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Cunningham, Glenn – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Summarizes 10 basic exam questions relating to distance, direction, time, and world interest that have confounded college freshmen entering a professor's geography classes over the past 15 years. Students bewildered by the pretest usually did not pass or even finish his course. Also, foreign students performed better than American students. (MLH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Foreign Students, Geography
Guenther, Raymond – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Presents a case for changing the emphasis in education from training for proficiency in basic skills to teaching students how to use computers. (MD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computers, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
