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Berk, Ronald A. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
An intensive statistics course, developed as part of the graduate degree program in public administration at the University of Southern California, meets for eight hours on eight consecutive Saturdays. Its salient features include a preparatory period, concentrated class activity, an application period and individual assessment. (JMD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Graduate Study
Goldwyn, Merrill Harvey – Improving College and University Teaching, 1983
A course emphasizing the relationship between literature and human rights can provide opportunities to examine the history of social protest literature and to look at the distinctions between authors and cultural or historical contexts. One such course used guest lecturers involved in human rights struggles and special events outside the…
Descriptors: Authors, Bibliographies, Civil Liberties, College Instruction
Agress, Lynne – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
A college instructor describes her experiences teaching two remedial composition courses as part of the Urban Education Program at Westfield State College in Massachusetts. Focus is on teaching methods that emphasized grammar, writing, and reading, and on student progress throughout the courses. Examples of student work are included. (JMD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College English, College Instruction, Course Organization
McDaniel, Thomas R. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
Proposes that college teachers in most of the academic disciplines teach students to write essays in their given subject matter area. Bloom's "Taxonomy of Educational Objectives" is offered as a guide to organizing instruction and student learning around the demands of well-constructed essay questions. Sample questions and classroom…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, College English, College Instruction
Furedy, John J.; Furedy, Christine – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
A fourth year honors thesis research course in psychology at the University of Toronto uses the device of adversarial interaction to improve critical thinking. Course components, including thesis submission, research seminar, student relations, and supervision, are designed to simulate the constraints, criticism, and relationships of actual…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Higher Education
Journet, Alan R. P.; Journet, Debra – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
A series of highly structured, criterion-referenced, small-group discussion tutorials were designed to be used with a large introductory lecture course, Biology of Mankind, that is taught at the University of New South Wales. The design of these tutorials and their role in achieving course objectives are discussed. (JMD)
Descriptors: Biology, College Instruction, Competency Based Education, Course Objectives
Bowman, James S. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
A new look at the standard lecture/discussion format for the large introductory college course is offered, along with suggestions to upgrade its quality. Foci for improvement include organization of lecture material, teacher-student interaction, lecture delivery, feedback, discussion group supervision, and course evaluation. (JMD)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Group Discussion
