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Cross, K. Patricia – Innovative Higher Education, 1999
While research has a great deal to tell educators about how college students learn, the educational community is becoming dependent on research and ignoring what can be learned from the principles of good practice in the classroom. Research should be the beginning, not the conclusion, of the investigation into student learning processes. (MSE)
Descriptors: Action Research, College Instruction, College Students, Cooperative Learning
Cross, K. Patricia – 1986
Patterns that emerged from reviewing course syllabi on adult and continuing education are discussed, and a sample syllabus is presented. These courses are offered as part of graduate level studies in the field of higher education administration. Seventeen professors provided syllabi from 43 courses taught at 9 universities. Modest agreement on…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals)