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Bennett, Gary D. – 1988
A study reports on a six-week remedial program designed to help youth at residential care group homes maintain their skill levels in reading and math during summer vacation. Twenty-nine children, all of whom were considered educationally at risk, were selected from seven residential care homes for the project. Most of the children's Wide Range…
Descriptors: Delinquent Rehabilitation, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Lumpkin, Donavon, Ed.; And Others – 1987
Articles in this yearbook contribute to a broad perspective of changing concepts of reading, each focusing attention on an area of major factors exercising current impact on reading and on the education of reading teachers. The articles and their authors are as follows: "Learning from Text" (T. Estes); "Untying the Gordian Knot" (W. Blanton and G.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Experience Approach
Download full textAbraham, Ansley A., Jr. – 1987
Standards and assessments used by Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states to place students in either regular college-level courses or remedial/developmental courses were investigated. Questionnaires were sent to 489 two-year and four-year institutions, of which 404 responded. Information was collected on the specific assessments (tests)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, College Students, Educational Testing
Kolzow, Lee C. – 1986
In spring 1985, a study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of remedial programs at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) by following the progress of students after they had taken a remedial course. The sample included 223 students who enrolled in communications courses from 1980 to 1982, 299 students who enrolled in developmental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education
Baker, Meryl S.; Hamovitch, Mark – 1983
Four training courses developed under the Job-Oriented Basic Skills (JOBS) program were evaluated to determine whether they could compensate for the skill deficiencies of lower aptitude Navy personnel. The JOBS program was designed for personnel who scored in the lower mental aptitude categories on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Attrition (Research Studies), Basic Skills, Educational Research
Hodges, Daniel L. – Focus on Productivity, 1981
The present system of testing and placement at Lane Community College (LCC) provides for voluntary assessment in reading, writing, and mathematics during orientation period, followed by recommendations for enrollment in appropriate courses. While only 15% to 20% of the new students at LCC participate in the testing/placement program, it must be…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Educational Testing
Dallas, Susan, Ed. – 1982
One of the most difficult problems facing colleges today is dealing with students whose basic skills are too low to allow them to benefit from college-level studies. While some institutions seem to have given up expectations for underprepared students' achievement, others have instituted massive programs of individualized counseling and tutoring…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, High Risk Students, Multicampus Districts
Henard, Kay F.; Adelman, Stanley I. – 1982
Employing a question/answer format, this 13-section report presents descriptive and evaluative information about Amarillo College's ACcess Center, which provides developmental courses, tutoring, and support services to the academically underprepared. The first sections identify ACcess advisees as students scoring below the 9th grade level on any…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Grading
Davis, Beverly; Woodruff, Nancy S. – 1985
A comprehensive, shop-related curriculum was developed for special needs students who are severely disabled readers. The basic approach of the curriculum was to provide individualized diagnostic-prescriptive materials that correlate basic reading skills and the required vocational and technical concepts. Trade-related packets were written for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. – 1985
Designed to provide a systematic, in-depth assessment of Miami-Dade Community College's (MDCC's) educational programs, this institutional self-study report assesses the impact and effectiveness of major reforms in the college's educational programs, student support services, and selected campus-level activities. The first of eight volumes begins…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Standards, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Anderson, Kent C. – 1985
The Early Prevention of School Failure (EPSF) program developed by Dr. Luceille Werner is presented. The program is designed to identify and remediate developmental deficiencies of four-, five-, and six-year-old children and has been accepted in the National Diffusion Network as a nationally validated program. The main program components are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Curriculum Guides, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Change
Roueche, Suanne D., Ed. – Innovation Abstracts, 1984
A nationwide study was conducted to examine how U.S. colleges and universities organize, staff, and operate their various programs to meet the needs of the low-achieving student and to document the extensive literacy problem facing all institutions of higher education. Every two- and four-year college in the country was surveyed, and 58% (N=1,452)…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, College Instruction
Cleary, Donna McKee – 1978
This book provides secondary reading teachers with a practical guide for establishing a reading laboratory program. Written in conversational style, it contains diary-like comments and includes student responses to the activities described. The first section deals with the following topics: determining the physical aspects of a reading laboratory,…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Intellectual Development, Language Arts, Learning Activities
Donovan, Richard A. – 1976
Highlights are presented of programs designed to aid students underprepared for college level work at the ten institutions chosen as Associates for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) National Project II: Alternatives to the Revolving Door. The selected programs include: those at Bronx Community College, the Educational…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Counseling, Educationally Disadvantaged
Cartelli, Lora Marie – 1976
Four randomly selected classes of learning-disabled children (N = 46) participated in a study of the effect of paradigmatic training in oral language skills on specific reading abilities. Two classes used the Key to Learning series as the experimental treatment, and two classes served as a control group. Tests of reading skills and of paradigmatic…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Language Ability, Language Patterns, Learning Disabilities
