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Williams, W. Wes; Hasazi, Susan E. – 1981
The authors describe program organization and teaching/learning procedures which can be employed in the remediation of mildly to severely handicapped students. Following an introductory chapter, Chapter 2 describes ways to manage educational resources such as time, aides, support staff, and student teachers to maximize learning. A brief third…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Environment, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Boylan, Hunter R. – 1976
This paper describes the operation and results of an individualized center funded under an Office of Education grant for the provision of special services to disadvantaged students. This center is designed to apply individualized instructional techniques to remedial, developmental, and general education courses for disadvantaged students enrolled…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, General Education
Foster-Harrison, Elizabeth S. – 1997
This pamphlet describes the key elements necessary for a successful schoolwide or classroom-based tutoring program, explores the benefits for tutors and tutees, and explains the steps that are necessary for the effective training of tutors. The first section looks at peer and cross-age tutoring, including terms and definitions and the benefits of…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Development
Steward, Joyce S.; Croft, Mary K. – 1982
The four chapters of this book move from the history, philosophy, and approaches that writing laboratories encompass to a look at the many facets of their organization before treating in detail the actual teaching process and the practical elements of writing laboratory management. Chapter one notes the growth of writing labs and discusses…
Descriptors: Administration, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Organization
Cavey, Diane Walton – 1987
Intended for teachers and parents, the handbook provides suggestions for diagnosis and remediation of the learning disability dysgraphia (difficulty with handwriting). The seven chapters have the following titles and sample subtopics: (1) "The Student with a Learning Disability" (what causes dysgraphia, the Gerstmann Syndrome); (2) "Parents'…
Descriptors: Dysgraphia, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Handwriting
Hollingsworth, Patricia – 1982
Drawing from an extensive literature review and interviews with faculty and administrators in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), this study report examines successful practices in basic skills instruction in community colleges. After providing background on the importance of basic skills programs in light of the increasing number…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Developmental Studies Programs
Tang, Melanie; Watson, Wallace S. – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1981
Describes the development of Park College's writing workshop approach to remediating students' writing skills deficiencies, focusing on: the large number of underprepared students at Park, the various approaches which had been utilized unsuccessfully, and the benefits of the six-hour per week workshop with regard to students' reactions and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Competency Based Education, English Instruction

Martin, Deanna C.; Blanc, Robert A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1994
The evolution and design of a supplemental instruction program for seriously underprepared students, primarily athletes, is chronicled. The resulting program used videotaped lectures of an outstanding teacher in combination with preview and review exercises. Results indicate that the method can help high-risk students master difficult content and…
Descriptors: Athletes, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, High Risk Students
Friedrichs, Terence Paul; And Others – 1990
The monograph describes the characteristics of high-potential handicapped pupils, and explains how these children can be identified and served within Virginia's educational "Standards of Quality." Emphasis is on finding and nurturing students' strengths. After an introductory discussion of the importance of identifying and serving the gifted…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disabled
Project ASSIST Institute: An Orton-Gillingham/Spalding Based Curriculum for Teachers and Volunteers.

Biasotto, Virginia L. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1993
The mother of a son with dyslexia documents her son's success in learning to read in a private school using the Orton-Gillingham approach and her efforts to bring that approach into the public schools of Delaware, through Project ASSIST (Alphabetic Sound Symbol Instruction Systematically Taught) and its volunteer tutors and teacher training.…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Cramer, Ray; Liberty, Susan – 1981
Prepared by the Developmental Skills Committee at Fresno City College (FCC), this report proposes a program of skills instruction and services for underprepared students. Following a historical background, the report defines the underprepared student and outlines the assumptions about budget, course sequencing, and responsibility for curriculum…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Developmental Studies Programs, Financial Support

Rivera, Diane M.; Bryant, Brian R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1992
Mathematics curriculum and instruction for elementary students with learning and behavior problems are addressed. The article considers (1) best practices in assessment of both product and process to identify instructional needs; (2) determining an appropriate curriculum; and (3) designing an instructional program based on best practices.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching
Hardin County Board of Education, Elizabethtown, KY. – 1984
Traditionally, the fundamental goal of all American education has been to provide students with adequate competencies in reading, writing, and mathematics. A year-long project, conducted at three high schools in Hardin County, Kentucky, provided for the development of a fourth basic: computer skills. Through this project, computer skills were…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
Glidden, William C.; And Others – 1984
To meet the remedial-instructional needs of its recruits, the Coast Guard developed a basic skills program, entitled the Basic Educational Enrichment Program (BEEP), at its recruit training center in Cape May, New Jersey. Objectives of the program were to ensure that all graduates of Coast Guard recruit training possess at least eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Benefits, Educational Needs
STRANG, RUTH, ED. – 1965
THE PROCEEDINGS OF A 1962 STATEWIDE ARIZONA CONFERENCE ON READING DEVELOPMENT AND READING DIFFICULTIES INCLUDE 15 PAPERS. ARTICLES ON THE ABLE RETARDED READER ARE "UNDERSTANDING THE ABLE RETARDED READER" BY HELEN M. ROBINSON, AND "CLASSROOM PROCEDURES" BY ROSEMARY YOAKUM. PAPERS ON EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN ARE "IDENTIFICATION OF EMOTIONAL…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Communication Skills, Disadvantaged, Emotional Disturbances
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