Postsecondary institutions must continue to provide remedial and compensatory courses for those entering students whose deficient reading and writing skills preclude their academic success or survival. A keystone to academic survival and success is the reading/study skills course that takes into account learner characteristics in both the…

A study was conducted to investigate the vocational education needs of disadvantaged and delinquent youth who have left school and come into negative contact with the criminal justice system. Specifically the objectives were (1) to identify the capacities and realistic vocational ambitions of the study population; (2) to assist these juveniles in…

Ways in which the study of discourse analysis can aid the teacher of basic writing in helping their students to express themselves fluently are explored in this paper. It is noted that remedial writers need to learn to relate abstract ideas to concrete examples and that they seem unable to supply the connections between ideas, especially those of…

This guide presents procedures for teaching programmed reading, language arts, math, SRA reading, and handwriting in Behavior Analysis classrooms. The McGraw-Hill Programmed Reading curriculum is described, placement instructions are reviewed, teaching tips are offered, and remediation procedures are suggested. A Language Arts Index is presented…

This report summarizes the theoretic background, rationale, and development of 14 simulated cases useful in comparing the problem-solving behaviors of clinicians as they diagnose the same case under the same conditions and in supplementing field experiences in teacher preparation programs. The first section of the report presents a theoretic…

A course design for remedial English is defined and described in terms of the college student, his previous knowledge and experience, reading skills, personality, and emotional reactions. Academic objectives are outlined, taking into account individual differences and needs. Emphasis is placed on teacher guidance and counseling in the development…

The importance of motor and perceptual learning in the educational process is discussed. It is hypothesized that an internalization of sensory-motor learnings is important to the perceptual and cognitive development of a child. Developmental and corrective motor training by physical educationalists is suggested. It is concluded that although the…

Because it is felt that a conceptual framework for teaching disadvantaged students should be derived from an educational rather than a sociological viewpoint, the model which is offered is based on the student's learning deficiencies. This model focuses the teacher's attention on the learning situation and suggests the kind of action which is…

Freshmen enrolled in regular and remedial sections of English were surveyed to determine the amount of instruction and practice in expository composition received during high school. Results showed that the total amount of instruction was relatively low for both groups of students: only 15% of remedial students and 25% of regular English students…

A study of 94 students was undertaken in an attempt to support the hypothesis that remedial English instruction in college can result in measurable improvement in student writing. These students, chosen randomly from 376 prospective remedial students were divided into seven different writing classes which met for one-hour class sessions four days…

This report is an evaluation of a selected New York City Umbrella program funded under a special grant from the New York State Legislature. The program, which served eighty children in two Brooklyn schools, focused on the early identification of learning problems and the remediation of these problems in first and second grade children in each of…

In order to help college students in their transition to college level work in biology and to increase their achievements in that field, a special reading and study skills adjunct course was organized. The course focused on the methods and materials of the introductory course for biology majors and attempted to build the students' skill…

Individual, self-paced, and computer assisted instruction (CAI) characterize the English Multimedia Laboratory of San Antonio College, where entering freshmen with composite American College Test scores in the lowest category of 1-15 have increased from 28% in 1967 to 61% in 1975. The multimedia lab, operational since 1973, replaced the relatively…

Literature related to behavior modification is surveyed to draw implications for the diagnosis and treatment of reading deficits and for the inservice and preservice training of reading teachers. A 39-item bibliography is included. (AA)

The handbook for learning centers contains guidelines, forms, and supplementary information to be used with all children identified as having a learning disability, mild retardation, or sensory deprivation in the Norwalk, Connecticut public schools. It is stressed that the learning center should provide supportive services for at least 35 minutes…