The perceptions of volunteers and children regarding critical incidents identified in a program of volunteers working with children in reading were investigated. The critical incident technique, developed by John C. Flanagan, was used to collect the data. Sixty volunteers and 60 children identified 234 critical incidents, 141 positive and 93…

This paper describes a program in which community members (retired citizens, parents, and others) provided tutorial services over a 12-week period to five learning disabled primary grade students in a resource room program. Comparison of pretest and posttest results showed a greater than 20 percent increase in reading scores. Weekly spelling test…

This practicum involved finding a solution to the problem concerning the lack of time classroom teachers had in providing remedial or enrichment mathematics activities for students in grade 2 of a Lee County, Florida elementary school. The target populations was a second grade class that consisted of an average of 23 public school students. Goals…