Teaching strategies that show promise for improving developmental student learning will be featured. These include: Peer-led Team Learning, Accelerated Learning Groups, Brain Compatible Learning, Structured Learning Assistance, and others.

Presenters include Dr. Rita Smilkstein, author and international expert on brain-compatible teaching; and David Arendale, former President of the National Association for Development Education and Assistant Professor /Outreach Advisor, Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Produced in association with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under a federal Carl Perkins Grant.

An Internet discussion forum moderated by Dr. Gail Platt will run for a week following the broadcast.

David Arendale, Outreach Advisor, Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, University of Minnesota--Twin Cities.

Rita Smilkstein, author and international expert on brain-compatible teaching.