Ten elements comprising the basic level of play therapy with children are presented, and the "resort" model, upon which successful play therapy is based, is discussed. (MJB)

The slow destruction of successfully remedial course students from the chemistry curriculum stems principally from a largely typical rate of major and career goal change and is not attributable to any particular aspect of the chemistry placement examination (CPE) and remedial course program. Hence, institutions need to judge carefully whether a…

Summer Training and Education Program (STEP) is a summer employment, academic remediation, and life skills program intended to lower school dropout rates by reducing summer learning loss and preventing teen parenthood. The program is integrated into the federal summer jobs program and is offered during six-to-eight-week sessions in two consecutive…

Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC) is a multi-site action-research project, focused on teaching and learning in pre-collegiate mathematics and English language arts courses at 11 California community colleges. In this report, the author discusses the data gathered over the course of the SPECC project and reflects…

AN IN-CLASS GROUPING PLAN IS PRESENTED FOR AIDING STUDENTS ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL WITH INSTRUCTIONAL READING LEVELS AS LOW AS GRADES TWO AND THREE. THESE PUPILS WERE ASSIGNED TO A CLASS CALLED READING 1 AND WERE TO CONTINUE TO READING 2, 3, OR 4 FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR SEMESTERS OR UNTIL THEY HAD REACHED A SEVENTH-GRADE INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL. MOST OF THE…

This study sought to evaluate the remedial program at Miami-Dade Junior College. As a control group, 73 randomly selected students, eligible for the remedial program, were placed in the regular freshman English course, to be compared with an experimental group of 461 students who were in the remedial program because of GPA, attrition rate, and…

This paper outlines research procedures designed to approach systematically the junior college remedial problem--the remedial student's lack of success. The procedure is based on a theory of motivation (need achievement) and is designed to provide data for the following questions: (1) Are remedial students less motivated than non-remedial…

The growing number of high-risk, culturally deprived students, without adequate pre-college instruction, have little chance of academic success. Spartanburg Junior College, South Carolina, studied several summer preparatory programs and found that they (1) assumed all students started from and arrived at a certain same point in their educational…

This paper defines and describes what comprises an effective tutorial system. The characteristics defined for a system are presented in the form of a checklist. The characteristics listed are as follows: (a) outcomes, (b) assessment, (c) materials, (d) training, (e) installation, (f) user experience data, and (g) time and costs. Each of the seven…

Since its inception in 1965 the General Curriculum Program at Forest Park Community College (Missouri) has fluctuated within identifiable limits and evolved from a totally non-credit situation to one of developmental credit that could count as elective units in degree and transfer programs. The program has shifted from a 2-semester to a 1-semester…

The Veterans Special Educational Program (VSEP) at the University of California, Los Angeles is a program for recently discharged servicemen and women whose educational achievement would not normally be acceptable for admission into an institution of higher education and economic background has not encouraged them to seek higher education. The…

The author presents a format for reporting the progress of an individual remedial program which would contain the following six sections: identifying data, summary of educational evaluation, nature of the remediation program, evaluation of the remediation program, conclusions, and recommendations. (PHR)

Designing and building a hockey table offered upper school students at Ashbourne School in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, vocational and academic instruction, opportunities to channel aggressive and sexual impulses, experiences that enhanced self-image, healthy peer relationships, and opportunities for individual initiative and involvement. (JG)