Reading Recovery is an early intervention program that helps low-achieving first-grade children to become independent readers who need no further remediation. Reading Recovery was introduced by Marie M. Clay who, in the mid 1970s, developed procedures with teachers and tested the program in New Zealand. In 1984, the success of the program in New…

This information capsule explores the effectiveness of score ranges on the Computerized Placement Test (CPT), used to assess the skills of entry-level students at Miami-Dade Community College and place first-time-in-college students in classes. Data are provided for students entering in Fall terms 1996 and 1997 showing the number of students…

In response to a District Student Services request, the Institutional Research Office of Miami-Dade Community College conducted a study of the new SLS intervention courses. The purpose of the research was to answer the following questions: 1) Did the SLS courses help in the retention of college preparatory students? 2) Did the SLS courses help…

This summary sets out the main findings of an eighteen month research project into the development of basic skills support in colleges of further education in England and Wales. The research was commissioned by the Basic Skills Agency and undertaken by the University of Central England and Bilston Community College. The research was based on…

Revised version of a paper presented at the Wisconsin Symposium on Linguistic Perspectives on Black English, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, May 1970. Special issue on Black Dialect: Historical and Descriptive Issues'' edited by William A. Stewart. (RS)

Preprint from a forthcoming pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Editor/SW)

Reviews and analyzes results of experimental studies based on diagnostic prescriptive instruction as it affects science achievement. Results indicate such instruction significantly and positively influences science achievement, but that there is no clear indication that use of prescription/remediation in addition to diagnosis brings about…

A model of language abilities in matrix form is described in which areas of language ability are defined in terms of the effects of receptive and expressive language processes on four linguistic levels: phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. (Author)

Describes a computer assisted learning system designed to help improve the writing skills of students at Concordia University who use English as a second language. Its history, methodological and conceptual problems, theoretical considerations, hardware, and software are discussed. A bibliography of 17 items is included. (CHC)

Discusses techniques for changing applied learning strategies research from the status of temporary research project to that of a permanent part of the classroom or learning center. Eight references are listed. (LLS)

Stressing to remedial educators the danger of complacency once a learner has acquired the basic skills of reading and numeracy, the authors advocate cooperation and coordination between secondary remedial education and adult literacy programs and call for a real commitment by teachers toward fostering basic skills in the disadvantaged. (SJL)

Two linguistically deficient children of deaf parents had been cared for almost exclusively by their mother, who did not speak or sign to them. Intervention led to erasure of idiosynchratic speech pattern in the older child and in increasing both children's expressive ability. Implications for language-learning are discussed. (PJM)

Describes a study of remedial, freshman English classes that analyzed students' ability, motivation to attend classes, and career choices and compared these factors to achievement levels or grades. (MKM)

A college instructor describes her experiences teaching two remedial composition courses as part of the Urban Education Program at Westfield State College in Massachusetts. Focus is on teaching methods that emphasized grammar, writing, and reading, and on student progress throughout the courses. Examples of student work are included. (JMD)