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Download full textMassachusetts Community Coll., Boston. – 1998
This report discusses assessment and placement policies for developmental education in the Massachusetts Community College System. Since 1989, officials at community colleges across the state have implemented a series of assessment practices in reading, writing, and mathematics to assure correct placement for incoming first-year students. To…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Stahl, Norman A.; And Others – 1984
Issues pertaining to research on college reading and study skills programs are analyzed, based on a literature review. It is suggested that before educators can provide quality instruction, they need to differentiate practices that are conducive to learning. Evaluative criteria are needed to make such decisions, as well as to design and evaluate…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Biermann, Carol A.; Sarinsky, Gary B. – 1990
The purpose of this investigation was to compare two different methodological techniques of a biology preparatory course in order to determine which curriculum's methodologies were most effective in preparing biology students for follow-up biology courses as measured by course grades. One was based upon laboratory hands-on experiences and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, College Science, Community Colleges
Dorsey, Mary E., Comp. – 1975
This handbook is designed for tutors in a language arts tutorial program for migrant students who are deficient in reading and language skills. Introductory materials discuss the special problems of migrant children, point to programs developed to meet their needs, and explain the basic design of the tutorial program. The handbook then discusses…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
LONG, NICHOLAS J.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS COLLECTION OF 75 READINGS FOR TEACHERS CONSISTS OF EIGHT CHAPTERS, EACH ORGANIZED AS A UNIT OF STUDY DISCUSSING A QUESTION ABOUT THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND EDUCATION OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN. THE AUTHOR'S RESPONSES TO INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES REFLECT A PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL APPROACH. THE QUESTION "HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE EMOTIONALLY…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Classroom Techniques, Clinical Diagnosis
Pinette, Clayton A., Ed.; Smith, R. Kent, Ed. – 1977
Five articles concerning college reading instruction are included in this special interest journal. Karen L. Pelz, William E. Pelz, and David L. Stritmater present a study of input sequence, exposure, and modality effects on recognition memory, which revealed that students who read assignments and attended lectures performed better on tests on the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Group Experience, Memory
Novoa, Irma – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Describes a program in which students earn high school credits using a high tech/high touch classroom and learning basic skills and having successful learning experiences. Discusses the groundwork of the program, credit towards graduation, staffing, funding, student selection, and establishing the system. Students have a high return rate. (MVL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Uses in Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedHill, Stanford R., Jr.; Hounshell, Paul B. – American Biology Teacher, 1991
A remedial biology course that employed six planned strategies to guide program activity is described. Team planning and team teaching, mastery learning, process skill emphasis, technology emphasis, positive reinforcement grading, attendance incentives, student achievement, student attitudes, parent attitudes, and implications are topics of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Biology, Evaluation
Peer reviewedHodge, Margarita E. – Inquiry, 1998
States that today, more than ever before, at-risk learners are enrolling in community colleges. Asserts that educators can better serve these students with learning differences (LD) and attention disorders (ADHD/ADD) in the foreign-language classroom by learning to identify them, defining their language-learning difficulties, and identifying types…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, High Risk Students
King, Caryn M., Comp.; Bean, Rita M., Comp. – 1990
This conference proceedings document contains 18 papers focusing on ideas and strategies for effective literacy instruction. Following opening remarks by Rita M. Bean, are four keynote addresses: "Toward Uncommon Sense Literacy Learning; Integrating Reading and Writing" (John Mayher); "Literacy Learning in At-Risk First…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
MACDOUGALL, MARY ANN – 1966
SPECIAL PROGRAMS IN REMEDIAL READING, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, SUMMER SCHOOL INSTRUCTION, AND SCHOOL-COMMUNITY COORDINATION ARE EVALUATED. ALTHOUGH THE REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM DID NOT ESTABLISH THE SUPERIORITY OF ANY PARTICULAR METHOD OF TEACHING, IT DEMONSTRATED THE VALUE OF HAVING A READING SPECIALIST ON THE SCHOOL STAFF. MOST 4-YEAR-OLD…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, After School Programs, Child Development, Community Action
Broadbent, William A. – 1977
Five programs in developmental reading at Leeward Community College (Hawaii) were studied to determine their effectiveness. The programs were: (1) general reading using individualized exercises; (2) an integrated skills approach combining reading and basic English skills; (3) a curriculum designed for each student from diagnostic testing; (4) a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Developmental Reading
A Study of Remedial Algebra Courses Taught At Queensborough Community College: Spring and Fall 1973.
Cohen, Edward G.; Diamond, Arnold H. – 1975
A study of 159 students assigned to remedial algebra courses was initiated at Queensborough Community College to determine levels of improvement in algebraic skills and the effects of regular, programmed, and modular teaching methods. All students studied the same material with the following differences: (1) regular instruction used no programmed…
Descriptors: Algebra, Analysis of Covariance, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
Williams, Fern C.; And Others – 1971
This study explores the hypothesis that the auditory discrimination abilities of disadvantaged Negro children can be improved significantly through an appropriate auditory perception training program. (AG)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Black Students
Clarke, Johnnie Ruth; And Others – 1976
This monograph, consisting of four sections, focuses on developmental education in the higher education setting. The first section, by Johnnie Ruth Clarke, provides an overall perspective on learning through developmental programs. Included are discussions of the developmental approach, developmental students and instructional activities, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
