OF STUDENTS WITH EDUCATIONAL DEFICIENCES, ESPECIALLY IN ACADEMIC SKILLS, WHICH PREVENT SUCCESS IN YPICAL COLLEGE COURSES. HOWEVER, WHILE ALMOST ALL COMMUNITY COLLEGES AGREE WITH THE OPEN DOOR CONCEPT, ONLY ABOUT HALF PROVIDE REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Low Ability Students, Low Achievement, Remedial Instruction
Distad, Lois – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
The experience of a remedial classroom reading specialist shows that many children with learning disabilities are victims of child abuse. These children need more guidance and guardianship in the classroom as well as educators and administrators committed to addressing children's fundamental rights to protection. (MD)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Childrens Rights, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Sheldon, Caroline Q. – 2002
This digest offers community college academic leaders a synopsis of the key components necessary for building a successful developmental education instructional framework. Specific emphasis is placed on program structure, faculty, and program improvement. Developmental education is defined as "courses or services provided for the purpose of…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Developmental Studies Programs
Enrollment Management and Learning Assistance Centers: Survival Strategies and Growth Possibilities.
Peer reviewedEaton, Shevawn B. – Learning Assistance Review, 1999
States that learning assistance centers are often caught in the throws of controversy at institutions of higher education. Examines some of the causal contributors to this controversy in an attempt to help learning assistance professionals identify the strategies necessary to preserve their centers' integrity in good and difficult financial times.…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Enrollment Management
Smith, Carl B.; And Others – 1969
This fourth monograph in the PREP reading series, concerns the role of the reading specialist who gives specific and concentrated treatment to individual and groups of children. He works closely with the classroom teacher, either in one school or in several. Related documents in this kit are: (5-B) "References"; (5-C) "Diagnostic…
Descriptors: Classroom Guidance Programs, Corrective Reading, Elementary School Students, Group Guidance
BAIN, MARY D.; AND OTHERS – 1968
FOUR ARTICLES DEALING WITH THE ROLE OF THE GREATER LAWRENCE GUIDANCE CENTER LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAM IN HELPING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST PAPER EXPLAINS HOW THE CENTER SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF OBTAINING MORE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORIES OF REFERRALS BY GIVING MORE ATTENTION TO PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR…
Descriptors: Educational Therapy, Guidance Centers, Guidance Programs, Language Programs
