Drawn from the proceedings of a conference focusing on ways to improve the teaching of college level learning skills, the articles in this collection deal with a variety of topics. Among the topics discussed in the 37 articles are the following: (1) a systems approach to planning, implementing, and evaluating peer counseling programs; (2) modifying the language experience approach for use with adult learners; (3) the uses of videotape recordings in a learning skills center; (4) using linguistics in the adult basic education reading program; (5) a learning center approach to English as a second language instruction; (6) subject area tutoring; (7) suggestopedia, a teaching strategy for the severely disabled reader; (8) comprehension and minority students; (9) teaching concept development through a multicultural literary perspective; (10) instruction in study skills through systematic stimulation of academic experiences; (11) black dialects; (12) integrating adjunct reading and study skills classes with content area classes; (13) self-help packets; (14) modifying inner speech as a cognitive behavior modification technique for learning disabled students; and (15) the use of cloze procedure in the classroom. (FL)