Analyzes the literature concerning learning centers. Concludes that there are two definitions of the term, one meaning the improvement of a student's ability to learn independently, primarily through learning skills instruction and counseling, and the other meaning the individualizing of instruction and learning activities through the use of…

Outlines a module on diagnostic and prescriptive teaching which was developed for teachers in service who needed a refresher course in reading. (JM)

The Study reported here tested an application of the Linear Programming Model at the Reading Clinic of Drew University. Results, while not conclusive, indicate that this approach yields greater gains in speed scores than a traditional approach for this population. (Author)

Discusses the training of teachers, who will be able to create humanistic learning environments committed to mainstreaming (allowing the child to move in an individually prescribed program), within an individualized environment--the Humanizing, Individualizing, and Personalizing Program at the University of Missouri at Columbia. (JM)

Describes a self-directed, individualized program using performance contracts to improve reading skills in both developmental and remedial reading areas. (RB)

Presents an approach to an individualized methods course in the teaching of reading that includes goals for both knowledge and performance, the development of modules or learning packets, and ways of testing and checking comprehension. Offers suggestions for organizing the course. (JM)

This paper briefly defines the term "remedial"; describes the remedial college student's problems with language; discusses writing processes and products in relation to a study recently conducted by the author and suggests remediation for students with problems; discusses affective domain concerns that operate in writing workshops and describes…

Offers a technique for teaching vocabulary that integrates the use of individual students' needs and experiences with the use of sentence context in determining specific situational word meanings. (FL)

Contends that an improvisational stance in teaching avoids disagreements and blockages that can stymie reading instruction. Outlines eight graduate students' experiences teaching improvisationally. Explains that the tutors sought a collaborative teaching stance that was in tune with the individual children's interests and personality. Defines…

Describes an individually-prescribed instructional reading program (for grades one through fourteen) that retains the advantages of peer interaction and increases, rather than decreases, teacher-pupil interaction in a cost-effective framework. (JM)

Standard assumptions and teaching strategies must be discarded when working with international students on the university level. The problems faced by international students are exacerbated by archaic curriculum designs for reading courses. Students have often been expected to negotiate literary masterworks after only three semesters in the…

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…

Discusses the University of Maryland Reading Center Competency Program. (MM)

The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions and opinions of the 128 students who have matriculated in a competency-based reading methods course at Rhode Island College. The course presently consists of 54 objectives in 14 instructional modules. Alternate learning activities and various postassessment options are listed in each module,…

Describes the process by which an individualized instruction reading test program was developed. (CRH)