A general model along with four illustrations is presented for the consideration of budgetary constraints in the setting of passing scores in instructional programs involving remedial action for poor test performers. Budgetary constraints normally put an upper limit on any choice of passing score. Given relevant information, this limit may be…

A SPECIAL COURSE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WHO ENTER HIGH SCHOOL WITH ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS BELOW THE SIXTH-GRADE LEVEL IS PRESENTED. AFTER COMPLETION, THE STUDENTS WILL BE QUALIFIED TO TAKE THE ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS COURSE DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT PLANNING TO ENTER COLLEGE. THE BASIC CONCEPTS, UNDERSTANDINGS, AND SKILLS…

QUESTIONNAIRES MAILED TO 53 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND CONTENT OF READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS (RIP) OFFERED IN THE FALL OF 1966 INDICATED THAT AS OF SEPTEMBER, 1966, 79 PERCENT, OR 37 SCHOOLS, OF THE 53 INSTUTUTIONS HAD SUCH A PROGRAM, WHILE 21 PERCENT, OR 10 SCHOOLS, DID NOT. SURVEY…

A PROGRAM PROVIDING SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READERS IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS, IS DESCRIBED. THE ORGANIZATION AND MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTION INCLUDE EXTENDED READINESS, BASAL INSTRUCTION, REMEDIATION IN GRADES 3, 4, 5, AND 6, AND CLINICAL INSTRUCTION. INSERVICE TRAINING, GRADING, EVALUATION AND PROBLEM AREAS ARE DISCUSSED. A SHORT…

A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY INVESTIGATED READING PROGRAMS CONDUCTED IN THE SUMMER OF 1967 IN THE CAPITAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES TO STUDY THE PROGRAMS' SOURCE OF SUPPORT, ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS, TEACHING PERSONNEL, INSTRUCTION, AND EVALUATIVE TECHNIQUES USED. DATA BASED ON THE RESPONSES OF 30 SUPERINTENDENTS SHOWED THAT 86 PERCENT OF THE CAPITAL…

As part of a symposium on the performance of black students in higher education, viewed from the perspective of the theoretical learning model proposed and recently elaborated by Benjamin Bloom, this document discusses the instructional process in Educational Opportunity Programs in terms of functional components. These programs, operated at most…

On the basis of test results, high school background and degree objective, 25% of the 1970 freshman class at the City College of New York was assigned to a remedial math course. Students retested after 1 semester of remediation showed significant improvement, as compared to a control group who did not take a remedial math course. First semester…

This paper first presents the rationale for an eclectic approach to remedial teaching and then considers a teacher training program designed to encourage eclecticism. The wide range of pupil characteristics, teacher attributes, and instructional approaches and the lack of any universal cure for reading problems necessitates an eclectic approach in…

Very often, the greatest source of difficulty for the disabled reader is the inconsistency of the vowel sounds in the English language. This program, intended primarily for remedial use with any reader above the first grade, is designed to attack this problem by providing intense, highly structured practice in the regular vowel sounds while…

This survey of remedial or developmental mathematics programs is based on useable responses from 98 community-junior colleges during the fall and winter of 1969. Of the 185 schools originally contacted, 42 specifically indicated no such program, and only six questioned their appropriateness. The most often indicated reasons for the existance of…

Studies and characteristics of compensatory education programs at two Florida junior colleges are described in this report. A study at Miami-Dade Junior College dealt with a program designed to teach the bottom 10 per cent of students as indicated by scores on the Florida Twelfth Grade Test. Experimental group students participated in a remedial…

Directed toward parents or advisers, the guide presents comparative facts on a selected number of summer programs of varying types and offers suggestions on choosing a camp. The following features are listed: programs emphasizing tutoring, travel tours, and camps which specialize in natural science, young children, electronics or rocketry, travel…

Universities are being faced with the problem of how they can best carry out their functions and pursue standards of academic excellence with youth who, because of social, economic and educational disadvantages, deviate markedly from traditional academic norms. Many institutions have initiated special programs or practices designed for these…

Students enrolled in college remedial English courses typically profit little from them. Improved instruction through the use of innovative teaching techniques was viewed as a possible solution to the problem. Following a review of pertinent learning theory, some examples of current innovative ideas and techniques aimed at improving instruction…

The suggestions in this paper offer some alternatives to the traditional perfunctory "remedial" programs that open the doors to hundreds of students and then fail to followup on the students' progress. General objectives of a basic skills program for open-admissions inner-city students should include the following: (1) To help each student…