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A Summer Remedial Program That Works

A Summer Remedial Program That Works The Notebook A Summer Remedial That Works Program William M. Hopkins J. Phil Hall A S PERSONNEL more in SCHOOL become adept assessing the academic levels and attitudes of their it specific students, becomes to devise Our increasingly necessary specific programs. here is to describe a summer purpose unique program designed to remediate the basic deficits of students at least two learning behind in and students who had demon- years reading math, strated a attitude toward school and who came from negative them in the lower-middle class families whose earnings placed stratum of The overall the society. principle guiding program was this: behavior which is reinforced tends to continue or even increase in and and behavior which is not magnitude intensity, reinforced tends to diminish. students were half of Eighty-seven enrolled, approximately them at each of two school sites. At each site were an instruc- tional five and two counselors. aides, specialist, paraprofessional The aides were school high graduates pursuing college-level education. On the first the students were assessed on the Wide day Test a Achievement administered and Range (WRAT), quickly for scored achievement instrument and easily math, reading, areas. Students were then spelling-our specific target grouped to similar http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Academic Therapy SAGE

A Summer Remedial Program That Works

Academic Therapy , Volume 8 (3): 4 – Mar 1, 1973

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0001-396X
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10.1177/105345127300800313
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The Notebook A Summer Remedial That Works Program William M. Hopkins J. Phil Hall A S PERSONNEL more in SCHOOL become adept assessing the academic levels and attitudes of their it specific students, becomes to devise Our increasingly necessary specific programs. here is to describe a summer purpose unique program designed to remediate the basic deficits of students at least two learning behind in and students who had demon- years reading math, strated a attitude toward school and who came from negative them in the lower-middle class families whose earnings placed stratum of The overall the society. principle guiding program was this: behavior which is reinforced tends to continue or even increase in and and behavior which is not magnitude intensity, reinforced tends to diminish. students were half of Eighty-seven enrolled, approximately them at each of two school sites. At each site were an instruc- tional five and two counselors. aides, specialist, paraprofessional The aides were school high graduates pursuing college-level education. On the first the students were assessed on the Wide day Test a Achievement administered and Range (WRAT), quickly for scored achievement instrument and easily math, reading, areas. Students were then spelling-our specific target grouped to similar

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Published: Mar 1, 1973

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