This study evaluates materials developed for low achievers by secondary mathematics teachers who participated in a summer conference. Fifteen pairs of experimental/control classes were involved. Materials were evaluated by data from achievement tests and attitude instruments. In addition, the teachers using the materials were asked for suggestions…

Thirty-eight sixth grade students (20 good and 18 poor readers) were involved in a study that examined comprehension under oral and written modes of presentation and across four expository texts that had been prepared at two levels of difficulty (easy and hard). All subjects listened to and read the texts in a counterbalanced order and afterwards…

Approximately 400 students in grades six through nine, many of whom were low achievers, participated in the Teaching and Learning program. The program was based on commercially developed curricula and implemented using principles of individualized instruction. Instruction was characterized by diagnosis and assessment, sequenced objectives,…

The purpose of this research was to determine whether student achievement in reading and spelling could be improved by using a typewriting instructional technique rather than a handwriting technique. The subjects were 23 second, third, and fourth grade students who scored significantly below the norms on segments of the Illinois Test of…

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF TEACHING READING TO CHILDREN WITH LOW MENTAL AGES, FOR EXAMPLE, OF FOUR TO FIVE, IS THAT MOST READING PROGRAMS ARE GEARED TO THE CHILDREN WITH A MENTAL AGE OF ABOUT SIX AND ONE-HALF. A CHILD WITH THIS HIGHER MENTAL DEVELOPMENT WILL OFTEN HAVE MANY OF THE BASIC READING SKILLS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED, OR HE CAN LEARN THEM QUICKLY…

A NATIONAL SURVEY, INVOLVING A FIVE-PERCENT SAMPLE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WAS CONDUCTED IN 1966. THE PRIMARY CONCERN CENTERED AROUND FOUR MAJOR QUESTIONS--(1) THE EXTENT OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUP SEGREGATION IN THE SCHOOLS, (2) WHETHER THE SCHOOLS OFFERED EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, (3) THE DEGREE OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUP DIFFERENCES ON…

THE PAPERS IN THIS COLLECTION EXPLAIN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL REMEDIAL PROGRAM IN READING AND WRITING DEVELOPED BY THE EUCLID ENGLISH DEMONSTRATION CENTER, THEY ARE (1) "REMEDIAL CLASSES AND THE TOTAL ENGLISH PROGRAM," BY GEORGE HILLOCKS, (2) "DEFINITION, ORIGIN, AND TREATMENT OF UNDERACHIEVEMENT," BY JANE W. KESSLER, (3)…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXPERIMENT WAS TO EXPLORE WAYS TO COUNTERACT THE NEGATIVE AND UNFAVORABLE PARENTAL APPRAISALS OF LOW-ACHIEVING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHICH REINFORCE THEIR NEGATIVE SELF-CONCEPTS AND IMPAIR THEIR ABILITY TO ACHIEVE. A 1-YEAR COUNSELING PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO COUNTERACT THE NEGATIVE PARENTAL INFLUENCE THROUGH THE POSITIVE…

This book is the teacher's manual to a text designed to meet the particular needs of those children who have "accumulated discouragements" in learning mathematics. It is a manual of suggested teaching strategies and additional materials aimed at compensation for past student failures to understand mathematical concepts. This book, D, is…

The reading abilities of low achieving high school students at two schools were compared to the readability levels of the magazines in which they showed interest. The median tested reading ability of these students was reported as third/fourth grade by their reading teachers. The reading specialist at one high school reported that boys had an…

EMPHASIS IN THIS CONFERENCE WAS ON THE MARGINAL OR LOW-ACHIEVING STUDENTS ADMITTED TO OPEN-DOOR COLLEGES. THE FIRST SPEAKER DISCUSSED THE ACHIEVEMENT POTENTIAL OF THE MARGINALLY PREPARED, SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, WITH STRESS ON THE EFFECTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC AND FAMILY FACTORS ON THE MOTIVATION OF SUCH STUDENTS. PROBLEMS OF REMEDIAL AND…

Chapter IV describes the interim findings of an experimental program for underachieving high school graduates during their freshman year at Southern Illinois University. The statistically analyzed data are presented and discussed under four headings--(1) Subjects' occupation or whereabouts in the year following their participation in the program,…

This math lab activities booklet accompanies a teacher's management guide and a set of five booklets which comprise the basic curriculum for "Mathematics Laboratories for Disadvantaged Students," a nationally validated Title III ESEA project. The materials in this bulletin are designed to serve as the core of the laboratory curriculum.…

Open classroom systems frequently use peer tutoring techniques as a means of individualizing instruction. This study investigated the effects of three variables on tutor and tutee performance: (1) the achievement level of the tutor; (2) brief tutor training in reinforcement and corrective feedback procedures; and (3) tutor expectancy about tutee…

Bucks County Community College's Department of Basic Studies is a comprehensive developmental education program which involves work for credit in basic academic skills--reading and study skills, writing and mathematics. In addition, special counseling is given to students in order to change negative habits and attitudes, and to develop a more…