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Acceleration across California: Shorter Pathways in Developmental English and Math
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Hern, Katie – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Developmental courses in English, math, and reading have an important purpose in higher education, especially in the open-access world of community colleges. These classes--also referred to as "remedial"--are intended to give less-prepared students a chance to catch up and meet the challenges of college-level coursework. However,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Acceleration (Education), Remedial Instruction
What Research on Prose Comprehension Suggests for College Skills Instruction.
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Hayes, David A.; Diehl, William – Journal of Reading, 1982
Suggests using principles of instruction grounded in prose learning research to develop successful college developmental skills programs. (AEA)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education
Creating a Context for Developmental English.
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Goode, Dianne – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2000
Describes an innovative curriculum project at Piedmont Community College in North Carolina called CONCUR, which designed classes specifically for developmental students, applying the principles of contextual learning by creating the context of a publishing company. Discusses motivation, grading, the reading workshop, providing books, pages…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developmental Studies Programs, English Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Three Approaches to Teaching College Reading Skills.
Whittaker, Jeweleane W. – 1981
Three techniques for teaching effective reading--using students' textbooks, reading modules, and individual instructional packets--have proven successful in reducing reading time while improving comprehension skills for students in a reading and study skills course at a Texas university. Students assigned to the course use their content area…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
PEP IV Commanding English: General Colleges's 1981-1982 Program for Southeast Asian Students.
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Flake, Sandra Dylla; Read, Sherry – 1983
The Asian Commanding English (CE) program at the General College, University of Minnesota, which provides coursework in reading, writing, and oral communication to students from Southeast Asia, is described. The program was selected as a model for the development of a retention package specifically directed to the Southeast Asian student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Asian Americans, College Credits
A Model for Teaching Basic Skills in a Community College Setting.
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Brantley, Jerry; And Others – 1981
The Basic Skills Program described in this report was developed by Macomb County Community College (MCCC) as a semester-long pre-vocational program for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) students. Following introductory material, Part I presents a general review of postsecondary developmental education programs for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Planning, Community Colleges, Counseling
Research, Classroom Practice, Programs. Improving the Odds: Helping ESL Students Succeed. Selected Papers from the CUNY ESL Council Conference (New York, New York, February 1987).
City Univ. of New York, NY. Instructional Resource Center. – 1988
Papers presented at the City University of New York's English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) Council conference on maximizing the chances for success of limited-English-proficient college students include the following: "Thresholds, Alienation, and Syntax" (Geoffrey Summerfield); "Storytelling: Starting with the Familiar" (A. Duku…
Descriptors: Alienation, Classroom Techniques, College Bound Students, Developmental Studies Programs