Describes a writing exercise for use in a remedial writing laboratory. (RB)

Describes a math review unit in a mastery-learning format designed to ensure that every student entering a physics course can actually use the mathematics essential for the course. (GS)

In the context of a discussion of the role of developmental education in the nation's community colleges, this paper responds to criticisms of developmental education that have been made in recent years. First, the paper considers the role of developmental education in promoting literacy, examines definitions of literacy, highlights results of…

Experiences of an individual working with illiterate delinquents are related. It is suggested that controlled rage as a concomitant to learning failure is a potential source of school difficulty as well as social violence. A case of a ninth-grader with reading problems whose IQ had steadily decreased with age is cited. The schools' unsuccessful…

This module was developed as remedial material for physics students who have difficulty understanding concepts of circuits and calculating resistances, and voltage drops and currents. Lists of prerequisite skills and instructional objectives are followed by a pretest (with answers). Students are directed to the subject matter in the module based…

Describes a program at a community college in Bronx, New York in which English instructors and content area teachers work together to improve the writing of students needing remedial instruction. (RB)

The Riker's Island program was designed for 321 adolescents between the ages of 16 and 21 who were incarcerated at the Riker's Island facility for remanded and sentenced prisoners in New York City. The student population was made up of predominantly black and Puerto Rican youngsters from low socio-economic areas of New York City. Many of these…

This bibliography lists readings that will help reading specialists and learning-disabilities specialists learn about one another's disciplines. Readings are grouped in six categories: overview of the controversy; labels and services; language, linguistics, and reading; cognition and reading; tools for identifying learning or reading problems; and…

Discussed are normal and abnormal mechanisms of learning observed in the learning disabled child and associated educational implications. (DB)

The "Care-Full" teaching process described in this report is an assessment-oriented procedure which monitors the student's specific rate of growth toward defined learning objectives. First, the report briefly delineates eight steps in the process, indicating that teachers and counselors: (1) become aware of the need for assessment; (2) transform…

The paper addresses provisions for a diagnostically based remedial component for children manifesting clear and specific learning disabilities in mathematics. A model, the interactive unit, upon which a sequential program that systematically minimizes learning disabilities on mathematics performance is introduced. It is explained that the…

REPORTS ON PROCEDURES USED TO DISCOVER WHAT MODIFICATIONS WOULD MORE EFFECTIVELY PREPARE TEACHERS FOR WORK IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS WERE PRESENTED. A STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF BEGINNING TEACHERS IN A DEPRESSED-AREA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SHOWED THAT PROBLEMS AROSE FROM THE TEACHERS' LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF LOWER CLASS…

OBJECTIVES OF A PROPOSED MATHEMATICS PROGRAM FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE ARE THE ACQUISITION OF A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE NUMBER SYSTEM, OF INFORMATION ABOUT AND UNDERSTANDING OF MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS, OF AUTOMATIC RECALL OF BASIC NUMBER FACTS SO THAT THE CONCEPTS LEARNED CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER SITUATIONS, AND OF THE ABILITY TO…

IT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO FIND INTERESTING MATERIAL FOR REMEDIAL READING PROGRAMS. STUDENTS OVER 14 YEARS OF AGE, BUT STILL IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL, FOUND NEWSPAPERS TO CONTAIN INTERESTING AND PRACTICAL MATERIAL. BECAUSE OF THE GREAT VARIETY OF ARTICLES CONTAINED THEREIN, NEWSPAPERS ARE RELEVANT TO EVERY AREA OF THE ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM. THEY CAN BE…

THE PURPOSE WAS TO IDENTIFY ABLE STUDENTS FROM DISADVANTAGED URBAN AREAS AND TO STIMULATE THEM THROUGH CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, SPECIAL CLASSES, AND GUIDANCE TO SEEK HIGHER EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL GOALS. A PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO REFINE THE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTION OF ACADEMIC POTENTIAL, THROUGH APTITUDE TESTING, ACHIEVEMENT TESTING,…