Discusses the development of the National Center for Developmental Education (NCDE), from its conception as a regional consortium to its expansion as a national resource center. Describes the NCDE's mission of teaching, service, and research. Reviews the Kellogg Institute, providing advanced training for experienced developmental educators, and…

In 1993, Research and Teaching in Developmental Education published a commentary by Dr. Jeanne L. Higbee titled "Developmental versus Remedial: More than Semantics," expecting a response from the readership that never materialized. In this article, the author once again challenges developmental educators to reevaluate their mission and focus on…

Asserts that strategic planning can be a powerful tool in helping an organization like the National Association for Developmental Education to reinvent itself to better meet today's and tomorrow's needs. The strategic planning process involves the asking of several basic questions: "What do we want to be in the future?"; "Who are…

Presents the standards and guidelines developed by the Council for the Advancement of Standards for Student Services/Development Programs for learning assistance programs, covering mission, program, leadership and management, organization and administration, human resources, funding, facilities, legal responsibilities, campus/community relations,…

Considers remedial education within the context of the role and nature of the community college, perceiving the debate over whether community colleges should provide developmental education as part of a struggle for institutional identity. (DMM)

Reviews sources of information on materials for teaching reasoning with a microcomputer. Suggests microcomputer magazines, catalogs of commercial materials, CONDUIT (a nonprofit organization devoted to educational computer use), and local microcomputer users groups. Lists Apple II software for strategy games with reasoning applications. (DMM)

Explores the experiences and research which led Bernice McCarthy to advocate the goal of deliberately helping students to develop skills and potentials inherent in each hemisphere of the brain. Describes the 4MAT system, which equally emphasizes four learning styles (i.e., experience, active experimentation, reflective observation, and abstract…

Supports the use of the Testing T as an organizational tool to help students anticipate exam questions based on notes from lectures and prepare sample answers. Answers students' common questions about the method, such as "How many questions should I write?" and "How long should it take?" (DMM)

Provides information about learning disabilities for the developmental educator. Discusses the multidisciplinary nature of its definition, the middle-class orientation of the movement, and the instructional methods and programs available for adolescents. Encourages the development of postsecondary programs geared to individual student needs. (CAM)

Argues that remedial mathematics instruction involving only a hierarchy of instructional units fails to impart methods of mathematical inquiry and thus isolates the student from the learning process. Suggests involving the student by teaching concept development, rather than manipulative skills, and relating mathematics to students' lives. (JP)

Describes the developmental studies learning program at Georgia State University (GSU), focusing on two services: supplemental instruction, or extra tests and study groups directly related to course content, and adjunct course offerings, or learning-strategies instruction related to courses. Provides 10 steps for expanding the role of academic…

Discusses the interplay of short- and long-term goals in developmental education, suggesting that long-term goals should provide the focus, stability, and motivation for short-term goals. Indicates that successful programs utilize strategic approaches to learning and use means which meet both sets of goals simultaneously. (MAB)

In this study, we examine the role of academic preparation in the transition from community colleges to four-year institutions. We address two specific questions: To what extent do academically unprepared students transfer to four-year institutions? And, can positive experiences in community colleges diminish the role of inadequate academic…

In the context of a discussion of the role of developmental education in the nation's community colleges, this paper responds to criticisms of developmental education that have been made in recent years. First, the paper considers the role of developmental education in promoting literacy, examines definitions of literacy, highlights results of…

Examines definitions of written fluency, methods used to promote fluency, and some of the problems inherent in the approaches. Topics discussed include writing process, modeling, metacognition, and developmental studies. Concludes that written fluency is a multi-dimensional concept involving a range of strategies, their organization, and…