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Miller, Maria – 1978
The benefits and the role of speech communication courses in developmental education programs are examined in this paper. The first section outlines the need for a package of developmental classes that includes a course in speech communication to prepare students for college-level courses. It describes a successful developmental program for…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Smith, Geoffrey – 1979
The document describes the basic skills programs in reading and mathematics of the High School in the Community (HSC) in New Haven, Connecticut. HSC, designed to provide a choice of learning environments within the public school system, serves students dissatisfied with their previous school experience. Each student, on entering HSC, is screened…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Schools, Cooperative Planning, Individualized Programs
MAZURKIEWICZ, ALBERT J. – 1966
COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTIONS OF 60 PAPERS CONCERNED WITH THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET (ITA) ARE PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT, THE INITIAL SECTION OF WHICH IS DEVOTED TO A DESCRIPTION OF ITA AND A SURVEY OF ITS GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT. SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS DEAL WITH THE ROLE OF ITA IN (1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE AND THE TEACHING…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Handicapped Children
Download full textCONNERS, C. KEITH; WALLER, DAVID A. – 1966
IN A STUDY TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF A 1965 SUMMER HEAD START PROGRAM IN BALTIMORE, 83 PARTICIPATING CHILDREN WERE TESTED ON THE PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST (PPVT) AND THE DRAW-A-PERSON (DAP), AND THEIR SCORES WERE COMPARED WITH THOSE OF A MATCHED GROUP OF CONTROL NON-HEAD START CHILDREN. ALL WERE TESTED IN SEPTEMBER 1965 (AT THE BEGINNING OF THE…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
City Univ. of New York, NY. Office of Community Coll. Affairs. – 1968
Parallel with on-the-job training, this program provides remedial courses in High School Equivalency (HSE), Human Relations (HR), English as a Second Language (ESL) to help qualify candidates for public service careers in the Department of Hospitals and Department of Social Services, and Board of Education. HSE develops language, math, and reading…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Opportunities, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
Bloomington Public Schools, MN. – 1967
The reading program (K-12) of the Bloomington Public Schools, Bloomington, Minnesota, is defined and described. The program revolves around four major divisions: developmental reading, supplementary reading, library reading, and remedial reading. These major divisions are discussed relative to specific purposes, organization, materials, and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Corrective Reading, Curriculum Guides, Developmental Reading
Thompson, Charles; And Others – 1967
This report describes a residential remedial school for high potential underachieving grade 8 boys selected from public schools across the state. The school had four terms of two to three months duration each year, and attendance each term averaged about 200 boys and 25 visiting teachers from the same public school systems. The visiting teachers…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Finance, Educational Research
Leedy, Paul D., Ed. – 1964
Papers dealing with topics relating to college and adult reading instruction and discussions of these papers by reading authorities who offer differing viewpoints are presented. Subjects treated include humanistic aspects of reading; materials and methods in use; current and future programs; programs operated by business and industry; illiteracy;…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Business Education, Colleges
Artley, A. Sterl – 1968
Information from more than 180 research studies reported during the last decade is presented on (1) secondary school reading achievement, (2) status factors related to growth in reading, (3) progress of reading instruction, (4) instructional procedures, (5) student reading interests, and (6) secondary reading personnel preparation. The research…
Descriptors: Individualized Reading, Instructional Materials, Programed Instruction, Reading Ability
Shelton, Dick – 1973
A study of the literature on reading can introduce teachers to current methods for improving reading instruction. One current approach is the individualized reading program, in which children read trade books; such a program is built around individual conferences devoted to the accomplishment of individual objectives. A second approach, the…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, College Programs, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education
Mohan, Madan; And Others – 1975
Purpose of the program was to provide each migrant child the educational treatment that would be most effective in developing his potential. Consisting of a reading component which provided remedial reading instruction using tutors, and the LEAD (Learn, Experience, and Develop) component which involved parents and the community in bringing about…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development, Learning Experience
Roueche, John E.; Mink, Oscar G. – 1975
National studies indicate that remedial or developmental programs in the community college have generally been unsuccessful, resulting in inordinately high attrition rates among nontraditional, low-achieving students. A more appropriate system is individual, learner-oriented instruction. The attempt is to shift the students' orientation from…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling, Dropout Rate, Educational Innovation
Turner, W. E.; Bare, Janet – 1972
The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I program described in this paper served 1550 educationally deprived pupils in 82 Kansas elementary and junior high schools during the 1971-1972 academic year. The primary goals of the reading program were to improve and upgrade word recognition and reading skills and to improve pupils' attitudes. The…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Primary Education
Tregaskis, George K.; And Others – 1974
This teacher guide describes a parent education course designed to develop the skills of preschool and elementary school children by introducing parents to a number of learning activities suitable for implementation at home. The guide contains a series of seven lesson plans focusing on: (1) what the child learns in the primary grades, (2) how the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Home Instruction, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans
Bush, Steven J.; Karas, Shawky F. – 1971
The Waterbury Board of Education is currently operating a Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) project. It includes the Adult Basic Education Program and Occupational Skill Training. The program provides basic elementary education to individuals functioning at or below the third grade level in arithmetic and English, as well as those who…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Analysis of Covariance, Arithmetic
