A study was conducted at Bunker Hill Community College to assess the impact of the use of learning groups on student absenteeism and academic performance. The study involved four sections of a Biology 1 class. Two sections were designated as the control group and were taught using the traditional course format, which involved a 2-hour session in…

Mohave Community College in Arizona has made a commitment to assessing student outcomes for the purposes of measuring institutional effectiveness and providing data for institutional improvement. The institution must comply with an accreditation mandate to submit an assessment plan and begin implementation by June 1994. Under a plan developed by a…

The relationship between ethnicity and patterns of student classroom participation was investigated in two university English as second language classrooms. Data were collected through videotaping, audiotaping, and observation of three 50-minute teacher-directed class discussions centering on language exercises. The students were categorized as…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: personal expressiveness in creative writing programs; generative rhetoric and writing performance; the effects of sentence combining exercises on syntactic…

Interpersonal conflict is a fact of daily life for the dean. Examines how conflict can be altered into a source of constructive change. Delineates three myths about conflicts. Describes sources of conflict in higher education between administrators and faculty and students and faculty. Describes new approaches to dealing with conflicts. (VWC)

An update is provided on North Iowa Area Community College's (NIACC's) progress toward achieving its goals with respect to the use of contemporary technologies, along with plans for further progress. Part I examines the characteristics of contemporary technology and provides information on NIACC's Contemporary Technology Strategic Planning…

In order to aid admissions personnel and teachers at Vermont College in enrolling, counseling, and motivating adult learners in machine shorthand courses, a set of checklists was developed to gather useful information about student goals, entry-level knowledge and skills, motivation, need for discipline, perseverance, and materials used.…

The first part of this paper discusses the general decline in reading and writing ability in the United States and suggests several methods for improving literacy education, including teaching students the reading process several times a year from kindergarten through grade twelve. The second part of the paper makes two positive assumptions: that…

Reviews an action research project undertaken by an EFL teacher with her Japanese students in a residential course in England. The study consisted of teacher-student interviews on differences between the British and Japanese ways of life. The article discusses the Japanese notion of "amae" and presents pedagogical implications for language…

An exploratory, longitudinal study was undertaken to investigate how student self-assessment, course evaluation, and student evaluation of teaching can be incorporated into university second language instruction. Three issues were addressed: whether students evaluate themselves differently in first, second, and third year classes in the same…

As literature reveals both the connections of all the humanities and the continuity of Canadian life, it can provide the Canadian child with a means of fitting his private experiences into a broader context. These facts pose a challenge in creating a continuity between new high school introductory courses in Canadian literature and more advanced…

This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the plumber and pipefitter/steamfitter cluster. Presented in the introductory section are program descriptions and suggested course sequences for the plumbing and pipefitting programs. Section…

Designed as part of a 15-hour community college course in food commodities, this lesson plan was developed to teach students about the proper storage of food. The lesson plan begins with information about the course for which the lesson plan was designed; equipment and audiovisual aids needed; requirements for student materials; course objectives;…

The research described in this report was conducted to (1) ascertain employers' perceptions of how well the telecommunications technology program at Skyline College (California) meets their needs; (2) determine what advanced-skills training would benefit students; and (3) provide a model for an employer follow-up study. Employers' names were…

Comparative data on California graduate school enrollments and degrees for 1977-78 and 1981-82 are presented, and issues in graduate education that have state policy implications are discussed. Although some data for California private institutions are provided, attention is focused on academic master's and doctor's degrees, rather than first…