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Gabriel, Dennis – Review of Research in Developmental Education, 1987
The body of folk wisdom and research on the characteristics of successful developmental educators indicates, among other findings, that: (1) the single most important factor influencing learning is not the teacher but what the learner already knows; (2) excellence in teaching involves a genuine concern for students; (3) successful instructors are…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Developmental Studies Programs, Postsecondary Education, Remedial Instruction
Download full textVenditti, Phillip N. – 1988
A perennial challenge for developmental educators is to upgrade students' skills over many years without losing their own sense of professional dedication and momentum. Two instructional techniques that can be of use to developmental educators in meeting this challenge are interactive errands and dialogue journals. These activities enable students…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Interpersonal Communication, Remedial Instruction
Waksman, Mary – 1986
This paper discusses two primary instructional goals of Feuerstein's instrumental enrichment approach to remedial educational interventions. The instrumental enrichment approach is a method of classroom intervention directed toward helping students acquire the logical and psychological prerequisites of independent formal thought. The first and…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Phelan, William T. – 1987
This report assesses the first year of a school achievement program in Lowell, Massachusetts (Lowell Achievement Program, LAP). The program targeted seventh and eighth grade students who were at risk for dropping out of school. The main goals of the program were to identify these students and to stimulate them to participate in their own learning…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Beckett, Gene – 1985
A discussion is provided of the distinguishing characteristics of developmental education. First, the reasons for the lack of a clear definition are discussed, and the consequences of this ambiguity are highlighted in terms of the existing confusion over the purposes of developmental education. Next, the linguistic and theoretical bases of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Definitions, Developmental Studies Programs
Fadale, LaVerna, M.; Winter, Gene M. – 1984
A Task Force of developmental education professionals in New York was convened to consider issues related to the evaluation of developmental programs from a statewide perspective. This report provides a summary of the two Task Force sessions and resulting recommendations and plans for action. Introductory material provides background on the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Community Colleges, Conferences, Definitions
Hunt, Helen V. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1974
Described and evaluated is a 1-year program which provided nine primary grade mildly retarded children with diagnostic prescriptive remedial instruction. (DB)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Exceptional Child Education, Intervention, Mental Retardation
Strum, Irene – 1976
This is an evaluation of a program designed to provide continuity of instruction in reading and mathematics for pregnant school age girls in New York City. The program was designed to provide instruction for monolingual and bilingual (English-Spanish) students. Selected students were two or more years retarded in reading and/or mathematics.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Pregnant Students, Program Descriptions
Schwalb, Eugene; and others – J. Learning Disabilities, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Identification, Intelligence, Language Ability
Schell, Leo M. – 1981
The concept that a child's potential reading level can be measured via listening comprehension has at least one major shortcoming: it is of doubtful worth for children in grades one through three. First, reading comprehension and listening comprehension are not approximately equal early in a child's schooling. In fact, it seems that they generally…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Educational Diagnosis, Listening Comprehension, Primary Education
Friedenberg, Joan E. – 1981
Four aspects of computer assisted instruction (CAI) are treated: (1) an introduction to computer literacy and awareness; (2) guidelines for establishing a computer-assisted bilingual instruction site; (3) a description of some existing computer-assisted bilingual projects; and (4) identification of future needs. The first section provides a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Elementary Education
Olson, Gary A., Comp. – 1982
Included in these proceedings are 11 essays by 12 specialists in the field of writing center administration. The first essay is the keynote address; the other essays are printed in the order in which they were presented at the conference. The papers discuss the following: (1) the writing center: a vision revisited; (2) from thought to word:…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Competency Based Education, Higher Education
Argall, Rebecca S. – 1982
With evidence supporting the belief that as a way of decreasing errors sentence combining offers a number of advantages for developmental writing students, a college composition instructor gave 19 developmental writing students five weeks of concentrated sentence combining study with no other instruction or writing practice. The sessions…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Grammar, Higher Education, Punctuation
Grima, Frank; Roark, Edith – 1981
Vernon Regional Junior College's (VRJC's) incorporation of a reading course in its nursing curriculum is described in this two-part report. The report's first section provides background on VRJC, its facilities, and the factors which led to the implementation of a reading course specifically designed to help students understand nursing textbooks…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Course Descriptions, Medical Vocabulary, Nontraditional Students
Swindling, James A. – 1981
A study was conducted at Eastfield College, Texas, to assess the impact of remedial reading instruction on the academic achievement of students with reading skill deficiencies. The study involved all students whose basic skills were assessed at Eastfield College and who received academic advisement between April 1978 and August 1978 (N=898). Of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Accountability, Dropouts
