This investigation tried to determine if a statistically significant relationship exists between different sequences of enrollment in remedial mathematics and grades obtained in college algebra classes at Jacksonville State University. Groups consisting of five different enrollment sequences in mathematics were studied. The data collected supports…

The most pressing problems of research on minority groups have not received adequate attention. One such problem is that of identification and understanding of the mechanisms of learning facility and learning dysfunction and the implications of both for the optimum development of heterogeneous populations. Secondly, in contrast to the body of…

This paper is a progress report on a series of experiments which have sought to probe the cognitive development of mildly mentally retarded and normal children, using conservation training as the principal research tool. Three- and 4-year-old children were given Verbal Rule instruction in a 2 x 2 x 2 design intended to probe the importance of…

This handbook gives advice to the adult learner on such problems as effectively concentrating and listening, improving reading skills, responsibly participating in group discussions, and taking tests successfully. Also included are discussions concerning adults' learning processes and efficient study habits. Concluding chapters deal with the use…

Because it is felt that a conceptual framework for teaching disadvantaged students should be derived from an educational rather than a sociological viewpoint, the model which is offered is based on the student's learning deficiencies. This model focuses the teacher's attention on the learning situation and suggests the kind of action which is…

This report is an evaluation of a selected New York City Umbrella program funded under a special grant from the New York State Legislature. The program, which served eighty children in two Brooklyn schools, focused on the early identification of learning problems and the remediation of these problems in first and second grade children in each of…

The impetus for this study developed from a search for intervention procedures applicable to children with learning difficulties in the regular grades. It was noted that, when certain aspects of the curriculum which involved extensive repetition were being taught to pupils, approximately 90 percent of the interactions between teachers and pupils…

From 1971 through 1973, a federally-supported project, Project Upswing, tried to help children with minimal learning difficulties to function better and more independently in school. Upswing was conducted by staff from the local university schools of education and the public schools systems. The children were first graders selected by their…

To study the school adjustment of children known to have had prolonged high fevers, 25 elementary school students who had had acute bacterial meningitis were matched by age, sex, and socioeconomic levels with peers from their same classroom. The nature and extent of school problems and educational handicaps of the post-meningitic children examined…

An interactional view of the factors of school success or failure is presented which encompasses the student's strengths, weaknesses, and limitations on the one hand and specific classroom situational factors on the other. The child's success in the classroom is seen as dependent upon the congruity of his characteristics and the characteristics of…

The purpose of this paper is to give a brief overview of the reasons why a model change for servicing children with specific learning needs was recommended for the St. Anthony Village-New Brighton School District, an overview of the Resource Unit model proposed, and a summary report of the Resource Units within a small district's elementary and…

Two factors of predicted learning disorders were investigated: (1) inability to maintain appropriate classroom behavior (BEH), (2) perceptual discrimination deficit (PERC). Three groups of first-graders (BEH, PERC, normal control) were administered measures of impulse control, distractability, auditory discrimination, and visual discrimination.…

This study investigates the hypothesis that it is mixed-dominance among left handers (i.e. left handedness and right eye and/or foot dominance), that is related to academic learning difficulties among such individuals, rather than the generally held notion that their difficulties stem from the fact that they are left handers in a "right…

Deviant functioning within preschoolers in a Get Set program was assessed in order that an effective screening instrument could be utilized for early identification of learning disorders in disadvantaged children. (AG)

Eighteen children (12- to 15-years-old) with learning disabilities and behavioral problems were assessed to determine the effect of desk calculators on student achievement, attitude, and behavior. The Ss, whose IQs ranged from 68 to 116, used four calculators in a mathematics class to check answers of mathematics problems for 6 months. Comparison…