Plagiarism continues to be a concern within academic institutions. The current study utilised a randomised control trial of 137 new entry tertiary students to assess the efficacy of a scalable short training session on paraphrasing, patch writing and plagiarism. The results indicate that the training significantly enhanced students' overall…

The author shares some thoughts about faculty development, with the intended purpose of being responsive to the lagging relationship between the increasing availability of microcomputers and a business faculty's ability to integrate more effectively that technology into business curricula. A faculty development effort is suggested. (CT)

Stating that business educators should recognize their responsibility to see that female students have an equal opportunity to learn and practice the skills of management, the author notes some of these skills (communication, leadership, accounting, decision making) and suggests some methods of imparting them. (MF)

The study compared the improvement in computational skills of two similar groups of accounting students, one using calculators in examinations and the other not. Not using calculators seems to improve the arithmetical ability of students, but does not significantly improve students' feel for numbers or ability to solve word problems. (CH)

Business educators are aware of the keyboarding skills needed by data entry employees but are not aware of the skills needed by those who work with printed output; these skills should be covered in data processing programs and courses. (TA)

Describes the pyramid approach to shorthand evaluation (developed and tested by the Business Education Department at Central Michigan University during the past seven years), which establishes a framework for evaluation and provides goals for students at all levels of shorthand instruction, and checks student performance according to reading rate,…

Verbal skills training is one aspect of accounting education not usually included in secondary and postsecondary accounting courses. The author discusses the need for verbal competency and methods of incorporating it into accounting courses, particularly a variation of the Keller plan of individualized instruction. (MF)

Content of a refresher secretarial course is described, which includes the following modules: The secretarial profession, vocabulary building, business communication, human relations, work organization, typewriting, shorthand, spelling, and grammar. (TA)

This yearbook includes 17 papers organized into 3 sections devoted to the concepts that leadership begins with people, requires action, and must be purposeful. The following articles are included: "Personal Skill Development" (Van Huss); "Leadership Profiles" (Fry, Hibler); "Leadership: From the Classroom to the Boardroom" (Felton); "Planting the…

Considerations for business educators in developing and teaching entrepreneurial education are described. Educational needs include preservice and in-service business ownership and management skills, which may be incorporated in adult, postsecondary, and secondary business education. (MF)

This course, which can also be taken as part of the Vocational Office Education, Secretarial Series (7758), is designed to help students acquire the basic skills needed to perform jobs required in most offices. Course content includes goals, specific block objectives, filing, manuscripts, tabulations, an English review, letters and forms, the…

Designed for use with the level 1 curriculum guide (Entrepreneurship Education: Learning the Skills), this level 2 (volume 2) guide focuses on planning and completing student projects. The first of three major sections is designed to familiarize students with how projects are completed. The second section, Resources for Planning and Completing…

Describes an attempt to develop appropriate career skills through the design of a balanced cross modular assignment program and individual cross modular assignments. Explores difficulties associated with development and assessment of such skills. (Author/CH)

This guide is designed to assist in the preparation of students for employment in some area of finance and credit or to help those individuals already working in the field to upgrade their skills. It is noted that the contents have been carefully selected by business people and educators working in the field of finance and credit. After a brief…

As provided in the Georgia Proprietary School Act, this guide contains information on the laws, regulations, and standards applying to proprietary schools operating in Georgia. "Proprietary school" under the law means any business enterprise operated for profit for the purpose of training, preparing, or improving a person for business,…