This study compares junior college students assigned to remedial classes in English and mathematics who subsequently completed regular courses in these subjects, with those assigned directly to regular courses. Students studied were from seven junior colleges that participated in the 1967-68 experimental phases of the Comparative Guidance and…

The remedial student's lack of success is characterized by low grades in English and math and by a high dropout rate. Topical Papers 1 and 2 (ED 022 479 and ED 026 050) considered two possible reasons for his lack of success. This paper examines a third, namely, his inability to form new concepts. It presents a description of concept learning to…

Elementary school children of migrant farm workers were provided with cameras, film and guidance in their usage during a six-week program to find out if encouraging visual literacy would increase traditional language skills. Children in such experimental groups had better language facility and increased their reading ability more than children in…

Describes a systematic approach for designing, delivering, and evaluating individual remedial instructional services for handicapped students within the public school setting. Supplemental instruction is defined as remedial instructional programing that is provided for a pupil in addition to regular or special classroom instruction. (RAO)

Concludes that writing fiction and stressing subjective reaction and personal experience are positive approaches in remedial writing courses. (DD)

Describes and illustrates the use of Interaction Place Maps, a conceptual framework that can be used to help peer tutors become more sensitive to the kinds of roles and interpersonal relationships they may encounter with students, organize the relationships into a framework, and help change these relationships when appropriate. (DMM)

Offers 10 specific suggestions for redefining the role of homework in mathematics instruction in order to teach students to see homework as a tool and an integral part of learning. (DMM)

This CRitical Issues Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet focuses on remediation in higher education. Many colleges and universities are struggling to define the role of remediation in higher education, and leaders with different philosophical perspectives continue to debate their views. Because current arguments about remedial education in higher education…

Brief summary of the relationship between perception and learning ability. Emphasizes the role the classroom teacher can play in early diagnosis and remediation of perceptual difficulties. (JS)

Author recommends solutions for the problems of the individualized spelling program. (Author/MF)

Address to joint session of Secondary and Post-Secondary Departments at 1971 annual meeting of the American Vocational Association. (Editor/MU)

Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to see if mathematical deficiencies can be inferred from PSSC students' performance by using a hierarchical model of requisite skills. Assuming inferences were possible, remediation was given. No effect due to remediation was observed but analysis indicated incidental learning…

Supports the conjecture that learning to recognize text structure through flowcharting transfers to more careful reading of expository texts by less skilled readers. (AEA)