Described are several spreadsheet templates which use the functions of iteration and logical look-up which allow students to calculate and graph quantum mechanical functions and to simulate rotational and vibrational energy level and spectra. The templates are listed in the appendix. (KR)

This practicum report describes an intervention to teach critical thinking skills in two courses in a community college early childhood education program. The objectives of the intervention were to ensure that: (1) students will become aware of critical thinking skills; (2) students will show an increase in their use of critical thinking skills in…

These documents contain narrative analyses and tables of data pertaining to student enrollment and enrollment trends in Illinois public community colleges for fall 1975, spring 1976, and fall 1976. Data presented in tabular form include: comparison and trends in enrollment data from 1965 through 1975, enrollment data for fall 1975 relating to…

Recent research projects have indicated that a majority of adolescent and adult students have not reached a formal level of cognitive functioning and must therefore be taught rhetorical modes such as comparison and classification. A study was constructed to investigate the cognitive skills development of average college freshmen and to test…

This document is a competency-based curriculum guide designed to promote articulation in electronics technology programs between and among secondary and postsecondary institutions in the Indian Hills Community College and Merged Area XV high schools in Iowa. The guide is organized in eight sections. The first six sections provide background…

The primary purpose of El Paso Community College's (EPCC's) Women in Technology (WIT) Program is to recruit women into nontraditional occupations through technical/vocational education and training. Credit training areas include automotive technology, drafting, electronics, fire technology, heating/ventilation and air conditioning, and welding.…

A pioneer program in computer graphics was implemented at Parkland College (Illinois) to meet the demand for specialized technicians to visualize data generated on high performance computers. In summer 1989, 23 students were accepted into the pilot program. Courses included C programming, calculus and analytic geometry, computer graphics, and…

These three issues of volume 2 (1992) contain brief reports on published research of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. In issue 1 are these five articles: "High Schools with Character: Why Might They Be Important?"; "An Uncommon Education: Interaction and Innovation"; "Community College Contract Instruction: Complex…

This study tested the effects of two instructional sequences--principle-procedure and procedure-principle--on the application and transfer of learning. It was hypothesized that a principle-procedure sequence would result in better near-transfer and far-transfer and that students would prefer this sequence. The 38 freshmen enrolled in a business…

Vernon Regional Junior College's (VRJC's) incorporation of a reading course in its nursing curriculum is described in this two-part report. The report's first section provides background on VRJC, its facilities, and the factors which led to the implementation of a reading course specifically designed to help students understand nursing textbooks…

A study was conducted at College of Lake County (Illinois) in spring 1993 to assess the impact of instructor role-modeling among students enrolled in an Introduction to Business course. The course included a three-part Stock Market Project (SMP) accounting for 32% of students' final grade. Among a course section of control group students, the…

This report summarizes a study of costs of health professions training programs from certificate to professional level in Colorado. The main findings include the following: the majority of degree programs are offered at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and at community and local district colleges; there is a high degree of…

In fall 1991, a study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), in Palatine, Illinois, to determine the level of interest in a new sports intramural program (IP). Surveys were mailed to a random sample of 600 degree credit students, out of a total population of 15,418 such students. After two mailings and a prompting follow-up, a…

Four interference factors to math learning are poor or no instruction, low motivation, inappropriate learning theory, and physiological learning dysfunction. The math clinic, a teaching-learning strategy, uses diagnostic teaching skills and various learning rates for math studies. Instruction is matched to the student from information provided by…

The problem of getting a correct result when a fraction is reduced by cancelling a digit which appears in both the numerator and the denominator is extended from the base ten situation to any number base. (DT)