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The Case for Criterion-Referenced Grading in College-Level Courses for Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Gentile, J. Ronald; Wainwright, Laura Cox – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1994
Discusses the effects of mastery learning and criterion-referenced grading schemes on student memory and motivation to succeed. Indicates that such programs are effective in college level developmental education programs. Provides suggestions for establishing criterion-referenced grading schemes, including several variants of mastery grading…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Students, Competency Based Education, Individual Development
Focus on Communication through Folk Tales and Story-Telling.
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Behrens, Susan J.; Neeman, Amy R.; Newman, David D. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2002
Offers suggestions for using folk tales from around the world and story-telling for classroom instruction. Because folk tales are ultimately about communication and the way people in a society interact, a multi-cultural class can make good use of them. Offers examples for application to language arts and social science courses. (Contains 9…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Oral Tradition
Fostering Transfer of Study Strategies: A Spiral Model.
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Davis, Denise M.; Clery, Carolsue – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1994
Describes the design and implementation of a Spiral Model for the introduction and repeated practice of study strategies, based on Taba's model for social studies. In a college reading and studies strategies course, key strategies were introduced early and used through several sets of humanities and social and physical sciences readings. (Contains…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Models, Remedial Reading, Skill Development