PRESENTED ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF 18 TYPICAL PROJECTS IN VERMONT WHICH WERE DEVELOPED WITH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I FUNDS. ARRANGED BY CITY OR TOWN, EACH BRIEF PROJECT RESUME PRESENTS A STATEMENT ABOUT THE NEED AND SUBSTANTIATION (BASELINE DATA), TITLE, PROJECT DESCRIPTION, PROPOSED EVALUATION METHODS, AND COST. OVERALL, THE…

This monograph includes an extensive review and evaluation of the research literature and offers teachers and clinicians background for understanding reading diagnosis, the correlates and causes of reading disabilities, diagnostic techniques, and remediation. The following topics are discussed: (1) the nature and levels of diagnosis, (2) the…

A study was conducted in six Indiana elementary schools to determine whether there was a significant difference between the scores of remedial reading students on three evaluative tests as applied to the skill-content, guidance, and combination approaches of teaching reading. The skill-content approach was aimed directly at teaching reading…

Screening tests consisting of observation procedures and simple physical exercises requiring only a chinning bar, stopwatch, and record forms are suggested for identifying pupils aged ten to seventeen who are underdeveloped in strength, flexibility, agility, or cardiorespiratory endurance. Classes should be divided into pairs with one pupil acting…

The ability to use language as a means of thought expression is a growth process. It is necessary, therefore, for college-level developmental courses to concentrate on strengths stemming from the student's communication in an informal environment, rather than on skill deficiencies reflected in test scores. To achieve this, the teacher must know…

This paper briefly defines the term "remedial"; describes the remedial college student's problems with language; discusses writing processes and products in relation to a study recently conducted by the author and suggests remediation for students with problems; discusses affective domain concerns that operate in writing workshops and describes…

Since two-thirds of all adult learners plan their own education programs without professional help, outreach to these learners in their own community settings is the next important movement in education. Outreach also applies to those many adults who need help simply in coping with everyday life in this complex society. A recent study found that…

In this program, designed to help remedial reading students in the English classroom, each student's reading skill needs will be diagnosed and the resultant data will be applied to methods of catering to individual needs within the class group. Students will be judged by what they produce to fulfill their individual needs. The document contains a…

This study investigated the limitation of using only achievement test batteries to identify and place academically underprepared students, and suggests curriculum innovations to deal more adequately with the problem. Ninety students at Daytona Beach and Santa Fe junior colleges provided data by completing a series of physical, psychological, and…

This study examined several aspects of language development in young children. Base line data was gathered from Southern urban higher status white and lower status white and black 4-year-olds on measures of: (1) proficiency in certain aspects of standard American English, (2) use of attributes in description, and (3) ability to imitate,…

This paper examines the present efforts of colleges and universities to offer educational opportunity to disadvantaged students, briefly reviews some of the studies in this area, and recommends guidelines for planning and implementing educational opportunity programs. The Coleman study clearly documented the problem of educational deprivation;…

A comparison was made of the effectiveness of two direct methods of vocabulary instruction with college freshmen in compulsory remedial reading classes. The two methods tested were a programed approach, "EDL Word Clues," and a more conventional approach using the dictionary with lessons patterned after the format used by H. C. Hardwick in "Words…

Developmental and post-traumatic dyslexia are discussed in terms of a dysfunction of the central nervous system resulting in reading disabilities. The relationship of reading to other language functions is considered, with emphasis on the temporal aspects of speech and reading. An interdisciplinary approach is held necessary for the diagnosis of…

The reading resource teacher program established in the Madison, Wisconsin, Public Schools is described. Volunteer classroom teachers were given 20 hours of special training in reading and one-half day a week released time to assist their principals in reading curriculum development. Such consideration as cost, teacher-ability differences, staff…

The Early Entry Institute, an especially individualized and supportive 8-week summer program, was established in 1966 at Northern Michigan University to raise the academic level of students who graduate in the lower third of their high school class and may be poor college risks. This study compared the persistence and academic performance of 91…