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Download full textAshcroft, Cheryl A. – 1993
This independent learning packet, which is intended for adult literacy tutors, reviews the literature regarding adults with learning disabilities. The packet begins with a learning disabilities pretest. Presented next is the literature review, which includes information on the following aspects of learning disabilities: definition and historical…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Adult Basic Education
Angle, Nancy; And Others – 1993
As part of an effort to assess the academic readiness of incoming students at Cerritos College (CC) in Norwalk, California, a study was conducted of the college's constituency to identify the characteristics of incoming students and to determine the extent to which these characteristics have changed over time. The study utilized data from the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Bound Students, College Preparation
COKER, DAVID L. – 1967
THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF DIVERSITY IN CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS WITHIN AND AMONG THE VARIOUS CAMPUSES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY WERE INVESTIGATED. THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE STUDENTS, SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM FULL-TIME FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE CLASSES ON EACH CAMPUS, WERE COMPARED BY STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF PERSONAL DATA AND SCORES FOR THE SUBSCALES…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College Programs, College Students, Educational Objectives
Cooper, Elizabeth L. – 1994
One method used by Alabama's Snead State Community College (SSCC) to measure student learning is to compare student scores on placement exams, taken before core course work, to results from evaluation exams, taken upon completion of core courses. All incoming freshmen are required to provide scores from American College Testing (ACT) assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Rating, Community Colleges
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of study guides on content retention and reading achievement among community college freshmen; (2) the effects of schemata and text structure on…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes
Pfeifer, Jeri – 1983
A study investigated whether reading ability is a significant factor in the level of student writing apprehension and whether writing apprehension is reduced as reading skills improve. Subjects were 49 college freshmen enrolled in a reading improvement course that was directed toward learning in three domains: (1) cognitive--knowledge, synthesis,…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Einspruch, Eric – 1990
In 1990, a survey was conducted of students at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) to determine their perceptions of their high school preparation for college. The survey was distributed to a 5% random sample of English classes. Surveys were returned from 502 students in 26 of the 31 sampled classes for a response rate of 84%. A comparison with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Bound Students, College English
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of group counseling on junior high remedial readers' self-concepts; (2) dysnomia and its relationship to subtypes of reading disabilities; (3) the…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Annotated Bibliographies, College Students, Compensatory Education
Peer reviewedRyan, Michael P.; Glenn, Patricia A. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2004
This paper presents an analysis of two common seminar formats: those based on learning- strategies interventions and those based on academic socialization interventions. The results of a natural experiment allowed a comparison of the retention impact of a strategy-based seminar and a socialization-focused seminar. For both more and less…
Descriptors: Seminars, Socialization, Learning Strategies, Class Rank
