This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the forestry technology program cluster. Presented in the introductory section are a description of the program and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline competencies for the…

This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the civil technology programs cluster. Presented in the introductory section are a description of the program and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline competencies, and section…

This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the state's funeral services technology program. Presented in the introduction are a program description and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline competencies for the funeral…

This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the emergency medical technology (EMT) programs cluster. Presented in the introductory section are a description of the program and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline…

This study argues that positive second-language (L2) data do not necessarily rule out inappropriate L2 grammar. Rather, L2 learners appear to postulate first-language (L1) grammar as an interim theory about the L2, at least in the initial stages of L2 acquisition. The case where L2 grammar intersects L1 concerning time adverbial clauses was chosen…

A method for teaching the product rule of differentiation in calculus is described. (MK)

This document, which is intended for use by community and junior colleges throughout Mississippi, contains curriculum frameworks for the course sequences in the brick, block, and stonemasonry program. Presented in the introductory section are a description of the program and suggested course sequence. Section I lists baseline competencies for the…

Students in four freshman composition classes participated in a study to discover if computer assisted instruction (CAI) could be designed, developed, and programed that would effectively stimulate students' inventive processes. A computer was programed with questions drawn from Aristotles' enthymeme topics. Students in the experimental sections…

Students from 16 different vocational/technical areas of study in seven postsecondary complexes in Mississippi (representing a cross-section of all junior colleges in the State) were administered the Nelson-Denny Reading Test to identify reading levels. The FORCAST readability formula (Klare, 1974) was used to determine the readability level of…

A study was conducted at the University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) in the Fall 1985 15-week semester to test the effects of advanced knowledge of grading criteria on students' writing skills and attitudes in a Freshman Composition class. A holistic grading scale, which was distributed to students as a checklist for revising writing…

Multimedia instruction, a computer-based system incorporating video, audio, and digital storage media, provides educators with the tools to bring learning alive. With strategic planning, adequate funding, and faculty development, multimedia may become the most common form of instructional technology by the late 1990s. (Author/MSE)

To assess the impact of funds obtained through the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act by the California Community Colleges (CCC), this report provides enrollment data and program accomplishments for academic years 1983-84 through 1990-91. The first part of the report features introductory material and extensive graphs of enrollment data for…

Since 1990, the California Community College (CCC) Council for Staff Development has conducted an annual survey of CCC staff development coordinators (SDC's) to gather and disseminate data on coordinators' characteristics and responsibilities. The 1994 survey received responses from 67% of the CCC's, the highest to date. An analysis of responses,…

Suggests that mandatory placement of underprepared students in developmental courses may actually provide the key to opening the door to true academic, vocational, or community success, despite criticism by some that it excludes students and restricts their freedoms. Discusses ethical balances between access, student success and academic…

A description is provided of a course, "Care of the Patient with Renal Disease," offered at the community college level to prepare licensed registered nurses to care for patients with renal disease, including instruction in performing the treatments of peritoneal dialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). The first sections of…