Developed by the Chancellor's Task Force on Academic Quality, this report presents background, analysis, and recommendations concerning remedial offerings in the California community colleges. Part I presents background material on the scope of remediation in the colleges, and the student constituencies and social conditions that have created the…

Part I of this document contains materials that relate to the Screening Test for Adult Learning Difficulties (STALD). The test, other testing materials, and test administrator's sheets are provided as attachments. The test is aimed at screening adult learners individually to see whether characteristics common to adults with learning difficulties…

This study sought to determine whether there would be any relationship between age and success for students arbitrarily placed in "college-preparatory" beginning algebra on the basis of the ACT mathematics score. The study was conducted during the first term of 1985-86 at Broward Community College, in Florida. A list of 78 students…

This study sought to determine what percentage of students entering teacher education needed remedial instruction in basic high school mathematics and what impact the remedial instruction had on those students. Fifty-four freshmen from Eastern Kentucky University who were planning to major in teacher education were given a 20-item pretest…

A literature review was conducted to determine the meaning, symptoms, causes, and treatment of dyslexia. The review revealed that dyslexia simply means "distorted words," and is the inability to read either phonetically or visually. Among the symptoms of dyslexia disclosed by the review are motion sickness, retardation in reading of from 6 months…

Intended for regular teachers with mildly handicapped learners, the handbook covers techniques for adapting instruction, for compensatory instruction, for remedial instruction, and for teaching basic survival skills. An introduction surveys types of appropriate modifications for mainstreaming. Adaptive techniques discussed include the following:…

Reuven Feuerstein's Learning Potential Assessment Device and Instrumental Enrichment (LPAD/IE) system presents a valid approach to assessment, which moves from constructs, to pedagogical theory, to instruments, and to remedial strategies. This system uses standardized tests in a standard approach, but not for the purpose of the quantification of…

Planned, individualized vocabulary instruction is an essential ingredient of developmental reading classes, and deserves special attention, since expanding word knowledge is the one area related to reading comprehension in which student progress can be directly observed and measured by the learner in daily or weekly increments. The two factors…

Use of low-stress algorithms to reduce the cognitive load on students is advocated. The low-stress algorithm for addition developed by Hutchings is detailed first. Then a variation on the usual algorithm is proposed: adding from left to right, writing the partial sum for each stage. Next, a "quick addition" method for adding fractions proposed by…

Some possible reasons why remediation is needed in mathematics instruction are presented. The need to diagnose the problem and then provide appropriate, effective remediation is discussed. Four guiding principles for diagnosis are presented, followed by six questions covering hypotheses about the source of the difficulty. Suggestions are then…

A summer program has been initiated by the Office of Minority Affairs at New York Medical College with the aims of providing educationally and economically disadvantaged minority college students with the academic support, study skill guidance, and career guidance needed for preparation for entrance into medical school. (Author)

Reviewed are educational philosophy and learning strategies for children who have learning disabilities in addition to deafness. Definitions, prevalence figures, etiological and educational theories, characteristics of and terminology for learning disabled (LD) children are discussed in terms of their relevance to the deaf learning disabled. A…

This report is an evaluation of a New York City School District educational project funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The program was designed to serve 1,640 children attending special day schools, psychiatric hospitals, and day and residential treatment centers for the socially maladjusted and emotionally…