Highlights documents in the ERIC collection pertaining to remedial and developmental programs in two-year colleges. (DC)

Ongoing professional development programs are required by teachers in order to become more effective in teaching. Although, in-service courses are offered to enhance the teachers' professional skills but the courses are not relevant to their needs. This may be due to the administrators' assumptions of the teachers' needs rather than what the…

Central Cabarrus High School (CCHS), near Charlotte, North Carolina, uses the PLATO computer assisted instruction system primarily to support remediation programs that are intended to help low performing students meet graduation requirements. CCHS used PLATO to: (1) provide an option for students to earn credit for failed courses or their…

This document describes a two-year project designed to prepare, desk-top publish, and class-test supplemental materials geared specifically toward a slower-paced, one-year Calculus I course that integrates the review of precalculus topics as they are needed. This course replaces the traditional two-semester Precalculus-Calculus I sequence for…

This study was conducted to: (1) determine if the intercession calendar, an alternative calendar that reduces the total school year for students who do not need remediation, positively impacts overall student achievement; (2) to assess the explanatory ability of the intercession model in accounting for student academic achievement variability; and…

The document addresses remedial or developmental programs in postsecondary California education. It also presents the results of the 1998 basic skills survey of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges' Basic Skills Ad Hoc Committee. Basic Skills courses usually refer to precollegiate basic skills courses. These are courses designed…

This research brief discusses the results of a study concerning the role of community colleges in providing remedial education. The study, conducted by the American Association of Community Colleges, examined institutional policies and practices found in community colleges, covering such issues as assessment of college-preparedness and placement,…

The roster of developmental programs available to students in community colleges is expanding, though remedial education itself does remain a marginal aspect of higher education. The programs are usually under-funded, segregated from "regular" offerings, and taught by part-timers. This report suggests that the colleges are sending signals that…

This paper summarizes themes arising from a symposium on the future of developmental education in the United States. In recent years, public financial support of developmental education has been declining and is projected to decline further. Participants in a symposium on developmental education agreed on some trends that are emerging.…

As the most recent update of the profile of underprepared students, this enrollment analysis examines: (a) the basic skills deficiencies of the fall 1998 entrants; (b) the basic skills deficiencies of the new county high school graduates within the entrant cohort; (c) the fall 1998 collegewide developmental course enrollment; and (d) the…

Suggests some basic knowledge that teachers of remedial English should possess before being considered qualified to teach. (TO)

Presents a technique for improving writing skills of college students in need of remedial instruction. (RB)

A description of an effective Math instructional television series for second graders. (Author/HB)

Sixty-two first graders were identified as high-risk learners and randomly assigned to one of three remediation techniques or a control treatment. (Author/DB)

From an analysis of both students themes and several published text-workbooks the author concludes that these books fail to meet the needs of a considerable number of students. (MM)