Cites fallacies of laissez-faire spelling instruction and suggests emphasis on word building and word composition. (SW)

Describes the use of speech communication activities as springboards for writing assignments. Focuses on interviewing, storytelling, role-playing, letter-writing, and nonverbal communication exercises. Concludes that such prewriting activities help remedial writing students in organizing thoughts, generating information, interacting with peers and…

Concludes that Title I has suffered from a politically bad image that might be due in part to unrealistic expectations. (FL)

What little research has been done with regard to secondary level remedial reading programs suggests that a whole language approach is beneficial. (DD)

The article describes a University of South Dakota neurotherapy program, which uses increasingly sophisticated diagnostic information to provide services to brain impaired children within their home and school settings. (DLS)

Using mystery and detective fiction in the classroom proved to be an effective method of improving the reading, listening, and comprehension skills of below-average high school readers. (MB)

Describes two remedial programs in reading instruction that work. (IRT)

By overruling both "Aguilar v. Felton" and its companion case, "School District of Grand Rapids v. Ball" as inconsistent with their current understanding of the Establishment Clause, U.S. Supreme Court majority held that "a federally funded program providing supplemental, remedial instruction to disadvantaged children on a…

Comparison of 33 boot camp participants with 39 inmate nonparticipants showed that the former were significantly more likely to take and pass the General Educational Development Test (GED). Previous academic achievement as indicated by Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised scores predicted who later passed or failed the GED. Individual personality…

Argues that basic writing students need incremental assignment sequences to experience success in writing and to develop their abilities to write about abstract concepts. Describes a four-part sequence of writing assignments moving from observing to narrowing to generalizing to theorizing. (RS)

Offers perspectives on meaningful restructuring, drawn from years of experience with the nonprofit Community Training and Assistance Center in Boston. Relying on remedial reforms or additional program layers is generally counterproductive. Meaningful (systemic) restructuring moves simultaneously from the top of the hierarchy downward and from the…

Uses the author's experiences and observations teaching first- and second-grade children to argue that pullout programs may have a negative effect on the community of learners. Documents the major disruptions to a class and to a child's continuity of thought of preparing to leave, leaving, and then reentering a classroom. Outlines suggestions for…

Analyzes the public and professional discourse of learning disability, arguing that medical models of literacy misdirect teaching by narrowing its focus to remediation. Considers how resurgent demands for behaviorist pedagogies make understanding their continuing appeal important to composition studies. Discusses implications for the college…

The goal of developmental, or remedial education is to help students prepare for college level courses. Students need remediation for a variety of social, economic, and psychological reasons. Many students requiring remediation turn to community colleges because community colleges have an open door policy regardless of a student's level of…