Suggestions on how to apply mastery learning concepts to instructing high-risk college students are offered with examples from mathematics provided. Eighty-five specific guidelines from the Personalized Systematic Instruction Inventory (PSII) are included.

The inevitability of more poorly-prepared students calls for better programs and for attention to existing sources of information and advice. Focus should be as much on improving students' self-concepts as on improving basic skills. (Author/LBH)

Used Hersey/Blanchard model of situational leadership to study readiness levels of undergraduates (N=39) to learn listening skills, pairing high and low skill groups with high and low structure instruction. Results support view that developmental educators should consider individual levels of skill, experience, and motivation when designing…

Notes that flowcharting can be used to help college developmental writing students to think through the logical steps involved in writing. (FL)

Examined the effectiveness of the Magic Circle program in improving the self-concept of 19 first-grade students. Results showed that children in the experimental group had higher scores on both self-domain and self-concept measures than control students, indicating they better understood the elements of causality in human relationships. (JAC)

A two-phase program at Indiana University Southeast strengthens the secondary science teacher candidate's program. (SK)

Describes the Foundations Program at Mohegan Community College, an interdisciplinary program providing individualized instruction in English, reading, and mathematics. It is team taught and designed to be developmental and corrective as well as remedial. (DC)

In 2001, a group of 25 national and regional leaders in the field of developmental education met in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the second Meeting on Future Directions in Developmental Education. The meeting was co-sponsored by General College (GC) and the Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy (CRDEUL) at the University…

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia examined the status of remediation in higher education in the state using a population of first-time college students who graduated from a high school in Virginia, attended a Virginia college, and took at least one remedial course at a community college or private college. Over the last 5 years,…

This document discusses the Small Business Development Center initiative which addresses the needs of California businesses to grow through the delivery of one-on-one counseling, seminars, workshops, conferences, and other technical activities. The community colleges host 21 full centers. Some of the major objectives of the initiative are the…

The Space Shuttle Program is aimed at not only providing low cost transportation to and from near earth orbit, but also to conduct important biological research. Fields of research identified include gravitational biology, biological rhythms, and radiation biology. (PS)

Describes a research project designed to promote career awareness, understanding of self, and intelligent career planning. (BH)

Author focuses on the need to begin to specify in greater detail what the inputs are for the child, to define his reasonable living space, and to define which of those factors may alter the course of growth in spite of what happens in the nursery school. (Author/MB)