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50 Years of ERIC
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Impact of Paired Tutoring and Mentoring.
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Bruce, Jennifer E.; Trammell, Jack – Learning Assistance Review, 2003
Discusses a study that examines the effects of paired tutoring and mentoring on academic achievement of college freshmen in a probationary program. Results show that students with mentoring and tutoring services by the same person show greater academic gains as measured by compliance and academic achievement than do those students who were…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Peer Teaching, Remedial Instruction, Review (Reexamination)
Health Checklist for Supplemental Instruction Programs.
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Congos, Dennis H. – Learning Assistance Review, 2003
Discusses how after a Supplemental Instruction program is up and running, it is useful to have a health check-up to see how vigorous the program is. Points out that the impacts of SI programs are diminished when activities are reduced. Presents a health checklist based on the elements of a fully functioning Supplemental Instruction program. (MZ)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Community Colleges, Programmed Instruction, Programmed Instructional Materials
A Memory Sometimes Ignored: The History of Developmental Education.
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Arendale, David R. – Learning Assistance Review, 2002
Suggests that higher education historians often ignore or minimize the history of developmental education. Argues that this memory distortion may be an effort to avoid the discomfort of facing the history of inequity in higher education. (Contains 28 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational History
What Are Remedial Courses and Do They Work: Results of National and Local Studies.
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Boylan, Hunter R.; Bonham, Barbara S.; Rodriguez, Lizette M. – Learning Assistance Review, 2000
Explores the current research on the effectiveness of remedial courses. Defines remediation in relation to developmental education, discusses the purpose of such courses, and explores the circumstances under which remedial courses succeed or fail in the accomplishment of their goals. Asserts that all students who require remediation should expect…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
Commentary: Who is the Developmental Student?
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Higbee, Jeanne L. – Learning Assistance Review, 2000
In 1993, Research and Teaching in Developmental Education published a commentary by Dr. Jeanne L. Higbee titled "Developmental versus Remedial: More than Semantics," expecting a response from the readership that never materialized. In this article, the author once again challenges developmental educators to reevaluate their mission and focus on…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Remedial Instruction, Semantics
A National Certification Program for the Developmental Educator: What Do We Think?
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Eaton, Shevawn B.; Folstein, Kim – Learning Assistance Review, 1998
Reviews the reaction to the movement within the developmental education and learning assistance profession to create a national certification program for individuals. Provides a brief history of standards and certification in this field, responses from interviews with Hunter Boylan and David Arendale regarding individual certification, and poses…
Descriptors: Educational Certificates, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Remedial Instruction
Faculty Referrals - The Kiss of Death or a Powerful Motivator? What Makes the Difference?
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Maxwell, Martha – Learning Assistance Review, 1997
States that for faculty to make effective referrals to academic support programs, they should be knowledgeable about services and describe them to students in their classes early in the term, they must endorse the use of the service and repeatedly encourage students to attend, and they must make their referrals personal. (VWC)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Reflective Teaching, Remedial Instruction
A Call to Action.
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Mauro, Sabina M. – Learning Assistance Review, 1997
Presents an action plan for the many developmental educators who have been enraged by the entry of private companies into the developmental education field. Asserts that developmental educators should combine the best that learning assistance has to offer with the best that the private companies have to offer, within a framework and language that…
Descriptors: Competition, Delivery Systems, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change
Evaluation of Supplemental Instruction at the College Level.
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Peled, Ofra N.; Kim, Anna C. – Learning Assistance Review, 1996
Describes a new method of evaluating the Supplemental Instruction (SI) model as implemented in a high-risk biology course at an urban multicultural university campus. Examination grades indicated that the average grade of participants in classes that had SI sessions was significantly higher than that of participants in classes where SI sessions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Biology, Diversity (Student)