Explores reading instruction by teachers other than remedial instructors, the significance of remedial programs, and some of the problems remedial programs face which administrators should take into account. (HTH)

The article presents the medical, psychological, and reading diagnoses of a 24-year-old man with herpes encephalitis, an acute neurological disease. Test results are reported and the client's response to learning disability remedial techniques are reviewed. (SBH)

Investigated the effect of a direct remedial reading program on perceptual motor performance of 119 reading disabled intermediate grade pupils. Comparison of pre- and post-treatment functioning on perceptual motor and reading measures revealed that the gain of Ss in the remedial reading program was significantly greater than the control Ss'…

Examines teachers' views of the strengths and weaknesses of pullout programs and of alternatives to pullout programs. (PCB)

Describes a threefold approach to dealing with students who lack basic skills: (1) provide remedial instruction; (2) orient new students; and (3) implement a learning center to offer developmental assistance to all students. (JOW)

Alternative schools are definitive departures from the programmatic, organizational, and behavioral regularities inhibiting school reform. Many reforms now pursued in traditional schools were pioneered by alternative schools. Types include popular innovations, last-chance programs, and remedial programs. Advantages, disadvantages, common elements,…

A teacher of "basics" for 14 and 15 year olds who have failed eighth grade questions the validity and relevance of this teaching approach. She stresses the importance of apprenticeships and internship programs to help students apply knowledge that is infrequently used and soon forgotten. (MLH)

A recent study of state-funded remedial and compensatory programs in South Carolina concluded that about 40% of the state's principals lacked sufficient understanding of such programs to determine which delivery model was most appropriate and to integrate the programs successfully into their schools' total instructional programs. Obviously,…

Examined academic remediation for students identified at-risk by kindergarten screening instruments. With experimental group (n=84), school counselor participated in assessment and facilitated remediation process throughout school year. With control group (n=100), counselor coordinated assessment procedure, with remediation being classroom teacher…

Comments on the literacy rights of all children and the money that is spent on remedial programs. States that the United States needs a unified effort that merges or eliminates the current variety of programs and funding streams to secure the right to sufficient instruction for all children. (MG)

Presents an interview with Ira Shor, who reflects on the state of the community college since the 1960s, the open admissions experiment at the City University of New York, and the remediation wars that have recently heated up in New York and elsewhere. (SC)

A feasible instructional method for reducing failure in first-year algebra is the double-dose approach pioneered by Douglas MacIver. Two studies conducted in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and in Norfolk, Virginia, reveal the educational benefits of providing second math periods for ninth-grade algebra students. (MLH)

Outlines steps developmental educators need to take to win the cooperation of more students. Argues also that developmental educators must include computer literacy in their understanding of literacy. (SR)

Uses the University of Washington as a case study illustrating the double bind basic writing programs are caught up in at public research institutions on the West Coast. Claims the university's Educational Opportunity Program writing sequence is at risk in the face of the anti-affirmative action movement, Initiative 200. (NH)

Entry-level kindergartners in classrooms from five middle class school districts were given a test of letter identification and children who scored at or below the 30th percentile on the test were classified as "at risk" for early reading difficulties. Half of these children were randomly assigned to a project-based intervention condition where…