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Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. – 1978
These seven projects comprise the reading and language arts section of a report on Elementary Secondary Education Act Title IV programs for the state of Illinois. Complete descriptions are furnished for the following: a multi-text, individualized reading skills program for grades four through eight; a reading program which stresses phonetic and…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Reading
Grant, Mary Kathryn; Hoeber, Daniel R. – 1978
Basic skills programs are now almost a given in the curricula of postsecondary institutions; however, the key area of concern of basic skills researchers is, Are they working? The answer is two fold: yes, those involved in and committed to the programs are working very hard, and no, the programs themselves are not working very well. There is a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Compensatory Education, Educational Opportunities
Scarr, L. E.; And Others – 1981
In 1980, the Lake Washington School District in Kirkland (Washington) undertook a needs assessment of district activities and policies. One component of this assessment was a survey of community, staff, and student opinion concerning cost-saving or controversial actions or programs being considered for implementation in the future. Questionnaires…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
Download full textBlum, Mark E.; Spangehl, Stephen D. – 1979
Progress made in the University College of the University of Louisville in a competency-oriented general education program, with a supporting remedial skills component, is reported. The theoretical bases of competency-based developmental education in the liberal arts and the Louisville schema of basic or remedial skills that underly the higher…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Curriculum, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Dodson, Susan; And Others – 1978
The document describes the Pediatric Language Laboratory, a day care center which provides day care and therapeutic services to 20 mild to moderate communicatively delayed children, 1 to 4 years old. Initial sections address program philosophy; program components (diagnostics, remedial services, typical services, parent education, and community…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Design, Cognitive Development, Communication Disorders
Nelson, Robert L. – 1981
There is a need for reading instruction at the college level because (1) no matter how much reading instruction a student has had, he or she can benefit from more; (2) it is not until college that some students realize how important reading is; and (3) many students make it to college who are still poor readers. A successful developmental reading…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Higher Education
Briody, P. M. – 1980
The itinerant secondary remedial resource teacher service, designed to identify and help isolated country students in Queensland who are experiencing learning difficulties and to assist teachers in classrooms, program development, and resource strategy for exceptional learners, was evaluated seven months after project initiation in 1979. Data for…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Itinerant Teachers, Outreach Programs
Jongsma, Eugene A. – 1981
This report presents case studies of the three exemplary projects within the Special Emphasis Project, a federally funded national study of how intensive reading programs might change the patterns of elementary school students who read one or more grades below grade level. An introductory section provides information on the history, organization,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Federal Programs, Program Descriptions
Michaels, Linda A. – 1978
A fourteen item Likert-type attitude scale concerning a college-level basic skills program was developed from topics suggested by the program staff. The scale was completed by 216 college freshmen who were enrolled in at least one of the three courses offered by the program: writing and reading, study habits and thinking strategies, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Course Evaluation
Dworkin, Nancy; Dworkin, Yehoash – 1978
The 1978 Summer Reading Institute, which served 58 Washington, D.C., elementary school children, is described in this paper. Major characteristics of the program model are first identified, along with elements that were added to the model in the preplanning stage. Numerous aspects of the program are then described, including the make-up of the…
Descriptors: Differentiated Staffs, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Activities
Buck R. Rex Education Agency, Northport, NH. – 1979
This document presents evaluations of four Title I and Impact Aid programs implemented in New York City School District 30: (1) Title I and Impact Aid Teacher-Paraprofessional Reading Team Program; (2) Title I Teacher-Paraprofessional Mathematics Team Program; (3) Title I and Impact Aid-Optional Assignment Reading Program; and (4) Title I…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Knight, Michael E. – 1979
This program was designed to improve mathematics achievement by directing intervention toward diagnosed deficiencies in number concepts, computational skills, relationships among measures, and problem solving. Four hundred and twenty second through eighth grade students participated in the program. Math lab rooms were established in each of seven…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computation, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education
Lesser, Saal D.; Reece, Gene K. – 1978
In 1977-78, four remediation programs were funded under Title I and three under Impact Aid in New York City's School District 30. Title I programs included: (1) a teacher-paraprofessional reading team program in 12 elementary, intermediate and junior high schools; (2) a teacher-paraprofessional mathematics team program in 10 elementary,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Educationally Disadvantaged
Burg, Leslie A.; Kaufman, Maurice – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the impact on remedial reading instruction of recent Massachusetts legislation aimed at providing diagnostic/prescriptive services to identified special needs children in the public schools. Specifically, the study concerned available programs, certification and deployment of specialized personnel, delivery of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems, Reading Consultants, Reading Difficulties
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1967
IN THE PAST THE ECONOMY CONTAINED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHOSE NEEDS WERE NOT MET BY THE SCHOOL, BUT TODAY NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES OF PRODUCTION ARE ELIMINATING THIS CHOICE. SPECIAL PROGRAMS SUGGESTED HAVE TWO MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN, PREVENTIVE PROGRAMS WHICH RECOGNIZE SPECIAL NEEDS IN ADVANCE AND PROVIDE NECESSARY ASSISTANCE SO THAT…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged
