Although many EFL learners have a command of internalized foreign language knowledge, they may have difficulty using this knowledge in different contexts. This is due to many interacting factors affecting their performance, mainly lack of target culture awareness. This study intended to identify the cultural aspects suitable to be integrated into…

Uses data from a national study of science instruction in community colleges to explore instructional methods and media use in terms of effects on attrition, media production facilities and assistance used, and locally developed materials. Reveals that lecture is the predominant teaching method and media have little effect on attrition. (DMM)

A study was made to relate: (1) the concepts of a library of materials and (2) newer concepts such as instructional development activities which initiate a more scientific, systematic approach to the improvement and individualization of learning experiences. The major output of the study was to be a definitive model so that the fields of library…

The purpose of this study is to develop recommendations leading to the formation of an educational communications policy in the Province of Saskatchewan. Educational authorities in six provinces--British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland--were visited during the study. Questions related to the structure of the varying…

Examines major findings of a nationwide survey of community college instructors conducted to assess teaching practices in the sciences. Survey findings cover enrollment and completion rates; use of instructional media, assignments, reading requirements, knowledge tested, grading practices, support services; use of out-of-class activities; and…

Describes the development and implementation of television courses in the Coast Community College District. Discusses telecourse operations, enrollment, and student characteristics. (MA)

The practicum described examined student attitudes toward the use of audiovisual materials and the perceived effectiveness of the various modes presented in a Criminal Investigations class. The 25 subjects, who had been exposed to slide presentations, filmstrips, films, and videotaped programs, completed an opinionnaire at the completion of the…

The Commission on Canadian Studies was appointed by the Association of University and Colleges on Canada (AUCC) to study, report, and make recommendations upon the state of teaching and research in various fields of study relating to Canada at Canadian universities. This Commission document presents: (1) a statement on the rationale for Canadian…

This study evaluates the effectiveness of Study Unlimited, an off-campus instructional program cooperatively offered at area public libraries by Black Hawk College and the River Bend Library System (Illinois), in serving "new" student populations (adults over 25, males employed full-time, housewives, ethnic minorities, and adults…

Describes efforts of Florence-Darlington Technical College (South Carolina) to improve academic programs through the development and implementation of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Includes results from a study investigating four variables of student performance in CAI and traditional lecture sections for five courses. Reports mixed results…

This study was undertaken to determine if instructors in community colleges in the United States are as innovative as has been perceived in some quarters. The data used for the study were originally collected by Cohen in a 1978 nationwide survey of science and science-related courses in two-year colleges to obtain information about the curriculum,…

One educational innovation that is receiving national attention is computer assisted instruction (CAI). The PLATO system developed at the University of Illinois (Urbana) is perhaps the most sophisticated CAI system. As with other CAI systems, it permits each student to learn at his own pace; it can provide precise feedback and remedial or advanced…

The first of the three research studies presented in this collection focuses on student, faculty, and staff evaluation of media production and distribution at South Oklahoma City Junior College. Results from the questionnaire surveys revealed that students used the Learning Resource Center two to three times a month, while faculty and staff used…

As part of an effort to survey members of the humanities faculty at 178 community colleges about their instructional practices, a sample of 1110 class sections was chosen by pulling every tenth section from the colleges' fall 1977 schedules of day and evening classes. Because 92 class sections were not offered, only 1018 survey forms were…

This is a self instructional package on the subject of self instruction. The package consists of four units: (1) the introduction, rationale, parameters, and definitions of self instruction; (2) planning and designing a self instruction package; (3) revising and individualizing a self instruction package; and (4) updating, revision, and…