ALL FRESHMEN AT WINGATE COLLEGE, NORTH CAROLINA, HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO TAKE ENGLISH 101, WITH SPECIAL 101R SECTIONS FOR THOSE WITH ENTRANCE EXAMINATION SCORES INDICATING A NEED FOR REMEDIAL WORK. BY MEETING FIVE HOURS WEEKLY INSTEAD OF THE USUAL THREE, THE ENGLISH 101R STUDENTS HAD THE BENEFIT OF MORE DIRECTION, PRACTICE, DRILL, AND GUIDANCE. IN…

A statistical description of the students enrolled in the program is presented, including data on race, sex, marital status, age, legal residence, high school attended, citizenship, major, units attempted and completed, grade point average, and probationary status. On the basis of these data, several conclusions and recommendations are made. (MC)

The assessment profile of a 9-year-old blind child with normal intelligence is presented to illustrate activities useful in remediating lags in reasoning. Described are six activities from a module entitled "The Long and The Short of It", which provides the student with opportunities to use arbitrary units of measure and thereby…

Tryout results indicated that a speech and language program developed to improve employability of Corpsmen accomplished one of its two goals; that is, it taught Corpsment the concepts underlying the correct production of standard speech and language patterns. The program consisted of audio tapes, notebooks with pictorial and verbal stimulus…

This study compares junior college students assigned to remedial classes in English and mathematics who subsequently completed regular courses in these subjects, with those assigned directly to regular courses. Students studied were from seven junior colleges that participated in the 1967-68 experimental phases of the Comparative Guidance and…

The remedial student's lack of success is characterized by low grades in English and math and by a high dropout rate. Topical Papers 1 and 2 (ED 022 479 and ED 026 050) considered two possible reasons for his lack of success. This paper examines a third, namely, his inability to form new concepts. It presents a description of concept learning to…

Elementary school children of migrant farm workers were provided with cameras, film and guidance in their usage during a six-week program to find out if encouraging visual literacy would increase traditional language skills. Children in such experimental groups had better language facility and increased their reading ability more than children in…

Describes a systematic approach for designing, delivering, and evaluating individual remedial instructional services for handicapped students within the public school setting. Supplemental instruction is defined as remedial instructional programing that is provided for a pupil in addition to regular or special classroom instruction. (RAO)

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)