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Effectiveness of a College Reading Program.
Reese, Thelma Terdiman – 1976
This study evaluated the reading component of a compensatory education program designed to aid college students whose skills are not sufficient to meet the demands of required English and other courses in the basic studies curriculum. The reading course is required for students who score below 550 on the SAT verbal subtest and who score poorly on…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education, Open Enrollment
The Development and Implementation of an Applied Psychology Course Utilizing Behavior Modification Procedures to Supplement a Community College Reading Program for Open Enrollment Students.
Kahn, Gloria Batkin – 1975
This study attempted to assess the effect of behavior modification techniques on community college open enrollment students with severe educational deficits. Of 30 suburban New York members of a reading class, half were exposed to direct teaching, instructor praise, peer partners, self and peer ratings, role playing, Premack contracts,…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations
Opened Admissions: Its Past and Its Promise. An Examination of the Trend Toward Universal Opportunity for Post Secondary Schooling in United States, With Cases.
Scott, Robert Allyn – 1976
The admissions process to post secondary schooling is examined, and the complex of academic, financial, geographic, and motivational barriers to access that are currently being overcome are identified in this dissertation. The objectives are to analyze and discuss various topics and to use them to illuminate institutional policies and practices to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, College Bound Students