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Download full textDodd, Alan; Shaughnessy, Michael F. – 1987
This study evaluated the acquisition of study skills in high-risk college freshmen enrolled in a developmental course, "Introduction to University Studies." The construction of the 30-item multiple choice instrument was described. The test reflected the objectives of the course, covering traditional study skill topics such as…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
Gorny, Bethanie – 1987
A prereferral intervention program was instituted: to ensure that children within a Head Start program who had special needs were identified and referred in a timely manner; to prevent the mistaken referral or labeling of children with mild delays who did not require intervention; and to increase the effectiveness of the existing referral system.…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities
Ascher, Carol – 1987
This document reviews the range of findings contained in 10 recently commissioned reports on how Chapter 1 programs are implemented and how successful they are in increasing the achievement of disadvantaged students. Although the conclusions of the reports are not the same, there are some developing consensuses. Findings are discussed in the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Martin, Margaret – 1982
Drawing from the experiences of the remedial/developmental program at Rockland Community College (RCC), this paper suggests a series of strategies for serving the educationally disadvantaged community college student amidst the economic and political pressures of the 1980s. Introductory comments identify the objectives for the development of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Ancillary School Services, College Faculty, Delivery Systems
McKoski, Martin M. – 1985
For basic writers, learning to write means learning new syntactic and textual forms and new ways of relating to an audience. This means that students must have certain kinds of knowledge about what differentiates writing from speech and what distinguishes sentences and texts/paragraphs that are focused and explicit. In addition, an enabling…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Peer Evaluation, Remedial Instruction
Baker, Roger G. – 1982
A study was conducted at Snow College to compare the efficiency and effectiveness of college remedial courses with that of regular courses of study. The study compared the performance of 48 students in four sections of a remedial English class with that of 24 students with similar skill levels enrolled in a freshman composition course. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, Community Colleges
Gibbs, Susan G. – 1982
The literature concerning tutoring in the elementary schools was surveyed and evaluated to determine the relative effectiveness of two types of programs--peer and cross-age tutoring. Studies involving each type of program were analyzed separately and effectiveness was judged by the gains in reading achievement experienced by both tutors and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Peer Teaching
Quisenberry, Nancy L.; And Others – 1981
This document presents an overview of legislation and actions resulting in the passing of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, and presents information of use to school personnel in mainstreaming. The document's first section traces the history of the treatment of handicapped individuals by society since the…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Legislation
Lee, Joyce – 1982
Because students in remedial classes often become better readers without becoming better writers, a year-long experimental "change of focus" in a Title I remedial program attempted to close this gap by placing a greater emphasis on overcoming writing skill deficits than on overcoming reading skill deficits. To address teacher concerns…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Integrated Activities, Reading Instruction
Stahl, Norman A. – 1981
Each academic year, a growing number of students with basic deficiencies in skills that are mandatory for successfully achieving the benefits of higher education enter colleges and universities. This problem is not limited to minority and underprivileged populations; these students come from all walks of life, all levels of socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Basic Skills, College Faculty, College School Cooperation
Cohen, Edward G. – 1982
Designed to enable Queensborough Community College to predict with greater accuracy the impact of changing enrollments on the number of credits generated in particular departments, this report provides data tables showing the relationships between curriculum and department in terms of credits and/or remedial hours generated. Tables 1 through 18…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Credits, Community Colleges, Departments
Brown, Cheryl J.; Kincaid, J. Peter – 1982
This study was conducted to establish Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) cutoff scores for the assignment of the appropriate level of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests to individual Navy recruits. The Word Knowledge (WK) and Paragraph Comprehension (PC) scores were combined to provide a composite score useful as a predictor of an…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Basic Skills, Military Training
Celestino, Karen Calvert – 1985
Success in performing the medical calculations required of nurses demands a competency in basic mathematical skills. This competency cannot be assumed of a number of college students and the nursing student is not an exception to this trend. A test was designed to assess basic mathematical competency and administered to two groups of sophomore…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computation, Educational Research, Higher Education
Wolcott, Willa – 1985
A study was conducted to determine whether a relationship existed between developmental English students' perceptions of the usefulness of writing in their lives and their performance in composition classrooms. Students enrolled in the developmental English course and the companion writing center course completed a writing attitude questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Performance Factors, Remedial Instruction
Ashmore, Rhea Ann – 1985
The model for the reading and study skills center at the University of Montana is based on the individualized and classroom techniques that have been successful with university students. The center offers two courses: increasing reading effectiveness and improving reading and study skills. The first is designed to improve reading achievement,…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Models, Program Descriptions
