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Download full textKoch, Kourtland R. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2004
This is the story of a college professor with learning disabilities that were undiagnosed until age 17. Failing school, he was excluded from a college bound academic track in junior and senior high school. He eventually went on to earn a doctoral degree after first becoming a special education teacher, certified reading teacher, and school…
Descriptors: Expertise, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Special Education Teachers
Peer reviewedCurtis, Marcia S.; Herrington, Anne J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1992
A basic writing course at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, serves students underprepared for first-year composition. The student population is culturally diverse, varying widely in ability and background. The course has evolved from a basic syllabus designed to teach writing skills to a more comprehensive, student-centered curriculum…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Descriptions, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design
Jenison, Mary Ellen – 1993
This paper describes Project ABLE (Academic Bridges to Learning Effectiveness), a program of the Longview Community College in Kansas City, Missouri, to provide college students with learning disabilities or brain injuries with the skills needed to succeed in college and the workplace. Each student in the program takes a basic core of classes…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Programs, College Students, Community Colleges
Ahrendt, Kenneth M., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1987
This collection of essays addresses various themes related to developmental education in two-year colleges. The collection contains: (1) "Responding to Criticism of Developmental Education," by Arthur M. Cohen, which answers six criticisms commonly leveled against remedial education; (2) "The Politics of Remediation," by Dennis McGrath and Martin…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Testing, High Risk Students
PDF pending restorationAmerican Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1983
The Cortland College Skills Center at the State University of New York, Cortland, helps students learn how they learn best, providing assistance in reading, writing, researching, listening, speaking, vocabulary, study skills, math, and standardized test preparation. Services are offered for learning disabled (LD) and handicapped students, and the…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Disabilities
