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Smittle, Patricia – Journal of Developmental Education, 2003
Reviews six principles for effective developmental education teaching, including commitment to teaching underprepared students, command of the subject matter, and ability to teach a diverse student population. Integrates research findings from successful developmental education programs and general principles for effective teaching in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Developmental Programs
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Josten, Denise – Journal of Developmental Education, 1997
Describes Subject-Attitude-Development (SAD) mapping, a technique for helping developmental reading students focus on information relevant to an author's thesis and recognize relationships between the thesis, main ideas, and supporting details. Discusses strategies for implementing SAD maps and student reactions to the technique. Includes sample…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Developmental Programs, Learning Strategies, Postsecondary Education
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Sigel, Irving E.; Saunders, Ruth A. – Early Child Development and Care, 1983
Indicates types of decisions required for establishing a conceptual model for preschool programing and points out functions of articulated conceptual systems in program analysis. Issues concerning development are discussed, including assimilation/accommodation, the child and the environment, and change in behavior patterns. General principles,…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Principles, Inquiry
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Gebelt, Janet L.; And Others – Journal of Developmental Education, 1996
Discusses the Gateway Program at New Jersey's Rutgers University, in which departments administer their own developmental classes. Describes reasons for the program's success, including small class sizes, providing students with gradual increases in autonomy, frequent assessment and feedback, and teaching strategies that require participation.…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Higher Education, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions
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Davis, Judith Rae – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1995
Examines methods for improving developmental students' proofreading skills. Discusses several theories and analogies for understanding the activity of proofreading. Suggests that educators should utilize methods that encourage students to invest time and energy in the proofreading process as it provides a meaningful and complex educational…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Developmental Programs, Editing, Educational Strategies
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Taraban, Roman – Journal of Developmental Education, 1996
Argues that there is a need for more research on the effectiveness of instructional methods in developmental education, but acknowledges that standard experimental procedures are not appropriate for developmental classrooms. Describes Simulation Implementations of Peripatetic Learning Environments (SIMPLE), a computer-based tool for creating…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Developmental Programs
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Boylan, Hunter R.; Bonham, Barbara S.; Tafari, Gamba Nwachi – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2005
Developmental education programs can use innovative ways to improve minority learning and persistence.
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Developmental Programs, Minority Groups, Academic Persistence
Lang, Frederick K. – Freshman English News, 1986
Discusses how the works of Joyce, "Dubliners" and "Ulysses" specifically, can be used to help developing writers learn about the process of writing and as material for writing exercises. (SRT)
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, English Instruction, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Simpson, Michele L. – Forum for Reading, 1983
Researchers are concluding that high school and college students do not have a well-balanced repertoire of effective independent learning strategies. Another line of research has focused upon the question of the "process" or the "how" underlying such learning strategies. Three insights from this research are pertinent to developmental educators.…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Research, Higher Education, Independent Study
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Lowery, Bennie R.; Young, Dawn B. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1992
Examines the Motivational Theory and Time Continuum models of developmental student motivation, focusing on teacher responsibilities. Indicates that blending the two models provides a procedure for analyzing the student audience, a list of potential motivational strategies, and suggestions for constructing motivational objectives. (15 citations)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Compensatory Education, Developmental Programs
Lawrence, Robert A. – 1983
By emphasizing the similarities between writing and speaking, writing instructors can help students generate coherent, natural sounding prose. Instructors can point out the connections between speaking and writing by (1) reading good student writing aloud, (2) having students read their work aloud in class, (3) encouraging students to develop…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Developmental Programs, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Lerch, Carol – 2002
College students enrolled in developmental mathematics and elementary algebra courses typically make the same mistakes repeatedly. Moreover, the same mistakes are made every semester, regardless of the students involved. Lev Vygotsky's concept of fossilization, which refers to the phenomenon of learning being lost over time and only behaviors…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Algebra, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Gray, Rusty – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1981
Provides information about learning disabilities for the developmental educator. Discusses the multidisciplinary nature of its definition, the middle-class orientation of the movement, and the instructional methods and programs available for adolescents. Encourages the development of postsecondary programs geared to individual student needs. (CAM)
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Individual Characteristics, Individual Differences, Learning Disabilities
Upchurch, Richard – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1980
Argues that remedial mathematics instruction involving only a hierarchy of instructional units fails to impart methods of mathematical inquiry and thus isolates the student from the learning process. Suggests involving the student by teaching concept development, rather than manipulative skills, and relating mathematics to students' lives. (JP)
Descriptors: Course Content, Developmental Studies Programs, Postsecondary Education, Relevance (Education)
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Wambach, Cathrine; Brothen, Thomas; Dikel, Thomas N. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2000
Proposes a comprehensive theory that focuses on the developmental education environment. Unites three basic concepts in this perspective--demandingness, responsiveness, and self-regulation--and uses them to organize, explain, and predict useful techniques for practitioners. Seeks to stimulate further research on developmental education practices…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
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