Concludes that writing fiction and stressing subjective reaction and personal experience are positive approaches in remedial writing courses. (DD)

Describes and illustrates the use of Interaction Place Maps, a conceptual framework that can be used to help peer tutors become more sensitive to the kinds of roles and interpersonal relationships they may encounter with students, organize the relationships into a framework, and help change these relationships when appropriate. (DMM)

Offers 10 specific suggestions for redefining the role of homework in mathematics instruction in order to teach students to see homework as a tool and an integral part of learning. (DMM)

This CRitical Issues Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet focuses on remediation in higher education. Many colleges and universities are struggling to define the role of remediation in higher education, and leaders with different philosophical perspectives continue to debate their views. Because current arguments about remedial education in higher education…

Brief summary of the relationship between perception and learning ability. Emphasizes the role the classroom teacher can play in early diagnosis and remediation of perceptual difficulties. (JS)

Author recommends solutions for the problems of the individualized spelling program. (Author/MF)

Address to joint session of Secondary and Post-Secondary Departments at 1971 annual meeting of the American Vocational Association. (Editor/MU)

Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to see if mathematical deficiencies can be inferred from PSSC students' performance by using a hierarchical model of requisite skills. Assuming inferences were possible, remediation was given. No effect due to remediation was observed but analysis indicated incidental learning…

Supports the conjecture that learning to recognize text structure through flowcharting transfers to more careful reading of expository texts by less skilled readers. (AEA)

The process of writing a play serves as a remediation method for developing writing skills in the learning disabled student. The case of an 11-year-old student, who neither writes nor spells, illustrates this method. (SB)

The author presents a task analysis model for interpreting diagnostic test performance and for planning a remedial program for learning disabled students. A survey of evaluation instruments is given for eight skill areas, including oral expression, listening comprehension, and basic reading skills. A case study illustrates the approach. (CL)

Urges basic writing instructors to teach prewriting and rewriting as seriously as they teach writing. Decribes the implementation of this approach which forces students to proceed through all three stages of writing in a structured classroom setting for each composition assignment. Provides an example showing a students' writing improvement. (AYC)

To investigate the cost effectiveness of a training procedure to remediate learning disabilities, a fading technique was used to teach five preschool children to correctly label ps and qs. (SBH)