Describes a teaching method that employs a variety of techniques--including psychology--to reduce math anxiety in basic skills math classes. States that when these types of efforts were made to reduce math anxiety, students received more satisfactory grades and fewer repeats and unsatisfactories. (NB)

Written in consultation with area school library/learning resource center specialists and university library science program faculty members, this handbook has been developed to assist librarians, information specialists, and instructional technologists in planning for the development of library learning resource centers in Iowa's area schools and…

Information is provided for individuals wanting to start or improve Alternative Cooperative Programs (ACE). The ACE program model was developed in Colorado to enhance the educational opportunities for special needs youth, maximize their abilities to live independently, and reduce their risk of dropping out. ACE programs serve handicapped and…

Designed as a reference tool for faculty, staff, researchers, and proposal writers, this fact book compiles 1986-87 institutional statistical data (in 49 tables) on academic, student, and administrative affairs at Ponce Technological University College (PTUC). The first section focuses on academic areas, presenting information on enrollment by…

Reviews problems of using traditional assessment procedures and instruments on nonnative students, citing linguistic and cultural factors. Drawing from interviews with nonnative students, describes assessment procedures utilized abroad, reports nonnatives' perceptions of assessment in United States as limited and insufficient, and offers…

This study investigated computer and word processing operator skills necessary for employment in today's high technology office. The study was comprised of seven major phases: (1) identification of existing community college computer operator programs in the state of Washington; (2) attendance at an information management seminar; (3) production…

This report details the development and implementation of a follow-up system, by Western Texas Community College (WTCC) as a subcontractor for Project FOLLOW-UP, relating student flow patterns to educational goals. Phase I of this project involved establishment of a data base which included elements designed to reveal an adequate picture of…

A flood of new multicultural readers and textbooks are hitting the market for writing and literature courses at the college level. Yet there has been no systematic examination of how these readers are being used, the purposes and audiences for which they are written, or the critical reception they have received. Multicultural readers distinguish…

This paper discusses what is known about learning to date by emphasizing "connections" as necessary for learning. Knowledge about these connections can be placed into four categories: (1) neurological connections; (2) cognitive connections; (3) social connections; and (4) experiential connections. In terms of neurological connections, sensory…

The purpose of this dissertation was to describe motivation in developmental mathematics students, particularly in low-performing students. Data collection involved interviews with developmental mathematics faculty members who were asked to describe the motivation of developmental mathematics students, analyses of student learning journals, and…

In 1976, a transfer and employment follow-up survey was conducted of 696 Associate of Arts and certificate students who had graduated between December 1974 and August 1975 from Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC). Responses, which were received from 70% of the graduates, indicated that (1) 93% would recommend HACC; (2) 72% were currently…

The objectives of this study were to obtain responses from students and counselors (in Michigan Community Colleges) to the following questions: (1) which functions do counselors feel receive enough or too much emphasis? (2) which functions do students feel receive enough or too much emphasis? (3) which functions do counselors feel need more…

This developmental study offers a definitive strategy for successfully teaching such representative classics as Hamlet, A Tale of Two Cities, Silas Marner, and My Last Duchess to students who are reading as much as three years below grade level but who are nevertheless normally intelligent. The study provides evidence tending to support the…

Designed as a guide for those community college institutions developing a career planning center, this handbook presents a model for planning and implementing such a center. Options for centers are suggested for three levels of development and staffing: self-directed, intermediate, and comprehensive. Chapter 1 outlines the rationale and possible…