Reports on the development of a home intervention strategy at the secondary school level to improve students' writing abilities. (HOD)

Courses offered in 15 of the 16 member college districts of the League for Innovation in the Community College were surveyed in an effort to find "highly productive" courses; courses that reduce educational costs and maximize learning effectiveness. A comparison was made between highly productive conventional and nonconventional courses. The…

Analyzes a series of response rounds that a graduate sociology student and her professor engaged in as the student produced multiple drafts of a conference paper and a preliminary examination. Finds that the professor's response involved extensive rewriting of the student's text. Uses interviews to trace intermixture of the student's and the…

Provides reasons for pursuing interdisciplinary study, reviews past interdisciplinary efforts, presents in detail a course model, and summarizes student and faculty reaction. (PR)

This five-part anthology presents descriptions of 22 classroom projects undertaken by a consortium of Missouri community colleges and elementary and secondary schools, directed by St. Louis Community College. The collection comprises the following articles: "Views of an Elementary Teacher" (Susan Biffignani); "Writing To Learn and Co-operative…

The purpose of this book is to bring back to public attention seven thinkers who wrote about what they believed to be vital in higher education. Each chapter examines a particularly "key text," in which that thinker considers the nature of higher education. The background for the occasion of the delivery of that text as a speech or written essay…

Following a definition of multimedia, a description of the advantages of multimedia software, and a list of necessary multimedia hardware, this paper describes in detail the phasing in of new technology into the curriculum at Lake-Sumter Community College (Florida). Implementation of a one-credit course entitled Introduction to Multimedia Computer…

A cooperative demonstration project between Cecil Community College (Maryland) and corporate partners developed four model vocational training programs in basic carpentry skills, basic dry wall/finishing skills, straight truck driver training, and tractor trailer driver training. The objective of the project was to improve access to vocational…

This document presents an affective domain curriculum and reviews the behaviorist and humanist learning theories on which it is based. Recognizing the significance of the relationship between positive self concept and ability to learn, the affective curriculum was designed for the continuing development of self concept and interpersonal skills in…

A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of El Camino College's Cooperative Career Education (CCE) program, which awards credit for on-the-job experiential learning related to a student's course of study. Surveys designed to obtain demographic data, information on course withdrawals, and perceptions of the program were distributed to 735…

Underlying organizational reforms in medical and other professional schools that can be applied to schools of education are outlined along with specific criteria to be applied to the organizational goals. The criteria deal with student characteristics, curriculum, buildings and other facilities, staff, licensing, and self-discipline. (LBH)

Nine motivational principles with several old and new devices for implementation of each one in the classroom are suggested. The principles provided contain advice such as: allow each student to master basic skills before advancing; encourage students to place emphasis on self competition; and encourage class interaction. (JMD)

Attributes peculiar to master's degree graduates from DePaul University's School of Education from 1966 to 1969 are examined in order to adequately judge the quality of the graduate program. Data are reported on student birthplace, residence, undergraduate study and degree, admission status, GPA, specialization, age beginning and ending, degree…

Methods by which a first course in educational research can combine theory with practice as each student is required to conduct a research study. The entire class then proposes a problem, develops a hypothesis, surveys related studies, collects data, analyzes and interprets the data, and draws conclusions and generalizations. (LBH)

Provides an illustration of the contribution of serendipitous happenings to scientific information and relates this to a consideration of social and technical problems confronting mankind. The author decries an unfortunate tendency in science today: that of discarding observational aspects of field activities which cannot easily be made…