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Espeseth, V. K. – Amer Ann Deaf, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Memory, Remedial Programs
Johnson, Warren R. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1980
Ten elements comprising the basic level of play therapy with children are presented, and the "resort" model, upon which successful play therapy is based, is discussed. (MJB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Fundamental Concepts, Models, Play Therapy
Peer reviewedJones, Kathy B.; Gellene, Gregory I. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2005
The slow destruction of successfully remedial course students from the chemistry curriculum stems principally from a largely typical rate of major and career goal change and is not attributable to any particular aspect of the chemistry placement examination (CPE) and remedial course program. Hence, institutions need to judge carefully whether a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs, Science Education
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2009
Summer Training and Education Program (STEP) is a summer employment, academic remediation, and life skills program intended to lower school dropout rates by reducing summer learning loss and preventing teen parenthood. The program is integrated into the federal summer jobs program and is offered during six-to-eight-week sessions in two consecutive…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Temporary Employment, Remedial Programs, Daily Living Skills
Bond, Lloyd – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2009
Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC) is a multi-site action-research project, focused on teaching and learning in pre-collegiate mathematics and English language arts courses at 11 California community colleges. In this report, the author discusses the data gathered over the course of the SPECC project and reflects…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Language Arts, Evidence, Action Research
Direct linkAmos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2008
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "What Happened to Dropouts from the High School Class of 2004?": Brief Finds Over a Third Not Working and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Public Education, Newsletters, Dropouts
Ortlieb, Evan – Education, 2008
When preservice teacher programs are failing to adequately prepare collegiate students towards becoming thriving teachers, what can be done? After many complaints were voiced from my student body, a survey was constructed, which revealed student satisfaction levels were lowest in the following areas: 1) The variety of opportunities to teach…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Pilot Projects, Cancer
Martin, William R. – J Reading, 1969
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Reading Research, Remedial Programs, Remedial Reading
HUMPHREY, JACK W. – 1967
AN IN-CLASS GROUPING PLAN IS PRESENTED FOR AIDING STUDENTS ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL WITH INSTRUCTIONAL READING LEVELS AS LOW AS GRADES TWO AND THREE. THESE PUPILS WERE ASSIGNED TO A CLASS CALLED READING 1 AND WERE TO CONTINUE TO READING 2, 3, OR 4 FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR SEMESTERS OR UNTIL THEY HAD REACHED A SEVENTH-GRADE INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL. MOST OF THE…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, High Schools, Reading Materials, Remedial Programs
Losak, John G. – 1968
This study sought to evaluate the remedial program at Miami-Dade Junior College. As a control group, 73 randomly selected students, eligible for the remedial program, were placed in the regular freshman English course, to be compared with an experimental group of 461 students who were in the remedial program because of GPA, attrition rate, and…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Evaluation, Remedial Programs, Remedial Reading
Boggs, John R. – 1968
This paper outlines research procedures designed to approach systematically the junior college remedial problem--the remedial student's lack of success. The procedure is based on a theory of motivation (need achievement) and is designed to provide data for the following questions: (1) Are remedial students less motivated than non-remedial…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Motivation, Remedial Programs, Statistical Analysis
Spartanburg Junior Coll., SC. – 1968
The growing number of high-risk, culturally deprived students, without adequate pre-college instruction, have little chance of academic success. Spartanburg Junior College, South Carolina, studied several summer preparatory programs and found that they (1) assumed all students started from and arrived at a certain same point in their educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Remedial Programs, Summer Programs
Niedermeyer, Fred C. – 1973
This paper defines and describes what comprises an effective tutorial system. The characteristics defined for a system are presented in the form of a checklist. The characteristics listed are as follows: (a) outcomes, (b) assessment, (c) materials, (d) training, (e) installation, (f) user experience data, and (g) time and costs. Each of the seven…
Descriptors: Definitions, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Remedial Programs
Farrell, Thomas J. – 1971
Since its inception in 1965 the General Curriculum Program at Forest Park Community College (Missouri) has fluctuated within identifiable limits and evolved from a totally non-credit situation to one of developmental credit that could count as elective units in degree and transfer programs. The program has shifted from a 2-semester to a 1-semester…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Experimental Curriculum, General Education, Remedial Programs
Berry, Gordon L.; Vivell, Susan – 1972
The Veterans Special Educational Program (VSEP) at the University of California, Los Angeles is a program for recently discharged servicemen and women whose educational achievement would not normally be acceptable for admission into an institution of higher education and economic background has not encouraged them to seek higher education. The…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Remedial Programs
