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Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1980
This individualized inservice packet on vocabulary development in the content areas aims to enable teachers to equip students with varied word recognition skills. It is one of a nine-part series of booklets--Teaching Teen Reading--in self-instructional format intended as a practical resource for teachers desiring condensed, readily usable answers…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Independent Study, Inservice Teacher Education
Chacon, Fabio J. – 1981
A model is presented for response to evaluating instruction in a university based on the teaching-at-a-distance concept. Technically appropriate and operationally viable, this model is applied to the National Open University of Venezuela (UNA). The model is based on two principles of educational evaluation: (1) the concept of evaluation as a…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Moten, Charlyne H. – 1977
Current literature indicates a growing interest in the development of individualized, self-paced, learning systems within community college courses in order to accommodate the differing learning abilities of non-traditional students. To assess student preferences for such instruction as opposed to traditional, lecture/discussion teaching, an…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Conventional Instruction, English Instruction, Expository Writing
Download full textWard, Hugh C., Jr. – 1994
A study was undertaken to explore whether students using an advance organizer-metacognitive learning strategy would be less anxious, more self-directing, more efficient, and more self-confident when learning unknown computer applications software than students using traditional computer software learning strategies. The first experiment was…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Computer Anxiety, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Morgan, Elizabeth C. – 1995
The VIISA (Vision Impaired In-Service in America) training model provided early intervention/childhood professionals with training that would help them better serve preschoolers, ages birth to five, with blindness and visual impairment. Materials and procedures for two courses were developed and taught to 344 participants in 9 states over a 3-year…
Descriptors: Blindness, Distance Education, Early Intervention, Home Programs
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1980
This individualized inservice packet provides teachers with guidelines for the meaningful selection and assessment of print materials, so that they may locate and utilize the appropriate reading content for individual students. It is one of a nine-part series of booklets--Teaching Teen Reading--in self-instructional format, intended as a practical…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Independent Study, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools
Grant, Judith – 1991
Taking a report on the effects of cooperative completion of cloze by Jacobson (1990) as its point of departure, this study used English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students to investigate the potential of the cloze procedure and of group work for learning, including its usefulness as an instructional or self-instructional procedure for language…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language)
Roberson, Donald N., Jr. – Online Submission, 2003
The increasing numbers and influence of older adults is causing many segments of western society to re-evaluate the concept of old age. Medical advances and personal lifestyles have resulted in older adults living longer and healthier lives. As one ages, adjustments in work, family, and health must be made. Self-directed learning (SDL) is one way…
Descriptors: Rural Environment, Data Analysis, Rural Areas, Older Adults
Garland, Corinne W.; Kniest, Barbara A. – 2002
This final report discusses activities and outcomes of "Caring for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: A Continuing Education Program for Nurses (CFIT Nurses)," a Virginia program designed to develop and implement a model of training to ensure that nurse practitioners and registered nurses have the information and skills needed to be…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Independent Study, Individualized Family Service Plans
Holden, Bill; Usuki, Miyuki – Bulletin of Hokuriku University, 1999
This study stems in part from a desire to correct the misapprehension that Japanese students are somehow less autonomous than learners from other cultural backgrounds. The view that Japanese learners tend to be passive, obedient, and quiet is commonly accepted. Much of this "evidence" is anecdotal and comes from teacher observation of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, College Students
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1995
To determine what graduates in Saginaw, Michigan, (n=491) from two high schools had been doing since leaving school 9 months earlier, a 12-item survey instrument was distributed via mail and telephone. Respondents (n=370) were directed to identify issues relating to their post-secondary education, employment status, and perception/evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Involvement, Cooperation
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1980
This individualized inservice packet on interpretive comprehension in the content areas provides teachers with instructional guidelines and information relating to the development of interpretive comprehension skills. It is one of a nine-part series of booklets--Teaching Teen Reading--in self-instructional format intended as a practical resource…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Independent Study
Water Distribution System Operation and Maintenance. A Field Study Training Program. Second Edition.
Kerri, Kenneth D.; And Others – 1987
Proper installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, repair and management of water distribution systems have a significant impact on the operation and maintenance cost and effectiveness of the systems. The objective of this manual is to provide water distribution system operators with the knowledge and skills required to operate and maintain…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Environmental Education, Environmental Standards
Kerri, Kenneth D.; And Others – 1987
Proper installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, repair and management of small water systems have a significant impact on the operation and maintenance cost and effectiveness of the systems. The objective of this manual is to provide small water system operators with the knowledge and skills required to operate and maintain these systems…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Environmental Education, Environmental Standards
Little, D. G.; And Others – 1984
Results of a survey of students of the University of Dublin concerning their language learning experiences and attitudes are reported. The study was undertaken within a larger study of self-directed language learning. The questionnaire had seven sections. The first and largest covered these topics related to students' language background: (1) the…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Language Attitudes
