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Crull, Peggy, Ed. – Linkages: Perspectives from Special Programs, 1987
This document is an issue of a journal "Linkages," that in general serves as a forum for exchanging information and ideas on issues relevant to three City University of New York (CUNY) programs. The programs are Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK), College Discovery (CD), and College Discovery and Development Program…
Descriptors: College Students, Dropouts, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
Fisher, Joseph A., Ed. – 1980
Including sections on research, programs, and professional problems and issues, this yearbook contains presentations given at the 1978 and 1979 meetings of the North Central Reading Association. Papers include: "The Effects of Anxiety on Reading Comprehension" (David Wark and others); "Some Effects of Anxiety on University Students" (J. Michael…
Descriptors: College Programs, Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Program Evaluation
Levy-Reiner, Sherry, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1985
Descriptions of 10 college programs involving collaborative learning are presented, along with Karen T. Romer's essay, "Collaboration: New Forms of Learning, New Ways of Thinking." The essay identifies various kinds of collaborative learning as well as the benefits of collaborative models. The following programs and schools are…
Descriptors: College Programs, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education, Learning Experience
Lenze, Lisa Firing – NEA Higher Education Research Center Update, 1996
Research on the effectiveness of specific strategies for faculty and instructional development at the college level is reviewedd, focusing on five delivery strategies: (1) workshops; (2) instructional consultation; (3) grants for instructional improvement; (4) colleague collaboration; and (5) print resources. In each case, the strategy is…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Consultation Programs, Faculty Development, Grants
Download full textRPISE Reporter, 1988
Each issue of "PRISE Reporter" offers a feature article on educating handicapped students and provides descriptions of other information sources, continuing and completed research, and promising practices. The December 1987 issue contains an article by Martha Thurlow titled "A Skeleton in Our Closet? The Special Education…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Learning, Disabilities
Maxwell, Martha – Review of Research in Developmental Education, 1990
Studies suggest that developmental students like peer tutoring, are more relaxed with peers, and feel that peer tutoring helps their grades. However, the small number of studies on college tutoring provides no consistent evidence that underprepared students who are tutored improve either their grades or grade point averages. The students who do…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, High Risk Students
Paired Reading Bulletin, 1988
The annual bulletin of the Paired Reading Project contains 17 feature articles: (1) "Parental Involvement in Reading and Language" (F. Burton); (2) "Infant/Infant Cross-Age Peer Group Tuition" (A. Low and M.Davies); (3) "Comment on Low & Davies" (K. Topping); (4) "Paired Reading in Reaside Middle School"…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Migrant Education
Topping, Keith, Ed. – Paired Reading Bulletin, 1985
The first National Paired Reading Conference decided to establish a Paired Reading Information Network and to publish a journal. This bulletin is a direct result of this decision. It contains eight conference papers (constituting the conference proceedings), six feature articles, and four short reports (all with an emphasis on the method of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Topping, Keith, Ed. – Paired Reading Bulletin, 1986
The eight papers constituting the Proceedings of the second National Paired Reading Conference are published in an annual bulletin of the Paired Reading Project, together with five feature articles, as follows: (1) "Paired Reading--History & Future" (R. Morgan); (2) "Crosland Moor Junior High School Paired Reading Projects with…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Topping, Keith, Ed. – Paired Reading Bulletin, 1987
The 15 papers constituting the Proceedings of the third National Paired Reading Conference are published in an annual bulletin of the Paired Reading Project, together with seven feature articles, as follows: (1) "Peer Tutored Paired Reading in a College of Further Education" (S. Booth and J. Winter); (2) "A Comparative Review of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Marshall, Linda; Waddell, Ray – 1977
This pamphlet is the sixth in a series of ten stemming from the view that language is central to learning, that teachers can gain insights into their work and into learning by examining the language of the classroom, and that current language theory can be the means to such insights. The pamphlet outlines a students-helping-students program for…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1983
Recommendations to further the educational development of minority college students are addressed in an essay, and descriptions of college programs funded by the Minority Achievement Program (MAP) are presented. In "A National Study of Minorities: Some Implications for Undergraduate Education," Alexander W. Astin considers the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Colleges, Career Awareness, College School Cooperation
Fideler, Elizabeth F., Ed. – The Educational Forum: A Journal of Teaching, Learning & Professional Development, 1990
This inaugural journal issue presents the perspectives of Massachusetts Bay Community College's faculty, administrators, and students on various aspects of community college education as practiced at the college. The journal contains the following articles: (1) "Adult Second Language Beginning Reading," by Ann Hilferty; (2) "Making Education a…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Basic Writing, College Instruction, College Programs
Ram's Horn, 1984
The combined Summer 1982-Spring 1983 issue of this journal dedicated to the Rassias Language Method includes the following articles: "Languages, Learning, and Change" (Ronald C. Rosbottom); "Role-Playing: Perception and Analysis of Sex-Role Stereotypes in Literature" (Judith G. Miller); "Prose as Drama: The Use of Fairy…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Education, Drama
