Short courses in business education offer the students more flexibility and give them a chance to be instructed by a greater number of different teachers in the department. (KP)

Short courses are outlined as the offerings of one rural school district in Pennsylvania. (JB)

Describes the business minicourse program and its use of microcomputers at Burns High School in Wyoming. Includes a planning chart as well as information on program implementation, results, and teacher responsibility. (JOW)

The author reviews the advantages and disadvantages of the quarter system and summarizes the conclusions of recent studies comparing the semester system to the quarter system. (JW)

College students of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Chile participated in an online mini course designed to improve their listening comprehension. There were four experimental conditions: A) one in which participants listened to fast dialogues; B) one in which participants listened to slow dialogues; C) one in which participants were given…

Thirty-nine short courses in English are described by their originators. (JH)

This document describes the adaptation of an American inservice teacher training package to German teacher education programs. Far West Laboratory's "Minicourse Nine" was processed in two steps in order to field-test the material and to eliminate possible language inconsistencies. Difficulties in the transference of educational material…

Curriculum innovation in Kansas high school social studies departments replaces the traditional history courses with mini-courses which provide more varied elective experiences for students. This approach to individualization is suggested as a viable organizational innovation with important future educational implications. (SM)

A program that involves non-technical managers with computers and scientific methods. (Editor)

Reports on a mini-course in computer syntax in which students program an IBM 1401 computer to print out poetry. (RB)

A reference to Syracuse University's Continuing Education Programs summoned a lively interest in mini-courses, seminars, and workshops. Responses attest to the need for publicity on all continuing education programs. (DS)

Report on a 20-hour course designed to introduce prospective adult students to study skills and materials. (SP)

Discusses a 10-week elective course designed to give students some basis for . . . positive action and creative decision" by carefully studying several literary characters. (Author/SW)