Investigates the effectiveness of a program that provides diagnostic and remedial services for individuals with severe reading difficulties and professional growth for reading and resource specialists at all levels. Finds that students who made substantial progress in a special remediation program did not continue to progress at the same rate in…

Responses to a questionnaire administered to 252 full-time freshmen enrolled in at least 1 remedial course indicated that academic boredom exists and may be related to the following factors: a conflict between student expectations and reality and unmet student need for a high degree of classroom stimulation. (Author/MLW)

Evaluates implementation of the "failure free" reading program. Adequate repetition, appropriate sentence structure, and meaningful story content are incorporated in directed instruction, talking software, and print materials. Improvements were noted in attitudes, curriculum-based performance, and standardized tests. (MMU)

Responds to Anne G. Koehler's "A New Paradigm for Teaching with Technology," which appeared in the Journal of Developmental Education (vol.22, issue 1, Fall 1998). States that the main objective in developmental education is for students to learn, but that teachers should also keep current with new technology and effectively monitor and redesign…

Describes the first of three levels, or generations, in the development of online courses. Explores the design and value of generation one (G1) activities, including steps such as prewriting, drafting, editing, and presenting. Discusses the value of G1 courses and provides some examples. Future issues will address G2 and G3 online courses.…

Discusses recent recommendations for reform in mathematics education advocated by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics as they relate to the needs of students with learning differences. Notes that the constructivist theory on which the recommendations are based have different philosophical premises than the information-processing…

States that community college students' special needs (developmental and remedial) should be emphasized in community college libraries. Explores different techniques that can and have been utilized for this purpose along with the political and motivational obstacles to implementing them. Programs described include bibliographic instruction,…

Fully 40 percent ($5 billion) of Georgia's FY 2000 general funds budget is for K-12 education. There is increased funding for a homestead exemption, expansion of the HOPE (higher education) Scholarship Program, capital outlay projects, remedial assistance programs, and instruction of limited-English speaking students. (MLH)

Describes a study of 260 academically at-risk college freshmen, profiling their perceptions of study demands and study skills appropriate for college. Discusses student perceptions related to degree goals, academic strengths and weaknesses, tutoring services, remediation needs, peer versus expert tutoring, group versus individual studying, and…

Reports that developmental freshmen taking a one-credit remedial learning skills course did not receive grades significantly better or worse (either during or immediately after taking the course) than non-participating students. States that these results are consistent with other studies indicating that developmental freshmen need time to respond…

Compares the effects of explicit instruction of the Preread-Read-Organize-Review (PROR) textbook reading strategy in a course-based context (where students apply reading strategies to their own college textbooks) versus a content-based context (where students apply reading strategies only to texts provided in the reading class). Draws no…

The guiding premise of this article is that developmental education and learning assistance programs will continue to be undervalued and vulnerable as long as there is no overarching, shared theoretical framework that practitioners can (and want to) call their own. The traditional approach to addressing this theory crisis has been to import…

This undisguised, embedded case study examined outcomes related to student enrollments and representation over the four year period following a decision by the City University of New York (CUNY) to eliminate remediation in four-year colleges. Qualitative and quantitative methodologies provide insight into contributing factors to changes not only…

A study sought to promote improved work among six at-risk students in a third-grade writing workshop in a central Virginia school by varying the standard workshop format: mini lesson followed by free writing. The approach was to replace mini-lessons with multi-sensory, hands-on experiences followed by brainstorming activities and evaluate how the…

The Truants' Alternative and Optional Education Program was developed to provide preventative, interventive, and remedial services to keep students from becoming chronic truants, and as an educational option for students who had dropped out or who were at risk of dropping out of school due to academic deficiencies. The program, implemented in the…